My bank account will be €50 worse off than i thought it would be this month. Why?
Because i never read the small print on something I signed my name to a year ago.
I went to cancel my lesiure club membership a few days ago.. at €50 month, it’s a luxury item that i can do without and as i’m trying to cut back on expenses going to college, it was the easiest thing to stroke off my expenses list.
So in i go, telling them i want to cancel it (my year is up next week). To my horror they said they needed one month’s notice, plus a signed letter from me stating i want to cancel my direct debit 
As payment is taken out on the 15th of every month, i’ve no option but to pay another €50 and stay on another month 
I had a look at the contract i signed and i did indeed state i need to give written notice well in advance…
So being lazy and not reading the small print has cost me €50 
I suppose i do get a bit of luxury for another month, but it’s €50 i’d prefer to have in my back pocket 
Now i could be evil and transfer all funds out of my main account into another account 
but that might get me into trouble down the line if the bank think i’ve missed payments.. it could be a factor when getting mortgage, loans etc.. so it’s not worth the risk for the sake of €50.
