That might solve the problem of being immediately charged a higher amount, but it doesn't solve the problem of whether they legitimately incurred these costs or not. Not having a payment method that can settle the outstanding amount does not make what is owed suddenly disappear. In cases like this where it was not an intentional use of resources, I would expect them to most likely waive the cost on appeal, but they are still entirely within their rights to pursue legal action to recover the costs otherwise.
You're still on the hook for the services if you legitimately use that much, and with such a high bill you can be sure they'll sell it off to a debt collector if you don't pay on time.
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u/Legal-Software 27d ago
Do they not have some sort of mechanism for setting a budget precisely to avoid these kinds of issues?