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  • ThumbRemote
    ThumbRemote Posts: 4,742 Forumite
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    If it was free how did they get your card details?

    They said how in their post.
  • They sound like a bunch of crooks!
  • teddysmum
    teddysmum Posts: 9,529 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    If it was free how did they get your card details?
    A lot of offers ask for card details and, if you don't cancel a trial period in time, they charge for the next one, so gain custom from people who forget or are unable to cancel due to circumstances.
  • marleyboy
    marleyboy Posts: 16,698 Forumite
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    There is no such thing as a freebie that needs your banking details. By keeping this in mind, your less likely to be ripped off by them.
    :A:dance:1+1+1=1:dance::A
    "Marleyboy you are a legend!"
    MarleyBoy "You are the Greatest"
    Marleyboy You Are A Legend!
    Marleyboy speaks sense
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    Marleyboy - You are, indeed, a legend.
  • A few of you missed the irony in my post. It was rhetorical and along marleyboy's thoughts. If it was free they wouldn't require payment details.
    Thinking critically since 1996....
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