Lots of sites automatically sign you up for automatic renewal with
whatever payment method you originally used and hide that fact in the 50
pages agreement nobody ever reads.
It took me complaints to the CA, NY, and PA attorneys general but I
finally got my money back from classmates.com who did that to me a while
back.
I have since started checking my accounts with every place I have any
type of subscription to make sure none are on automatic. It's just a
scam to make sure you renew since most of them don't remind you. The
only site I have belonged to that had an automatic renewal (which was an
active yes, not hidden) was the BMW CCA car club and even though I was
on automatic, they send me a reminder about 60 days in advance.
All the other ones I consider shysters.
Carey
Carey Probst
Member, M.I.T. Educational Council
S Scale, Sn3 and S High Rail/AF
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
On 12/8/2010 9:08 AM, Gale Hall wrote:
>
> Morning list,
>
> I got an email this morning that was a real suprise, not that the
> email was such a suprise, but that you could do it was a suprise....It
> was to renew a subscription thru Paypal on an automatic payment, an
> automatic payment....hmmmmm no advance notice of renewal or choice of
> renewal, but just take a payment....I would more than likely have made
> the payment anyway, but I think since it was my account, I would have
> liked to have made the choice. This is just something to think about
> and I wonder how many has had this happen or knew it could happen or
> know once you made a payment it could be made automatic. I am of the
> opinion this was not a real cool thing to do and I am not real
> appreciative of someone saving my time in the matter without just a
> bit of notice it was going to be done. Thinking of hitting the cancel
> button on the notice pretty quick if I don't see some sort of sheepish
> email supporting this payment.
>
> gale hall
>
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>
>
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