It is no surprise that with the deluge of bills the average person pays, that many people are overpaying without realizing it. Many of the bills they pay can have inaccurate information, such as double billings, mistaken late fees, overcharges, and fraudulent charges.

There have even been cases of companies artificially inflating customers' bills to increase their profits. Companies will often count on the fact that most people are to overloaded to examine all their bills. To make matters worse, many customers use automated billing software, where the billing company takes the money directly out of their bank accounts, or uses a credit card on file to collect the payment.

Even though the overwhelming majority of companies are honest, they can still make mistakes on your bills, and inadvertently over charge you for their products and services.

So how do you avoid over paying your bills?

For starters you should examine all your incoming bills. While this might sound like a time consuming chore, it can actually be quite easy and painless. Most of your bills are for standard amounts, such as a recurring car payment of cell phone bill. If you notice one month that the bill is higher you can then further investigate by looking for the reason for the higher bill.

So an easy way to do this would be for you to first look at the total amount due, and then if the amount is different than regularly you would examine the bill and call the billing company if necessary.

Most companies will quickly issue you a refund since they want to keep you as a long term customer.