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I keep a separate capitalone cc for all "subscriptions" and always keep it disabled, so that no charges will ever go through. just enable it back for 10 seconds when signing up for service and disable it back. so far it kept me safe from annoying services asking for cc and their unexpected charges
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>so they sent my account to a collections agency Important clarification: they sold your account to a collections agency. They made more than what you actually owed them by doing that, which is probably why they did that.
> They made more than what you actually owed them by doing that This makes absolutely zero sense and does not happen. Why would the collections agency pay more for debt than it's worth? Why wouldn't they sell all their accounts then? Free increase in profits!
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After reading the article on Pewdiepie I stopped thinking about WSJ as a serious newspaper.
Can you link to this article? A lot of people consider it a serious newspaper still so there is an apparent disconnect here.
[1]: https://www.wsj.com/articles/disney-severs-ties-with-youtube... [2]: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/disney-severs-ties-wit...
Meanwhile in Scandinavia: You are legally entitled to unsubscribe from any contract in any way that is most comfortable to you. [0] For example, you can: * send them a letter * send them an email * call them and tell anyone who picks up the phone * write it on a napkin and hand it to an employee All are equally legit and legally binding. Companies obviously do not want to deal with the manual overhead, so services ty…
Man, I remember the ordeal that was trying to cancel a cell phone plan when I was a broke student studying abroad. Had to plead with them in arcane, formal French (a real pain considering I wasn't even fluent in everyday, conversational French--ended up needing help from a native French friend) on stationary and they still rejected my cancellation and continued to charge my French bank account. I tried closing my Fre…
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You’re subscribing for a year or whatever is the fixed period. How is it illegal to pay for it with a physical check?
It's not illegal to pay for it with a physical check; it's illegal (unless your original agreement automatically terminated after a year) to not then pay for the automatic renewal at the end of the year.
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> they inexplicably put my profile on the Internet in full display Do you mean this page? https://open.spotify.com/user/daniel That data is also visible to anyone in the app, and you can mark playlists as private.
See, if they hadn't had such an annoying deletion process, I might have come back after learning that. But I won't. I will never.
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This is the only way to do gym memberships with peace of mind right now. Gym membership cancellation practices are in desperate need of regulation.
I used to buy prepaid memberships to 24 hour fitness from Costco. Same with magazines like economist , just bought a prepaid digit subscription. Most places sell prepaid memberships because of the gifting aspect.
Meanwhile in Scandinavia: You are legally entitled to unsubscribe from any contract in any way that is most comfortable to you. [0] For example, you can: * send them a letter * send them an email * call them and tell anyone who picks up the phone * write it on a napkin and hand it to an employee All are equally legit and legally binding. Companies obviously do not want to deal with the manual overhead, so services ty…
It's nice. I m French living in Hong Kong, and in both I sometimes have to cancel my credit card to get rid of newspaper subscription. And often, the more the newspaper whines about freedom of the press the harder it is to get rid of their legal warning that I must pay !!! And there was no contract limit during the 1-click 5 minutes sub !!! Mediapart in France was so borderline writing me every week after I had to ca…
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> speed traps that just trigger a red light Much better than what I've seen in my (US) city: speed limit 30 mph, but lights timed for 40-45 mph to get a continuous green light down the one-way street. Either you speed, opening you to tickets, or you stop needlessly on lights that are set for a faster speed than you are traveling.
My personal favorite was a poorly-timed stop light, with a red-light camera. If you entered the intersection as the light turned yellow, and drove the speed limit, you would still be partially in the intersection when the light turned red. And promptly get a ticket in the mail. Nobody realized what was happening (at least not those on the receiving end of the tickets) until my high school math teacher got one. She we…
- one that shows your car before crossing the stop line when the light is red
- second showing your car after crossing the stop line within same light cycle (i.e. seconds from previous photo)
No need to do the math if you entered the intersection before the light turned red