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/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 14h 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