Comment on Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click

• Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used to work at an Internet provider that offers a discounted auto pay program.

  No, at least not there.

  Every once in a while we’d get complaints that a card wasn’t working and it was because they were trying to use a gift card, and the system recognized gift cards and declined them immediately. Needed to be a credit or debit card with your name on it. Or at least someone’s name on it. Who payed didn’t matter, but a real person would be billed every month.

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  • verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good point here.

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• squidspinachfootball@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve thought about using them like that as someone without access to privacy.com, but they do charge an activation fee and other random little fees I didn’t want to deal with. So I just… didn’t buy whatever it was I was considering at the time lol. Always keeping an eye open to see if there are any alternatives though.

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• verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In the US, gift cards will often be declined for setting up ongoing transactions. Every transaction has a merchant code associated with it and many subscriptions and services will read the merchant code and reject it on that basis alone. Doesn’t matter how much of a balance the card carries.

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