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Re:FTC Announces "Click-to-Cancel" Rule Making It Easier to ... by FireBeyond on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @12:53PM (#41861231)
One that stung me the other day, Amazon, a $152 charge showing up on my card.

Realized that it was an annual renewal of Prime. No email notification or anything. Dig around, there is an option to get a reminder email, but it defaults to off.

This is a growing trend too, reduced or no notification of renewal, even on annual subscriptions, so you get hit with a three digit charge out of nowhere (not that it's not our responsibility to track these things, but many of us do so less than we'd like).

Re:FTC Announces "Click-to-Cancel" Rule Making It Easier to ... by bluGill on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @01:12PM (#41861416)
I refuse to sign up for subscriptions in many cases for that reason. Same reason I won't sign up for 6 months no payments or interest for things I'm buying - by paying cash I ensure I won't forget to pay in 6 months and then just get the minimum payment withdrawn. Large parts of the world are built to scam you and they know how to make scams seem like a good deal.