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New subscriber - cannot pay bill "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized"

sonofthunder73
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Hi,

I signed up for Shaw internet earlier this month.  While I did set up auto payments (via my CIBC Visa card) I wanted to pay the bill a couple of days early.  I have tried to pay it with two credit cards now, both of which are good, and am getting a "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized" error.  Note that the first credit card that I tried was the one that I saved as the default payment source for auto pay.

I really don't wanted to be late on payment my first bill with Shaw so can so I was hoping someone could give me a little assistance and possibly tell me what I should do.  Trying this before getting on chat with support.

Thanks.

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Re: New subscriber - cannot pay bill "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized"

shaw-tamara
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Oh, that's very weird! In that case, I wonder if there might be a different problem. If the auto-pay doesn't go through, I'd recommend checking in with customer support so they can take a look at the account. 

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Re: New subscriber - cannot pay bill "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized"

shaw-tamara
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Hi  

We do billing system maintenance in the evening, usually somewhere around 9:30 PM Pacific time. Any chance you were trying to make the payment then? If that's the case, it usually takes about half an hour or so to go back to normal, so hopefully you were able to make the payment once it was finished. 

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Re: New subscriber - cannot pay bill "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized"

sonofthunder73
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Hi Tamara,

No I tried it yesterday morning before noon MST.  I just tried it again just now and received the same error, "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized".

Hopefully the autopay works because it's due tomorrow and I'm a little concerned.

Thanks.

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Re: New subscriber - cannot pay bill "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized"

shaw-tamara
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Oh, that's very weird! In that case, I wonder if there might be a different problem. If the auto-pay doesn't go through, I'd recommend checking in with customer support so they can take a look at the account. 

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Re: New subscriber - cannot pay bill "We cannot process your payment at this time. Payment was not authorized"

sonofthunder73
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Hi again Tamara,

I have some good news, the auto-pay worked and I see the amount owed came out of my CIBC account.

I was under the impression that I had to pay the first bill manually before auto-pay would work but it turns out that is not the case.

I really appreciate the support.

Thanks a lot.

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I suppose that means the payment will be automatically de...

Tox350
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I suppose that means the payment will be automatically deducted on due date and only on due date, not a day or two days early.

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I'm having the same issue.

Display1
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I'm having the same issue.

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can you try again in a different web browser?

shaw-tony
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@Display1 can you try again in a different web browser?

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Same issue but the funds were taken from my account.

SMaxwell1978
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Same issue but the funds were taken from my account.

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-- logon to the My Shaw Portal, and "bills", and select "...

mdk
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@SMaxwell1978 -- logon to the My Shaw Portal, and "bills", and select "transactions". Does your payment show up as a transaction?

 

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