I should never give my card number for such a “free” trial. More and more companies including Microsoft and Norton promises free trial but they demand my credit card number.
I have a special card for all internet shopping, this card I can load with money as required. And, if I sometimes miss to load it I will have a very polite mail that they did not find money in my account. And, if I then like them and want to continue I can transfer money to my “dummy card" 2018-02-16 18:59 GMT+01:00 Joyce Herzog <[email protected]>: > After trial and error, I no longer accept Free Trials that require my > credit card. > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:52 AM, John Cardinal <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Pauline, >> >> >> >> Your post indicates that MyHeritage uses subtle techniques to try and >> part you from your money when you aren't really interested in the product >> they are pushing. Those techniques are often called "dark patterns". >> >> >> >> Free services that convert into paid subscriptions are a common example. >> A free trial that simply ends without a subscription is fine. A free trial >> that automatically becomes a paid subscription is converting trials into >> sales under the guise of making it "easier for the customer". That's a dark >> pattern, albeit a common one. Of course, it's worse when terminating the >> trial before it converts is difficult or time-consuming: sign-up is easy, >> one-click, but cancelling is tedious, perhaps via telephone where you wait >> 30 minutes to get an agent, and then the agent tries to convince you not to >> cancel. >> >> >> >> Consumers should be very careful of _*every*_ interaction with companies >> that employ dark practices. >> >> >> >> John >> >> -- >> >> LegacyUserGroup mailing list >> [email protected] >> To manage your subscription and unsubscribe >> http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com >> Archives at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> > > > -- > Researching Drinkwater surname all over the world, any time, any place, > but especially Descendants and Ancestors of Paul Drinkwater, born 1789 in > Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, England. GOONS #5057 > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/drinkwater.html > http://drinkwater.one-name.net/index.php > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- Rune Mattsson Sjödalstorget 9 12 tr SE-141 47 HUDDINGE Sweden Phone + 46 (0) 8 608 16 84 Mobile + 46 (0) 73 600 20 54
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