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Apple & other tech giants appeal Maryland's digital advertising tax
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FTC sues Amazon, alleging users are being tricked into signing up for Prime
cougarmeat said:They certainly tricked me. On the way to completing an order, there was a radio button selected for free shipping. Because my order qualified for free shipping, I left it and moved to the rest of the ordering procedure. But that button was for Prime Free shipping - which would arrive 1 day earlier than the usual Free shipping. AND - leaving that button selected automatically signed me up for Prime!
Now to be fair, the signup was for a 30-day trial. But I was going to be out of the country and, amazing but true, wouldn't be using Amazon within those 30 days. So I called to have the Prime status canceled and asked if the 30-day offer could be reset so I could consider it on my return. It could not.
Trust is a fragile thing. I'm sure the marketing department considers themselves very clever. And I'd expect they have statistics showing their antics glean more new customers than they lose. After all, who are you going to buy from if not Amazon?
AND you can limit your search to USA or North America or whereever - my first filter everytime! -
FTC sues Amazon, alleging users are being tricked into signing up for Prime
mikethemartian said:The easiest way to cancel is probably just changing your credit card number.
Works well.Family works in credit card fraud and recommends this. -
Apple's App Store changed the software world 15 years ago
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Fitbit owners will need to use a Google account by 2025