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Re: hidden fees, I still do not understand why most US purchases treat tax as if it does not exist until you're at the cashier. You have to sort of know what the state tax is (I'm not a US resident, so I do not have that information at hand), and then do the calculation mentally. I think this is quite disfavourable to consumers.
That coupled with the BS I’ve had to deal with sending SMS’s the fully respect “STOP”’s is infuriating.
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Counter-anecdote: cancelling my Virgin Media plan was very simple. I've clicked through their online cancellation process, then they've sent me a prepaid return box for the modem, and that was it.
I spent literally hours over several days on hold to cancel and when googling it this was widespread and hated. Possibly you were very lucky, or they've buckled to the pressure caused by previous anti-consumer BS. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/19/i-was-cut-off-... > Unlike providers who use the rival Openreach cable network, Virgin Media does not allow its six million broadband customers to cancel expire…
Disclosure: I only read up until it was revealed what the policy was. This was always my opinion on this. "As easy to cancel as it is to sign up". It's simple, and completely shuts down this malicious behaviour without making it harder to operate for the honest companies (or worse for customers in any way I can think of). Usually these policies have downsides but I can't really think of any. This kind of behaviour is…
We've had this in California for a couple of years now. It's great! Cancelling subscriptions has been a breeze since it passed. In fact, a great workaround for anyone else in the USA is to set their home address to California, and then they get the magic unsubscribe button that was otherwise hidden from them. It is nice to see the administration doing things to help regular people.
We've had this in California for a couple of years now. It's great! Cancelling subscriptions has been a breeze since it passed. In fact, a great workaround for anyone else in the USA is to set their home address to California, and then they get the magic unsubscribe button that was otherwise hidden from them. It is nice to see the administration doing things to help regular people.
We've had this in California for a couple of years now. It's great! Cancelling subscriptions has been a breeze since it passed. In fact, a great workaround for anyone else in the USA is to set their home address to California, and then they get the magic unsubscribe button that was otherwise hidden from them. It is nice to see the administration doing things to help regular people.
Unless you’re an iPhone user and it’s a promotional email from Apple, in which case there is no way to unsubscribe (“3 free months of Apple Arcade!”)..
We've had this in California for a couple of years now. It's great! Cancelling subscriptions has been a breeze since it passed. In fact, a great workaround for anyone else in the USA is to set their home address to California, and then they get the magic unsubscribe button that was otherwise hidden from them. It is nice to see the administration doing things to help regular people.
Unless you’re an iPhone user and it’s a promotional email from Apple, in which case there is no way to unsubscribe (“3 free months of Apple Arcade!”)..