Subscriptions - Credit Card

davidismyname

Hi could you share some tips on how to avoid recurring payments from different subscriptions websites. A few months ago I subscribed to many different websites that offer you 14 day free trials (online courses, software, coaching programs etc) and as I had no money in that bank/card I didn't bother to cancel the subscriptions and now I don't remember which websites I subscribed to.

Now I wanted to receive some payments in that bank account but I'm afraid that those subscription websites will take a lot of money that I havent paid for these months...

Will I still have to pay to these websites if I cancel the credit/debit card?  (I only gave my credit/debit card number to those websites)

I would apreciatte some help as some of those subscriptions are recurring high ticket digital products...I think one was around $2000 with a free trial so I could get a depression...

Thanks

[Deleted User]

You just need to cancel any subscriptions you no longer want.

Cancelling your card does nothing apart from leave you without a card. You still owe the money under the contract.

Brie

Talk to the card provider and ask them to cancel these. They will tell you you need to cancel directly to the company but at least you are advising them up front of an issue. They may also be aware of some incoming or bounced payments.

Brie

Oh and can you check your browser history? That might give you a clue to some so you can get this partially sorted at least.

born_again

Deleted_User said:

You just need to cancel any subscriptions you no longer want.

Cancelling your card does nothing apart from leave you without a card. You still owe the money under the contract.

Also retailer can simply request new card details to take the payments.

OP needs to go back through their emails. As you will have received these when you subscribed. 
Even if you contact your bank, you need to know which retailer to stop the payments to & that does not stop them chasing via other means. 

In future you a calendar to mark of who & when payments are due. 👍

Sandtree

Brie said:

Talk to the card provider and ask them to cancel these. They will tell you you need to cancel directly to the company but at least you are advising them up front of an issue. They may also be aware of some incoming or bounced payments.

Card provider cannot cancel a contract with another company on your behalf, all they can do is stop a continuous payment authority once its been setup however the first payment wont be a CPA and so would go through even with CPAs blocked

In most contracts non-payment isnt an acceptable way to cancel the contract and so you will be continuing incurring costs/fees etc until you cancel it properly... just the same way your employer cannot just refuse to pay you and use that as their mechanism of firing/making you redundant. 

davidismyname

Sandtree said:

Brie said:

Talk to the card provider and ask them to cancel these. They will tell you you need to cancel directly to the company but at least you are advising them up front of an issue. They may also be aware of some incoming or bounced payments.

Card provider cannot cancel a contract with another company on your behalf, all they can do is stop a continuous payment authority once its been setup however the first payment wont be a CPA and so would go through even with CPAs blocked

In most contracts non-payment isnt an acceptable way to cancel the contract and so you will be continuing incurring costs/fees etc until you cancel it properly... just the same way your employer cannot just refuse to pay you and use that as their mechanism of firing/making you redundant. 

But I didn't sign any contract with those websites I just gave my debit card number to those websites so if they cant process the first payment I guess they just canceled my account...

born_again

Sandtree said:

Brie said:

Talk to the card provider and ask them to cancel these. They will tell you you need to cancel directly to the company but at least you are advising them up front of an issue. They may also be aware of some incoming or bounced payments.

Card provider cannot cancel a contract with another company on your behalf, all they can do is stop a continuous payment authority once its been setup however the first payment wont be a CPA and so would go through even with CPAs blocked

In most contracts non-payment isnt an acceptable way to cancel the contract and so you will be continuing incurring costs/fees etc until you cancel it properly... just the same way your employer cannot just refuse to pay you and use that as their mechanism of firing/making you redundant. 

No it would be stopped.
In cases where there is a free trial period. There is always a check on the card that gets logged on the system. Which then means the retailer can be picked up and the block put in place.

TBH. While the banks do not cancel the contract. I have never heard of one of these companies chasing a customer. All they do is cancel the service. As most are not based in the UK.
Only ones that will chase a customer is where you sign up to a fixed term service & cancel the payment mid term.

davidismyname

Deleted_User said:

You just need to cancel any subscriptions you no longer want.

Cancelling your card does nothing apart from leave you without a card. You still owe the money under the contract.

I didn't sign any contract..just gave my debit card number...and if I block the debit card usually I should get a card with a new number so my guess is that websites wont be able to process payments as they would have the wrong debit card number?

Carrot007

davidismyname said:

I didn't sign any contract..just gave my debit card number...and if I block the debit card usually I should get a card with a new number so my guess is that websites wont be able to process payments as they would have the wrong debit card number?

You guessed wrong. Have you read any of the replys? Contracts are madwe without "signing", you signed up online.

Canceling the card is not the easyways out. Take control of what you did and cancel correctly.

Sandtree

davidismyname said:

Sandtree said:

Brie said:

Talk to the card provider and ask them to cancel these. They will tell you you need to cancel directly to the company but at least you are advising them up front of an issue. They may also be aware of some incoming or bounced payments.

Card provider cannot cancel a contract with another company on your behalf, all they can do is stop a continuous payment authority once its been setup however the first payment wont be a CPA and so would go through even with CPAs blocked

In most contracts non-payment isnt an acceptable way to cancel the contract and so you will be continuing incurring costs/fees etc until you cancel it properly... just the same way your employer cannot just refuse to pay you and use that as their mechanism of firing/making you redundant. 

But I didn't sign any contract with those websites I just gave my debit card number to those websites so if they cant process the first payment I guess they just canceled my account...

In england and wales the requirements for a contract are:
1) Offer
2) Acceptance
3) Consideration (aka payment which can also be the promise of payment)

There is no legal requirement for signature in contracts, in deeds there are but in deeds there is no requirement for consideration. 

born_again said:

Sandtree said:

Brie said:

Talk to the card provider and ask them to cancel these. They will tell you you need to cancel directly to the company but at least you are advising them up front of an issue. They may also be aware of some incoming or bounced payments.

Card provider cannot cancel a contract with another company on your behalf, all they can do is stop a continuous payment authority once its been setup however the first payment wont be a CPA and so would go through even with CPAs blocked

In most contracts non-payment isnt an acceptable way to cancel the contract and so you will be continuing incurring costs/fees etc until you cancel it properly... just the same way your employer cannot just refuse to pay you and use that as their mechanism of firing/making you redundant. 

No it would be stopped.
In cases where there is a free trial period. There is always a check on the card that gets logged on the system. Which then means the retailer can be picked up and the block put in place.

TBH. While the banks do not cancel the contract. I have never heard of one of these companies chasing a customer. All they do is cancel the service. As most are not based in the UK.
Only ones that will chase a customer is where you sign up to a fixed term service & cancel the payment mid term.

Ok, you clearly know much more about cards than I do, my memory of CPAs was the first payment goes through as a standard payment with the normal checks and the subsequent payments go via the CPA route that has much lighter checks without a penalty. Didnt realise the token initial card validation was sufficient to enable the lighter touch CPA route to be used going forward.

It depends what you count in the "one of these companies"... if you look at the service like insurance if they auto renew the policy and attempt payment via CPA and it fails they dont just cancel the policy and write off the debt. Similarly have know plenty chased by cloud software providers for monies due after payment but not service has been cancelled.