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267aa37673a9fa659490 t1_iy7iflo wrote

> Luckily, Mr Kamogari had bought the laptop with a monthly payment of £279 - rather than the full figure of £1,399.

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> The bank said they can't cancel his direct debit because it depends on Amazon.

This sounds like more like "won't" rather than "can't".

You're telling me Amazon has so much power that they can force money out of someone's account against the bank's wishes?

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jimicus t1_iy7n9f7 wrote

The only explanation I can think of is that Amazon haven't set up the direct debit yet (quite often, businesses won't for a couple of weeks).

And while you can cancel an exisiting direct debit, you can't cancel one that hasn't been set up yet.

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