Amazon Prime Member Fee? Charged £48...

custardy

Bill176 wrote: »

If I went into your pockets and pulled out 20pence without your knowledge (then you caught me after) would you still call the police?

only if they actually agreed to it, and were sitting going lalalalalalalalala with their fingers in their ears

custardy

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Did none of you read this?

Nilrem wrote: »

The thing is, it is pretty black and white.
It makes it clear that it's a free trial of the Amazon Prime shipping method, and even pops up a warning/information screen, and has made it very clear since it started that it was a free trail that people will get charged for if they didn't end the trial.

At the checkout we're offered this. I've highlighted a couple of key points.





Which then gives further information here




It's pretty clear that it's a free trial of a faster shipping method, without even any "small" print as the information on cancelling is the same font/sizing apart from headers as the rest of the text, and in a prominant position - the only small print is the full details at the bottom, and even that isn't particularly small.

isplumm wrote: »

deltatango

Choose a delivery speed: FREE Super Saver Delivery (3-5 business days) First Class (1-2 business days) [URL="javascript:;"][/URL] FREE One-Day Delivery with a Free Trial of [URL="javascript:;"][/URL] (1 business day) ([URL="javascript:;"]Learn more[/URL]) Express Delivery : get it guaranteed by 1pm tomorrow, Friday, April 3

Did you select option 3 (ie. FREE One-Day Delivery with a Free Trial of AmazonPrime??

Cause you will have then signed up to AmazonPrime & if you don't cancel then you pay.

Call them, they may let you cancel & get money back.

Mark

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Money-Saving-King

Bill176 wrote: »

If I went into your pockets and pulled out 20pence without your knowledge (then you caught me after) would you still call the police?

Unfortunately the Prime trial isn't without your knowledge.

Whats happened is you didn't bother reading anything and low and behold it's someone else's fault!!

Money-Saving-King

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Saying that someone who has a different opinion must work for the company concerned is one of the weakest comments that gets posted on these boards by people who don't anything better to state.

I think most of us single handedly apparently work for at least 100 different employers now!

pmduk

Yes, I just wish they were all paying me!

pmduk

From Amazon's Prime information page

Can I cancel my membership to Amazon Prime?

Visit the Manage Your Prime Membership page. You can either set your membership to expire at the end of the current term and continue receiving benefits until the end of the current membership period or cancel and stop receiving benefits immediately. If you or your registered guests haven't made any eligible purchases we'll refund your full membership fee.
For any trial or other promotional memberships, you can cancel these at any time by going to the Manage Your Prime Membership page and clicking "Do not upgrade".

brettcta

i'm being sponsored by the oxford english dictionary

elona

For once in my life I have impressed my youngest DD. She had ordered some things on amazon and was delighted when they arrived the next day and puzzled when I told her to check her account and make sure she had not signed up for a trial of Prime as she would eventually be billed about £40.

She looked me with a slightly pitying expression but must have checked because the next day I got an e mail saying how glad she was I had tipped her off as she had in fact signed up for this without realising the eventual cost. She now thinks I am not as out of touch as she thought

She only uses that site a couple of times while I use it much more often but even so I still find that sometimes the Prime option is ticked automatically and I have to be careful to oft for genuine free postage IYKWIM.

his_missus

I signed up to the free trial of Prime when I was ordering presents for Hubby's birthday and wanted to guarantee they arrived quickly.

I got an email telling me I'd signed up and how to cancel though I can't remember if it actually told me the date my free trial expired.

I went onto my Amazon account and cancelled using the email as a guide.

All very simple and clear IMO!

Elona, I will remember to check that Prime isn't ticked next time I shop on there, thanks.

custardy

his_missus wrote: »

I signed up to the free trial of Prime when I was ordering presents for Hubby's birthday and wanted to guarantee they arrived quickly.

I got an email telling me I'd signed up and how to cancel though I can't remember if it actually told me the date my free trial expired.

I went onto my Amazon account and cancelled using the email as a guide.

All very simple and clear IMO!

Elona, I will remember to check that Prime isn't ticked next time I shop on there, thanks.

You dont even have to remember
as soon as you place the Prime order
go into your Amazon account and turn off auto renew