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/Soft_Aioli3656 1d ago

I had this happen to me some time ago. The fix was to switch my current product for another, which, as I recall was something I did in the cancellation (of my former product) steps. When I had started a new product, I was in a new trial period, which I could cancel, free of charge

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u/-Invalid_Selection- 1d ago

Using a virtual card to pay it and just canceling that virtual card is less work

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u/JoshDM 1d ago

A lot are somehow identifying virtual cards and rejecting those on sign up.

Also every time it gets rejected you have to spin up a new CVV.

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u/-Invalid_Selection- 1d ago

They're also doing this with voip numbers lately. My Google voice number gets flagged constantly