The electric company will give you 30 days notice before they cut you off.
Even if you don't make your car or house payment they let you have 30-60 days.
But 15 days?
We have 15 days to pay up or shut doors to Visa and our rebills. Sure we will pay it, because we make a living of it. And its no use to cry over it, but I am bitching anyway!
Why the short notice? Well simple!!!! MONEY
Imagine this - 3 month notice about the fee.
first I would remove the account which charges and move to a biller which doesn't.
second I would email all our members and give them a hell off a deal with the new billing company if they are willing to cancel and sign up again!
However this takes time, it take me about uhm 3 month and most everything would have been switched. NO way I can do that in 15 days, even If I would start pushing now into my merchant account remove ccbill et al.
Very smart move to only give us 15 days, Very smart, no leaks, nothing on the boards, the rumour started and within days it was confirmed.
Business as usual
CCbill said on the phone that they don't know about Mastercard following suite, but where there is money to be made they are going to stand in line.
Going to plan 2 now! Geez!!