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I am so mad at myself right now! I cancelled my autopay on one of my capital one cards to move the payment sooner and somehow clicked a very old checking account number, which caused my payment to be returned. It's the same checking account but the account number changed when my purse was stolen 7 years ago. I'm not sure how I did it because I usually triple check everything before I hit submit but obviously I screwed up. So now I have a returned check AND a late payment messing up my record with them. I paid it right away (with the correct account) but it has still messed up my history now. Anyone ever had a returned payment with cap one? How bad are the consequences?
If you weren't 30 days late, you'll be OK credit wise. Most lenders have an internal system that can hurt you in the way of CLIs and such. I'd just make sure to call and explain although if you haven't already so they can notate the account. It might help you to have it documented if there is a problem in the future.
I'd delete that old checking account on every single card too just to make sure it can't happen again. It's so frustrating when a click of the mouse screws you up. I had to rush a deposit into Navy Fed the other day 40 miles away because of my itchy trigger finger. Ugh
So I called Cap One this morning to explain the situation and to find out how bad this is for my account. The customer service rep that I spoke with didn't really understand the purpose of my call or what I was trying to explain but he did at least waive the late fee (which I wasn't really asking for because it was my fault) and hopefully there is a record of my call. I guess I will see when I try for my next CLI in a few months.....