The confirmation email stated it would take up to 12 weeks to arrive at her Manchester home, and the full sum, including delivery, was debited from her account.
In June, nearly £100 was debited from her bank account after one call from a firm advertising a call-blocking device.
In addition, the complaint notes that consumers who use pre-paid calling plans do not receive monthly bills, and as a result the subscription fee was debited from their pre-paid account without their knowledge.
Only later did I discover that €74 had been debited from my account to pay for 'supercover' insurance.
Debit cards can also be expensive when used abroad and it's something that holidaymakers sometimes overlook, until the charges are debited from their account.
And various plans are available, from a monthly flat fee to a pay-as-you-go plan, in which you keep a prepaid account and every call is debited from the account.
Under a federal law that will take effect today, banks will have more leeway to process checks electronically, and this will translate to shorter or even nonexistent float times -- the grace period between the time the check is written and when the money is debited from the account.
In a letter in March setting out new terms and conditions, the bank told customers: "You must ensure that the cleared balance on your account at the start of the day is sufficient to cover the amount of any payments that may be debited from your account that day".
Banks can charge what they like for this and, although some will pay the value of the cheque immediately and wait for the payer's funds to clear, if it is returned unpaid, the sum will be debited from the beneficiaries account.
Those affected filed their federal income tax returns electronically using the company's Tax Cut software or its online version and owe the Treasury $1,000 or more, which was to be debited from their bank accounts, said Gene Goldenberg, senior vice president for software and e-commerce at Block, which is based in Kansas City, Mo.
Money started being debited from successful applicants' accounts at midnight on Tuesday.
