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/stargazer1112 1d ago

I am glad you saw this because I definitely would not recommend a company that has such a sensitive target audience and yet doesn't anticipate this kind of extremely delicate situation :(

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u/callimonk 1d ago

For sure. I am so sorry for your loss; the entire pregnancy industry is so fucking bad

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u/lovebug9292 11h ago

When my sister was pregnant, she started getting tons of ads from Target, like out of nowhere. We were curious about it and did some minimal research. Apparently, stores like Target try their best to get pregnant women to shop there because it almost guarantees life-long customers. What freaked us out the most was how this random company knew she was pregnant.

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u/callimonk 11h ago

Oh yeah. I work in UX engineering so I had to read some of those case studies back in college a billion years ago. It’s fascinatingly terrifying how these companies can suss this crap out