i miss the days when cancelling a subscription would just stop it charging you but you keep the service until you would have to pay

  • Astroturfed@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I miss when Amazon prime would refund you the remainder of the month when you cancelled… I have no interest in being a prime member and actively avoid buying anything from Amazon. But sometimes I need something I can’t find locally ASAP and giving them a quarter or two to have prime for a day was a solid option.

    • LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      Yeah doing that sounds like a stupid business practice exactly because of what you’ve described

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        11 months ago

        Paying $15 a month for “free” shipping which is also included in the price point of the products sounds like a stupid practice too. Lots of people doing it though.

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    11 months ago

    That is how they work though 🙄

    I just canceled my Apple TV and I have access to it until the next billing cycle starts. But you have to actually have a billing cycle in order to have service up until the next one…

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      11 months ago

      No it hasn’t. Cancelling pretty much always lets you continue until you were due to be billed.

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        11 months ago

        Not on free trials….as was said. It is typical if you actually already paid for a month and then cancel to have your subscription active till the end of the cycle.

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    11 months ago

    Who would have thought that cancelling something cancels it? Incredible find, mate.

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      11 months ago

      the idea was to sign up for the free trial, then cancel right away so that you don’t forget to cancel at the end of the trial. previously, in most cases, the trial would run it’s course and you could access it for the duration. Since companies rely on people forgetting to cancel (it’s the only reason anyone even has an apple TV subcription), they’re trying to make this simple life hack more difficult.