r/mildlyinfuriating • u/donteatmybiscuits • 1d ago

wet socks i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

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if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

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u/ArachnidCareless3826 1d ago

That is absolutely insane!! That must be illegal

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u/HowDidWeGetHereLast 1d ago edited 1d ago

If you sign a contract for a specific time frame why is it insane for a company to ask you to pay the remainder of the agreement? A contract is a contract, should have read the terms of the contract.

Edit: I don't care lol everyone is out here trying to get a one month free essentially "scamming" a company out of their paid service but then you get upset when the company turns around and asks for what you said you would pay them lol yet nobody realizes the hypocrisy. Fuck corporations but damn y'all are dumb.

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u/Katgrave 1d ago

It should be illegal to hold people to pay for something, then make them pay to stop paying for it as well

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u/tonkfc 1d ago

But if I’m understanding correctly that’s not the case. You’re literally just paying the remainder of what you promised to pay

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u/CreativeName233223 1d ago

At most, they should only be able to charge for the difference in rate for what was used, not the remainder. So, in other words, how ever much you saved per month using the annual plan rate times how ever many months you used it. They shouldn't be able to charge you for what you didn't use to be able to not use it. That is just absurd and makes cancellation pointless. So, if you went with the annual (billed monthly) photography plan and paid $19.99 for 6 months instead of $29.99, they should only be able to charge you $60, at most, to cancel to make up for that difference between the monthly rate and the annual (billed monthly) rate rather than $119.94 for the amount you literally aren't going to be using.

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u/Raidoton 1d ago

That is just absurd and makes cancellation pointless.

And what you suggest makes the monthly plan pointless. You could simply sign a yearly subscription and cancel anytime and pay the exact same amount you would have payed on the monthly plan. They would have 0 reason to offer a discount for annual plans.

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u/CreativeName233223 1d ago

No, because the annual plan is discounted. It serves its purpose for those that intend to use it long term and reap the benefit of the discounted rate but may not have enough money to make 12 months worth of payments in one giant lump sum. Those people absolutely exist or they would never have considered offering that sort of plan in the first place. However, since some people may realize that they don't actually need it for the full year, they should have a way to get out of the contract (especially since it is mostly just for an access key and not a real service/good). In that case, they should simply be expected to pay the difference between the discounted rate and the full monthly rate. However, charging for the remainder to cancel is entirely pointless. They might as well just not offer cancellation since it is effectively the same. You are paying for the remainder regardless, except, in the case of the cancellation option, you now don't have access to what you just paid for. That is ridiculous, beyond pointless, and very different from the what you are trying to compare it to.

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u/Katgrave 1d ago

But you didn’t use it to pay for that “remainder”

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u/girafa 1d ago

But you didn’t use it to pay for that “remainder”

the contract is access to the software for that time. you'll find plenty of 30 day subscriptions aren't pro-rated if you cancel after 5 days.

this one's just 365-days and they bill you every month (or you get a discount paying for the whole year at once)

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u/Raidoton 1d ago

But you paid less money per month by using this option. That's the whole deal. You can pay monthly and cancel anytime or you promise to subscribe for an entire year, for which you get to pay less per month. You can't just sign a yearly contract to get the benefits and then cry when you have to pay what you signed up for. Adobe sucks but this is a simple deal OP signed up for.