Shaw has my VISA card on account - I do not want this used for monthly payments

[Benny60]

I gave my VISA card to Shaw when I signed up for a new account. 

I will make my monthly payments at the bank and do not want my credit card used.  Can someone confirm this will not happen?

Thank you

[rstra · Accepted solution]

You will need to contact Shaw or login to my.shaw.ca and change your billing preferences there.

[mdk]

@Benny60 -- logon to the My Shaw portal, and you can "sabotage" yourself, by changing your credit-card's expiry-date to the current month/year.

So, if Shaw tries to charge your credit-card, the attempt will fail. In my case, any "failed" attempt causes a text-message from BMO to my mobile phone, noting the failure.

Remember to pay at the bank 2 or 3 "business-days" before Shaw's due-date, to give your bank the time to notify Shaw about your payment, and for Shaw to receive the payment from your bank.

> can someone confirm ?

This is a peer-to-peer discussion forum, not a direct path to Shaw. So, nobody here can "confirm" anything about your account.

[MPAIEMENT]

cancel card and pay with pre auth from my bank

[mdk]

@MPAIEMENT -- please read the comment from @rstra in this thread, for 2 methods of making the change.

Note that Shaw Mobile charges a monthly fee, if they do not have your credit-card number in their file for your mobile account.

[allery]

It says inactive for automatic payments. So nothing should be tried at all

[mdk]

@allery wrote: inactive for automatic payments. So nothing should be tried at all.

Correct. In your case, it does not matter that Shaw has your credit-card number -- they will never use it.

Are you afraid of Shaw's "back-end" servers being hacked, and then held for ransom?

What other companies "know" your credit-card number?