Remember to cancel your free trials
News Web Services / / January 03, 2021
While we are at home, all kinds of internet services simply bombard us with offers to try their premium features for free. This is great, of course, but this generosity has a downside. You sign up for a trial subscription for a month, and the service asks you to enter your card number - without this, registration is often impossible. After 30 days, the free period ends and the money is debited from the account.
A very common and completely legal but annoying trick. It is used by mobile apps, streaming services like Netflix, and even the most popular porn site of all times. Of course, you will be notified by mail about the end of the trial period, but it is very easy to miss such a letter.
It is still possible to keep in mind that you will need to refuse one service in a month. However, eIf you have already typed a dozen of subscriptions and do not remember which services you received your bank card number, open Unroll.me and enter your mail. You will be shown all the emails that have ever come to you. You can search for expiring trial passes among them.
When registering a trial subscription, try to go to settings and cancel it immediately. In some services, the account will then continue to provide premium features for free until the end of the trial period.
Finally, make it a rule to create a calendar reminder whenever you sign up for a trial period and include your credit card number.
Google calendar will remind you to unsubscribe from unnecessary service in time and not to spend extra money.
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