Subscription services double-bill accounts tied to a mistyped email
A mistyped email address on a Google account results in years of duplicate monthly charges for the same streaming subscription, split across two billing entities. The customer can't get either the bank or Google support to take ownership of correcting the duplicate billing, leaving the issue unresolved through normal support channels.
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