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‘Click to Cancel’ legislation introduced in Pennsylvania

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Re: ‘Click to Cancel’ legislation introduced in Pennsylvania

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Fully in favor of this. I recently had to cancel a subscription that had no "cancel subscription" button and instead forced you to contact customer service so they could try to sell you on discounts and etc. No, just let me cancel and get on with my day. Unfortunately, it seems health clubs(and I assume gyms?) are exempt from this when they are like 80% of the problem.

> health clubs are expempt

Hmm, does one sign up for an automated monthly subscription for health clubs in the US?

Re: ‘Click to Cancel’ legislation introduced in Pennsylvania

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Sure, I ordered a subscription to audible through the App Store. They have 2 plans and I chose the cheaper one. Then I found out the cheaper one didn’t include what I wanted so I called Audible to fix the problem and they directed me to Apple since that’s how I subscribed. I then called Apple and they had no ability to help me other than the options listed in the Apo Store. So I ended up paying twice to get the upgra…

That is a good example. Were you not able to cancel the plan you didn't want and sign up with the plan you did? If that wasn't an option (ie, you wanted the better plan right away), quickest might be to request a refund of the bad plan and then sign up with the right plan. If you request a refund the same day of purchase I've not had a problem with that (but it hasn't happened often). I had a somewhat similar situati…

No, I could not cancel the order even the same day and when I called Apple they had the same options that I did, no better access. If I had ordered through audible they could have helped me but since I ordered through Apple nobody could help me. No upgrade option.

So lesson learned, never order a sub through Apple if you can avoid it.

Re: ‘Click to Cancel’ legislation introduced in Pennsylvania

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One local gym chain in my area doesn't accept credit card for monthly membership. You have to give them direct access to your bank account EDIT: Fit4Less is southern Ontario

And does anyone give them bank account access?

I paid for 1 year membership up front 2ish years ago (this lets you lay by CC) but I'm not gonna do it again
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