This post finally got my ass in gear to cancel an account that I thought I had closed but was still charging me a few dollars a month.
I spinned up an AWS instance to practice, and once I was done I thought I closed everything down.
Turns out I had just stopped my micro instances, and I didn't terminate them. I also hadn't released the my IP address. There was also a snapshot of the tiny db I had created still floating around. The documentation was a little confusing, so after I went through it I spent half an hour chatting with a support rep to make sure everything was completely good. After next month my last bill should go through and I should be free and clear. Unfortunately I have to wait for next months bill to go through as I can't just pay it all now.
This was mostly my fault for letting it go on for so long, but I hate how if you don't do some very specific steps you can still be charged. And I think if an account is closed, it should absolutely terminate all services that are still running on that account, and then send you the final bill.
I spinned up an AWS instance to practice, and once I was done I thought I closed everything down.
Turns out I had just stopped my micro instances, and I didn't terminate them. I also hadn't released the my IP address. There was also a snapshot of the tiny db I had created still floating around. The documentation was a little confusing, so after I went through it I spent half an hour chatting with a support rep to make sure everything was completely good. After next month my last bill should go through and I should be free and clear. Unfortunately I have to wait for next months bill to go through as I can't just pay it all now.
This was mostly my fault for letting it go on for so long, but I hate how if you don't do some very specific steps you can still be charged. And I think if an account is closed, it should absolutely terminate all services that are still running on that account, and then send you the final bill.