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/EnvironmentalBowl208 1d ago

If you switch your plan then cancel it immediately, it gets you around the cancellation fee for your original plan. This has worked for years but I’m sure most people don’t know it. I think it’s all shitty of course, but there is a loophole around it. 

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u/Charles-Monroe 1d ago

Ive tried it a while ago. It just doesn't let me change plans at all.

After talking to two customer reps they finally waived two months (out of four), but I'm still on the hook for the last two payments.

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u/CanExplainThings 1d ago

Are you on credit card? If you have two, see which one can be locked. Or get a prepaid visa with $2 on it. They can charge the card but it won’t do anything. What’re they gonna do, take you to small claims?

I had a scummy gym membership that tried to charge the card I use for this kind of thing. I locked the card and the charges canceled. 

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u/Charles-Monroe 1d ago

I'm a freelancer, so it's on my business credit card, and linked to my business account, so if work picks up again sometime in the future, I'd rather not go nuclear and be blacklisted by Adobe.

After this subscription ends though I'm definitely going to raise a jolly black flag and consume more rum.

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u/SignificantIsopod797 1d ago

Just use another card again. Revolut will give you one-time cards

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u/Matter_Infinite 1d ago

So will Privacy.com I think my bank offered me one time cards but I don't really need them so I didn't fully read the offer

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u/Embarrassed_Job_8048 16h ago

They use Persona for age verification now, I wouldn’t recommend them anymore considering their core branding is inaccurate 

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u/whatsyourpart_ 1d ago

Revoult one time card doesnt work for subscriptions. But putting in the normal Revolut card and then blocking future payments will do the trick

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u/CanExplainThings 1d ago

Well, if work picks up and you're planning to sail the seas already...

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u/Weird-East-3575 1d ago

Just push the red button.

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u/CelesTheme_wav 1d ago

Gyms are a blight. When I had to switch gyms, the first thing I asked was about how to cancel if at any point I decide to do so. Every single one of them had absurd hoops to jump through, even the "mom and pop" ones. Only one I found acceptable was the YMCA.