Yeah and it’s very useful, looks like this place is just as bad with the kids as that other place.
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AbidanYre@lemmy.world 9 months agoThey did that to me. I specifically have them a card I knew was going to expire before the trial period was over and they got the new information anyway.
If I remember correctly, it’s a “feature” the credit card companies have so your subscriptions don’t lapse.
money_loo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The fuck are you talking about?
money_loo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The fact people here don’t even understand how credit cards work is a pretty big sign my guy….
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
The fact that you think it’s reasonable for literally anyone but you to give out your credit card details is a pretty big sign my guy
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
If I want to keep a subscription going I’ll give them the new CC information myself. Like a responsible adult. Hard disagree on the usefullness.
Not sure what point you’re even trying to make about children and Reddit.
money_loo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Are we really pretending that unsourced imgur screen shots are valid references?
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
[deleted]money_loo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There are lots of situations you wouldn’t want your service to be cancelled, so it’s a useful feature is all we’re saying. People acting like it’s malice are hilarious and/or children.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
And in those situations I will contact the vendor to give them updated information. I don’t find it useful when a free trial I haven’t thought about for three years suddenly changes me several hundred dollars.
Nobody ever said malice, but it’s a service that flies in the face of the whole concept of an expiration date.
brygphilomena@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This is more based on authorization vs CC details. It’s much safer for a company than holding onto credit card numbers. Creating a subscriptions generates an authorization code which is good for the account, not just a specific card number. Revoking that authorization is a separate call to the bank rather than just having a credit card replaced.
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That authorization shouldn’t be indefinite either though. After three years of no activity and a card expiring OnStar was still able to make a charge to renew that trial subscription.
And looking around the web, there are a few stories from that 2016 time frame to indicate that it was a new-ish, or at least not well known, practice at the time.
orphiebaby@lemmy.world 9 months ago
How is that fucking legal?