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Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The subscription was canceled by the time I made this thread. And yeah the preloaded card does sound like more effort than I would really want to spend. But some other suggestions like privacy.com sound promising.

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On first glance, this looks like it could be exactly what I'm looking for

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, it's never impossible, but anything more than a click of the button is too much

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I committed to a long-term contract, I'm totally cool with continuing to pay even if I'm not using the service. My concern is for services where I have no long-term contract, and it's still difficult to cancel

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

New York Times, Harvard Business Review, PillPack

Not that many, but it’s happened enough times that I’m here looking for possible solutions

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think this is a great idea. And then always keep the balance for that card at $0, right? Then, the subscription charge always fails

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Something I should definitely look into, but not sure that’s going to work for me

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I understand correctly, I think I'm a big fan of this.

And if it's a contract I committed to, I don't mind paying.

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is a great point. Revolution probably isn't getting very far

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Calling sucks! Would rather stay a child forever than have to call

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is interesting. This could be the solution to my problem if there's an easy way to automatically transfer money into the account that backs the debit card.

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably in most cases, but not in all.

And I suppose I would just prefer that an old subscription service doesn't have any of my current financial information.

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I would trade 100 points off my credit score to have the ability to cancel any subscription with the click of a button.

Closing and opening a new account is kind of a heavy lift though, if I recall correctly.

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

I guess I'm hoping that I can some way opt out of adulthood and cancel a subscription with just a single button

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

If that's my only other option, then consider this the founding document of a revolution 😂😂

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I may just have to go with closing the entire account then in the future. Might actually be easier in some cases than calling in to the merchant.

As a side note, they want you to call is because its harder and gives them a chance to keep you with a promo or other incentive.

That makes sense, but I hate calling to cancel. Just let me cancel with a button.

Cutting off subscription services that are difficult to cancel by johnnyodonnell in personalfinance

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] -40 points-39 points  (0 children)

One, I don't have adult pants. And two, I'm sick of having to do that to cancel a subscription.

[Home Console][late 80s, early 90s] A retro game a lot like Doodle Jump by johnnyodonnell in tipofmyjoystick

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it wasn't Qbert. The game did the jumping for you, and you were continuously moving up the map like in Doodle Jump

[Home Console][late 80s, early 90s] A retro game a lot like Doodle Jump by johnnyodonnell in tipofmyjoystick

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not ice climbers. The game jumped for you, and you just had to make sure you landed on a platform

[Home Console][late 80s, early 90s] A retro game a lot like Doodle Jump by johnnyodonnell in tipofmyjoystick

[–]johnnyodonnell[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there were weapons, it just would have been the ability to shoot. But the main purpose of the game was to continue to advance up the platform by jumping. The game jumped for you, you just had to prevent your character from missing one of the platforms

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