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Vikingbeard
SMARTY Pioneer
19-04-2023
Solved

updating payment card results in immediate charge & increase in tariff

Hi.

A few months ago I signed up for the special offer £16 unlimited plan (usually £20).

Recently I have added a new payment card to my dashboard in preparation for changing banks.

When trying to switch to the new card there is an immediate request for £20 to be taking with a message saying I start paying £20 per month.

I'm at a loss to understand why this would be the case when I have already been paying £16 for the past few months?

  • MSF's avatar
    19-04-2023

    Simple answer is to have a webchat with Support as they can check your account and sort it for you. Probably a case of the system being confused by the change 

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  • JasonLon_369263's avatar
    JasonLon_369263
    SMARTY Maverick
    31-05-2023

    I've just had the same problem, have been with smarty for years, but now I've been issued a new debit card. It also asked me to make an immediate payment, so I just selected it to auto renew, just hope it goes through... I also wanted to double check I'd put the correct details in, but there's no facility to do that, as far as I can see, or how to delete my old card? Smarty needs to get on top of this, as it's very confusing...

    • MSF's avatar
      MSF
      SMARTY Guru
      31-05-2023

      JasonLon_369263  Why not web chat with Support team so that they can look at your account?

  • MSF's avatar
    MSF
    SMARTY Guru
    19-04-2023

    Simple answer is to have a webchat with Support as they can check your account and sort it for you. Probably a case of the system being confused by the change 

    • Padraig's avatar
      Padraig
      SMARTY Pioneer
      08-05-2023

      This is still a problem, when using the web based Dashboard, I was also asked to approve a payment of £20 by my bank.

      However when I went to the Smarty Android app I was able to enable auto-renew without any problem.

      • MSF's avatar
        MSF
        SMARTY Guru
        08-05-2023

        Padraig This is not the first time we have seen differences between the app and the website.

        All very frustrating for people, but as long as you can get the desired result without too much aggro, all's good I suppose.

        I'm sure that Smarty will eventually get it sorted. If it's of any help, all I can say is that once you are sorted, it seems to be stable. (I hope that's not famous last words!!)