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Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch by Reason077 on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:31AM (#23282395)
> "In France, Le Monde (most famous daily newspaper) requires you to send a paper mail (and not a regular mail, but a registered mail, which costs around 5-10€) to cancel your subscription."

What is it with French companies? BlueCity, the UK arm of the French "Autolib" car sharing service, had this same ridiculous "send us a letter in the post to cancel" policy. Since they charged to a credit card rather than use direct debit like most UK companies would, you couldn't easily cancel the payments through your bank either.

Since I'm quite lazy I never got around to sending them the letter and the £5/month continued (and I did use the service, occasionally). Finally a few months ago they went out of business and the charges stopped.

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Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch by virgilp on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:01AM (#23282565)
Can you not call the bank to block the card on account of fraud and get a new one? The subsequent payments would surely be declined...
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Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch by heavenlyblue on Saturday May 23, 2020 @10:14AM (#23283095)
In the UK, last time I did this my bank themselves have shared the updated details with which they could charge me again.
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Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch by virgilp on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:13AM (#23283574)
Ugh, that sucks. I've changed banks for less.
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Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch by elcomet on Saturday May 23, 2020 @09:58AM (#23282976)
It's quite a hassle, you don't have your card for a few days..
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Re:Netflix stops charging customers who never watch by gryn on Saturday May 23, 2020 @08:55AM (#23282520)
Yes a lot of French companies do this, I signed up for gym membership at fitness park on the internet, they had the same behavior.
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