Nike Says Its $250 Running Shoes Will Make You Run Much Faster

Re:Nike Says Its $250 Running Shoes Will Make You Run Much F... by rolleiflex on Friday July 20, 2018 @07:06PM (#17579714)

I concur. They might be a highly respectable news organisation, but their sales team or whoever is coming with their consumer advertising tactics are outright nasty. Deeply discounting the first few periods to let people forget about it and then start to charge X times as much on autopay is pretty much the shadiest tactic that’s still legal.

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Re:Nike Says Its $250 Running Shoes Will Make You Run Much F... by jopsen on Saturday July 21, 2018 @09:06AM (#17581848)

Oh, it's definitely illegal in the EU.

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Re:Nike Says Its $250 Running Shoes Will Make You Run Much F... by thirdsun on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:00AM (#17599230)

It's not. Other popular european companies like Vodafone or Sky do the exact same thing. They tell you upfront that it will be X € for 12 months, and Y € starting with the 13th month. Unless you cancel.

I hate this as much as the next guy. However it's clearly stated in advance and if you miss it you haven't paid attention during sign up.

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