topic Re: Retailers Pushing in Community Chat

Retailers Pushing

LTT1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:26:08 GMT

As I have been "internet shopping" yesterday and today, I am having regret over ever signing up for subscriptions.

I am the only one to blame for signing up in the first place, but trying to cancel them now has landed me in a situation of more "red tape" when trying to cancel.

I'm making the assumption that retailers (or, in my case, online companies, seem to all be joining in the chant of "do not let your customers cancel ANYTHING"!

It feels like they are desperate and using more "tricks" to hold onto our money?

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Mom2Dogs — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:50:55 GMT

@LTT1 Good morning! I understand the word subscription but what does is mean when it comes to shopping?

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jlkz — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 11:27:32 GMT

@LTT1

Somewhere I read there is an app that cancels subscriptions for you. Maybe a Google search would help...

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CalminHeart — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 11:35:42 GMT

If any of your subscriptions are through your Apple ID, you can see them on your phone and cancel them.

Settings - Apple ID - Subscriptions. You can view them and cancel whatever you want.

I'm sorry I don't know how they are found on Android phones.

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LTT1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:06:55 GMT

@jlkz

Oh thank you so much! What will they think up next!

I gotta get that! It would really help!

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jackthebear — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:07:30 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
As I have been "internet shopping" yesterday and today, I am having regret over ever signing up for subscriptions.

I am the only one to blame for signing up in the first place, but trying to cancel them now has landed me in a situation of more "red tape" when trying to cancel.

I'm making the assumption that retailers (or, in my case, online companies, seem to all be joining in the chant of "do not let your customers cancel ANYTHING"!

It feels like they are desperate and using more "tricks" to hold onto our money?

emails or texts is that what you mean

Re: Retailers Pushing

LTT1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:18:48 GMT

@jackthebear

@CalminHeart @jlkz @Mom2Dogs

Here is what I mean...

if you subscribe to receiving a product every month or say every other month,

you get a discount.

I fall for the lower price every time and then forget that I did it.

Along comes an email

"Thenk you for your order?"

What?

[I FORGOT lol]

Re: Retailers Pushing

jackthebear — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:22:26 GMT

go to your account and close the account

I never give my CC # and leave it there

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LTT1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:40:53 GMT

@jackthebear

The thing that happened this morning was I went to their site and somehow I didn't have an account!

it was a mess!

I had "joined" this company's site because my daughter asked me to.

So I had an order number but no acct...I made a second acct because I couldn't get to the acct under which the order had occurred. [$10/month for their newsletter]

Now I have sent their "customer care" a notice to cancel my account. 🙄

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Desertdi — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:48:20 GMT

Mass advertising has been taken over by AI...

I am a huge fan of pearls...any kind or color..., but especially "exotics" like biwa, coin, baroque, keshi, etc.

I only have to look up ONE item on the net...and soon I am flooded with as many as 20 vendor ads and emails...including even Yurman...(JTV is more in my price range.)

Makes me feel like I'm being "stalked"...

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meem120 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 13:01:10 GMT

This recently happened to me on the Truekind website. I was looking at bras and after decididng on trying on and added it to my cart, I looked at the 2 pack . Somehow it ended up in my cart, I never saw it till after I checked out and the payment was $67. They had also signed me up for a monthly fee for I think free mailing. Crazy. Partly my fault of course, but trying to cancel is a nightmare,, I called, sent emails etc to no avail. Mind you it was about 10 min after i saw the amount that i called, emailed, even called Paypal etc. SO Truekind told me it was to far into the process to cancel. Ok, 10 minutes. I dont think so. So I'll be returning some of the items Im sure. Now on to make sure thye cancelled the monthly subscription fee.

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LTT1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:21:12 GMT

@Desertdi @jackthebear

Makes me feel that way too...like I am being stalked....inundated by ads!

@jackthebear

great point! Thanks!
if I never give them my cc#, I'll never have to worry about it!

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LTT1 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:24:25 GMT

@meem120

I could have sworn my putting something in my cart "to think about" ended up as a completed sale to me too back around the holidays!

I’m sure it was my fault, but at least from then on I was very careful. It was as if the process skipped a step!

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Kachina624 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:29:42 GMT

@LTT1. You know, or maybe you don't that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has recently decreed that online subscription should be as easy to cancel as they are to join. If you're having a hard time, I'd either threaten to or actually file a complaint with them which can be done online.

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Kachina624 — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:33:27 GMT

@jlkz wrote:
@LTT1

Somewhere I read there is an app that cancels subscriptions for you. Maybe a Google search would help...

@jlkz. I looked into that and discovered that you have to give an unknown entity your banking/CC information. I just didn't feel comfortable doing that.

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millieshops — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:40:55 GMT

@LTT1 When even the largest of the retailers are struggling to maintain the level of business they need to survive, I think you're right on target feeling they are all desperate to find ways to convince us to spend more.

I believe even the scammers must be desperate. I'm getting more and more of them every week.

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cherrywood — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:24:37 GMT

I think you can block companies on your credit card. Might be worth a try.

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Still Raining — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 16:49:02 GMT

Indeed this seems more common now. I have to keep opting out. Honestly, I can't think anything I want on automatic.

I also opted out of easy pay long too. Keeping an eye on returns and number of payments was too much for me.

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mrshckynut — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 18:58:57 GMT

@LTT1 subscription is a very vague term to me i order online from several vendors but my only "subscription(?)" is belonging to amazon prime

I can change that by not paying for it and that's it.

mrshckynut

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Nightowlz — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 19:18:10 GMT

@LTT1

It makes no difference today.

I have been to sites I have never been to before looking at products. I don't have an account with these places. Next thing I know I'm receiving emails from them??? I didn't sign up asking for them.

Yesterday I received 20 spam emails in my spam folder? That's never happened before?