Cancelling nordvpn

RumRat

bob2302 said:

Unless you have a specific reason for having a VPN, like needing a foreign IP address or P2P file sharing, I wouldn't bother. The original security problem they solved doesn't exist anymore.

So ISP can no longer see and log history etc etc......Genuine question...

textbook

flaneurs_lobster said:

textbook said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

First thing I do after buying a new NordVPN subscription is to cancel auto-renewal. Your subscription stays active until the end and you won't get charged. No risk of them cancelling your plan early if you delete your payment method or cancel auto-renewal.

If you're within a few days of the auto renewal it could be worth talking to customer support and asking them to cancel - they normally offer a 30 day money back guarantee but I'm unsure if it applies to renewals. Otherwise just talk to your bank.

Definately don't need to worry about CCJs and the like if you get your bank to cancel the payment.

I just blocked payment with my bank.  I dunno if I stopped autorenewal ?   Ccjs .  Gone past expiry now.   I wanna sign up for cheap 2 year deals.  How do I turn off auto renewal?

Sign into your Nord account.
Check if you have a current subscription to VPN.
Check that auto renew is set to "off". 

You "wanna sign up for cheap 2 year deals", to what? Nord VPN? Another VPN? Something else entirely? Why two years?

It says my subscription has ended.   They had a deal on the two year plan.  Auto renew is set to ofg

textbook

bob2302 said:

Unless you have a specific reason for having a VPN, like needing a foreign IP address or P2P file sharing, I wouldn't bother. The original security problem they solved doesn't exist anymore.

I wanted it for security reasons.  E.g had my Facebook account hacked on phone at Heathrow.   For use on forums if I was banned

vacheron

Check the date of your renewal. In my case, they took the money about 3 weeks before the renewal date, but you could cancel the renewal up to something like a couple of days before renewal, so they didn't give me time to decide before taking the money. 

I complained on this basis and they gave me some wishy washy excuse about doing it to "ensure I remained protected", but agreed to the refund.

So as you have already managed to stop the payment, just cancel using the button next to auto renewal in billing.

DullGreyGuy

RumRat said:

bob2302 said:

Unless you have a specific reason for having a VPN, like needing a foreign IP address or P2P file sharing, I wouldn't bother. The original security problem they solved doesn't exist anymore.

So ISP can no longer see and log history etc etc......Genuine question...

They can see where data is going too and from but not what the data is unless you've allowed them to install their own CA on your machine and they use a proxy etc. 

Not sure blocking your own ISP from seeing your browsing history was the original security problem that caused VPNs to proliferate. Circumventing certain providers content controls is a use case but wouldn't classify being able to watch !!!! in a hotel room without paying the price they charge for the adult channel is a security matter and is similar as using it to being able to stream US Netflix or HBO Max from the UK

That said, some browsers do have soft VPNs built into them so can obscure your website history but not other calls the computer is making to the internet outside of the webbrowser. 

PRAISETHESUN

textbook said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

First thing I do after buying a new NordVPN subscription is to cancel auto-renewal. Your subscription stays active until the end and you won't get charged. No risk of them cancelling your plan early if you delete your payment method or cancel auto-renewal.

If you're within a few days of the auto renewal it could be worth talking to customer support and asking them to cancel - they normally offer a 30 day money back guarantee but I'm unsure if it applies to renewals. Otherwise just talk to your bank.

Definately don't need to worry about CCJs and the like if you get your bank to cancel the payment.

I just blocked payment with my bank.  I dunno if I stopped autorenewal ?   Ccjs .  Gone past expiry now.   I wanna sign up for cheap 2 year deals.  How do I turn off auto renewal?

If you've told your bank to stop processing further payments then in theory that should block the renewal in future, but you should probably also turn off the option in your Nord account for completeness.

Sign into your account and under billing/subscriptions there should be an option to enable/disable auto-renewal.

DullGreyGuy

PRAISETHESUN said:

textbook said:

PRAISETHESUN said:

First thing I do after buying a new NordVPN subscription is to cancel auto-renewal. Your subscription stays active until the end and you won't get charged. No risk of them cancelling your plan early if you delete your payment method or cancel auto-renewal.

If you're within a few days of the auto renewal it could be worth talking to customer support and asking them to cancel - they normally offer a 30 day money back guarantee but I'm unsure if it applies to renewals. Otherwise just talk to your bank.

Definately don't need to worry about CCJs and the like if you get your bank to cancel the payment.

I just blocked payment with my bank.  I dunno if I stopped autorenewal ?   Ccjs .  Gone past expiry now.   I wanna sign up for cheap 2 year deals.  How do I turn off auto renewal?

If you've told your bank to stop processing further payments then in theory that should block the renewal in future, but you should probably also turn off the option in your Nord account for completeness.

Sign into your account and under billing/subscriptions there should be an option to enable/disable auto-renewal.

Stopping payment doesn't stop the renewal in most cases, it just stops you paying for the renewal which then probably leads to it being cancelled for non-payment and whatever debt recovery process they may or may not have. 

Sure, many companies will just write it off and maybe just ban you as a customer but others will take it further for more material sums. 

Wonder if people would feel the same way about non-payment being a reasonable form of cancellation were it their employment being terminated by the employer just deciding not to pay them any more.

bob2302

textbook said:

bob2302 said:

Unless you have a specific reason for having a VPN, like needing a foreign IP address or P2P file sharing, I wouldn't bother. The original security problem they solved doesn't exist anymore.

I wanted it for security reasons.  E.g had my Facebook account hacked on phone at Heathrow.   For use on forums if I was banned

Whatever happened with Facebook, a VPN wouldn't have helped unless the problem was that you overrode a warning  that your connection to Facebook was not secure. I don't know what would happen with the app - it probably wont even give you the option to connect insecurely, the way a browser would.

If you are banned from a forum, a VPN can give you a new IP address, but I think it's doubtful that forums block on dynamic IP addresses anyway. For example O2 only has 4096 addresses, and  a single user can use dozens in a day.

pendragon_arther

I paid £98 for two years with Nord and no complaints from me.

Neil49

pendragon_arther said:

I paid £98 for two years with Nord and no complaints from me.

You should have gone via Topcashback and got 100% cashback. You still have to pay the tax but it's a lot less than £98.