Golden Eagle Leasing - SKS Industries six years after term of lease, debited our bank acct w/out authorization or notification for uninvoiced "property taxes" New York New York
A charge of $93.23 appeared on our bank statment. As a phone number was given, we called. Was told by agent (got the same one every time) that this was due to a company audit and that they were now collecting for "property taxes" not prevoiusly charged. This is a company that we have not done business with since 2001, possibly as late as 2005 (yet to be confirmed.) We did not receive any invoice or notification nor give any authorization for the debit to our account. The agent said the lease authorized the payment; I asked for proof & was sent a payment history which proved nothing and a copy of a lease which said nothing about being charged for property taxes, let alone 6 to 10 years after the fact. (Had to read it with a magnifiying glass.) The second time I called, I kept insisting that no company has the authority to debit a bank account for any charge without notification, and asked to be shown proof that this was a valid charge & to see a bill detailing it. The agent kept trying to say the proof was in the lease, which it wasn't, and acted like he didn't understand why we didn't received notification. He would not agree to send a bill by ignoring my request and trying to distract me toward the illegible lease. I finally gave up and said I would contact the Attorney General's office. The agent disappeared. The charge appeared on our March bank statement, and my last conversation with the rep was April 28th.