Because of crazy credit card laws, cancelling the card isn’t enough to end the subscription service. If they were charging a new charge like McMaster charging you for a new part, they would need the card but a magazine subscription or gym membership don’t give a fuck.
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shweddy@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Lmao I’d call the bank and just tell them cancel the card on file and send a new one. Can’t charge a cancelled card
Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 57 minutes ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
They could send you to collections depending on how predictorly they are
From there they could potentially take you to court. However, I doubt it since that would cost them a fortune.
nexguy@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
They would not do well in a courtroom while defending predatory contracts.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
How so?
The trial will be short as you likely signed a contract. You can’t just not pay because you don’t like the terms.
The judge follows the law not what is right. We need laws to defend people against predatory companies.
nexguy@lemmy.world 14 minutes ago
Just because a company puts a bunch of shit into a long contract and you sign it doesn’t mean it’s enforceable. They would say they asked to cancel the membership and there is proof(email). It doesn’t matter what gimmicks a company comes up with to make cancelling difficult. A judge would see right through those tactics.
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 39 minutes ago
The jury, comprised of people who certainly have been fucked similarly, can find in the gyms favor and award them a whopping $1 in damages.
Good luck convincing regular people bullshit cancellation policy is a gold reason to make someone pay
glitch1985@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I hate to burst your bubble but yes they can. creditcards.com/…/recurring-charges-updater-1275/
shweddy@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
They can but they don’t do it all the time. I got the run around from planet fitness for a week before I told them to fuck off and cancelled the card. Still haven’t seen a hit to my credit or even a collection letter
Rooster326@programming.dev 5 hours ago
But they’re always out there, waiting, watching.
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
Yall obs have no exp w gyms. They all have a clause that says if you move they’ll cancel it. Print out generic lease, make address 1234 looney toons, Canada (or as i call it, gay america).
Its then canceled.
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
AMEX specifically does this. I had so many problems managing a corporate account with them because dumb salespeople would sign up for bad subscription services they wouldn’t cancel. I’d change their Amex number but they would still carry over the charges from the card we’d deactivated for fraud/theft.
yuknowhokat@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Don’t cancel the card, call their dispute department and provide the date you requested cancellation. They will take it from there.