Amazon prime BEWARE!

railbuff

Pollycat wrote: »

But I'd lay odds that there will still be those people who are so anxious to spend their money that they will fall foul of any warning however clear because they simply don't bother to read anything in front of them.

this is all too true, i know this as i run a hosting company and before any one pays their is a tick box and link saying click this if you have read and agree to our TOS and the people that click this and then later down the line , i never read that your terms as they never read but agreed to them

Azari

Pollycat wrote: »

But I'd lay odds that there will still be those people who are so anxious to spend their money that they will fall foul of any warning however clear because they simply don't bother to read anything in front of them.

I don't doubt that you are correct but at least, in those circumstances, there would be no doubt that it was their fault.

At the moment it is very easy to lay some blame at Amazon's door because you can sign up to the trial without the information that you will be charged, unless you take some action, ever appearing on your screen.

GlynD

I know for a fact that you have to physically tick the box to join Amazon Prime. I read the info about it before doing so. Loads of other people do too so why didn't the OP read about why they were ticking the box? It's not Amazon's fault and they were amazingly helpful when I cancelled my subscription to "Prime".

Idiophreak

Valli wrote: »

Me, I have twice signed up for Amazon Prime free trial. Each time I have put a note on the calendar reminding me WHEN to cancel.

FWIW, I'm fairly sure that if you cancel straight away, the free trial still runs to the end of the term anyway. I was quite surprised this was the case when I last did it

vuvuzela

basill wrote: »

When I had my free trail I'm sure I was notified that I could prevent auto renewal by ticking a box on the "my account" pages.

I did this and had no problems with unwanted payments.

B

Me too. Quick and easy.

vuvuzela

Idiophreak wrote: »

FWIW, I'm fairly sure that if you cancel straight away, the free trial still runs to the end of the term anyway. I was quite surprised this was the case when I last did it

They do do this. When I had my last free trial, they notified me so I cancelled the auto-renew straight away and it worked fine. Thing is though, I actually read what I signed up for...

shaun_from_Africa

Azari wrote: »

That's completely facetious.

So you bring up the subject of

the continuing stream of people here who have misunderstood

and when someone else brings up the number of people who didn't misunderstand what they were agreeing to, you think it's facetious.
Would this be because the number of people who actually read what they were agreeing to appears to vastly outnumber those who simply "ticked the box" to state that they had read the terms and conditions without actually doing so?

Anyway, how can someone have misunderstood what they were agreeing to when it appears that many of them didn't even bother to read the T&C's?

Idiophreak

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Would this be because the number of people who actually read what they were agreeing to appears to vastly outnumber those who simply "ticked the box" to state that they had read the terms and conditions without actually doing so?

Hardly the same thing...*nobody* reads T&Cs...Everyone just ticks the box. The fact is, though, that this isn't even in the T&Cs...it says "Prime Trial" or something when you choose delivery options and there's stuff about prime plastered all over the page, so it's next to impossible to not figure you'd be charged after the trial...

montymud

I signed up for a month free and immediately made sure that I checked the box that said cancel recurring payments. I found it quite clear (although I have learnt from past errors to ALWAYS read t&'s so I do!) & I was delighted with their service. I used it in the run up to christmas with all those deals that go on and saved myself a small fortune in postage charges.

shaun_from_Africa

I will be the first to admit that I do sometimes sign up for things without reading all of the conditions, but if this later comes back to bite me in the ar5e because I didn't fully read up on what I was agreeing to, I will accept that it was my choice and my fault and I won't start shouting "rip-off" or "scam".