Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take to cancel it

Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by zippergz on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:54PM (#26176003)

I almost bought a WSJ sub during a recent sale, and decided against it specifically because I checked and it said I'd have to call them to cancel.

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by rrdharan on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:33AM (#26176305)

If you change your address to one in California, they expose the cancel option, because they have to by law:

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-unsubscribe-easily-from-WSJ-o...

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by jopsen on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:03AM (#26177239)

The problem is that this is a lack of respect.

They are actively trying to scam me. Why would I want to be a "customer"?

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by passtheglass on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:00AM (#26178835)

I agree, it's particularly egregious that they spent the extra development time and money to only have this feature in locales where they are legally forced to.

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Re:Before buying a NYT subscription, here's what it'll take ... by Trias11 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:09AM (#26176117)

Same with me.

First time i bought it via Amazon Prime, when it was available and with Amazon i could cancel stuff directly via Amazon at any time, bypassing WSJ minefields.

Then WSJ got smart and start selling it directly in hope to force subscribers to go through their sales jerks in case they want to cancel.

This made me to turn away from WSJ for good.

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