[AUH2O Repub]

Hope it’s not the charge that shows up when your wife signs up for E-Harmony.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I hadn’t heard of this, but it seems tailor made for state consumer fraud outfits which are looking for outrageous scams to justify their existence.

[ntnychik]

I received something similarly recently. You get a fine print document having to do with privacy policy. In the midst of it is the protection service, which you will automatically get unless you call by a certain date to refuse. Now where did I put that?...

[Domandred]

The latest “legal” scam many companies are using is a monthly fee buried in their fine print. Usually it’s for a “free” trial, but the trial will usually expire before you even get the trial product in the mail and they’ll start charging you.

Typically these are 14 day trials shipped US Mail that can take 7 to 10 business days to deliver (no guarantees on delivery time) and that doesn’t even count the 2 business days it takes to process the order and put it in the mail. I have seen one that was a 1 day trial though.

The monthly fees I’ve seen from $9.99 all the way up to $79.99. Including one that was $79.99 monthly for the “product”, $14.99 monthly for weekly emails, and another $9.99 monthly for access to their “support” website.

Some of them get tricky like charging to your phone bill so even if you never give them your CC# they can still get you with charges.

The worst part is that many of these companies advertise in places that you think you can trust to verify their advertisers.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

We watch all of our bills like hawks. We had something similar a year or two ago to what got you - we made them cancel and refund it, posthaste. A lot of crooks are working the angle of people not paying attention to their own business (many aren't) and sliding stuff through right under their noses. Sock several thousand people for $20± or so a pop and that rakes in some serious cash.