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Well...it is borderline shady - you sign up for the free-trial and they hope that you don't read the fine print and/or forget to cancel. I'm sure the elderly get hit with this especially hard.
Having said that, Amazon Prime is one of the best deals out there, pays for itself many times over.
What fine print? I signed up for the 30-day free trial, and it was very obviously and clearly stated that I had to cancel within the 30 days in order to avoid the $99 charge for membership.
What fine print? I signed up for the 30-day free trial, and it was very obviously and clearly stated that I had to cancel within the 30 days in order to avoid the $99 charge for membership.
Exactly!
And as a senior myself, I thought the elderly comment was condescending. We DO know how to read, you know.
Plus, the person who DID have trouble is in his 20s.
Last edited by Pitt Chick; 09-21-2016 at 03:21 PM..
Exactly!
And as a senior myself, I thought the elderly comment was condescending. We DO know how to read, you know.
Plus, the person who DID have trouble is in his 20s.
Heck, you might be the only generation that still does read fine print.
I'll go on record that the process of ordering can be confusing, and has traps that can lead you into an unwanted Prime membership. My wife was once slammed with it, and she was not pleased. Before anyone comments, not only was she able to read and comprehend at a PhD level, but was able to deconstruct poetry that college professors in her book group couldn't grasp. The snarks about "not reading the fine print" are uncalled for and, in the case of this subject, pretty stupid and condescending.
A major problem occurs when a vendor offers free shipping, and then Amazon chimes in with "Do you want free shipping?" The basic logic is "Yes. I want the free shipping that the vendor offered." On those types of orders it would be super-simple for Amazon to set up an exclusion rule that stopped the Prime offer from chiming in with "free shipping". IF already free shipping THEN no Prime offer for free shipping. Anyone who is distracted while ordering can make the error of checking the wrong box. It can be worse when multiple items from different vendors are ordered. That is not user fault, that is defective or manipulative programming. If you had a car that always steered to the left unless you repeatedly had to push a button that said "Don't steer to the left" you would be confused and upset. What if you didn't want the car to steer to the left but you wanted to turn to the left on your own? Would you be able to? Would you break the car? That is the type of BS instruction that the Prime "offers" give.
After 5 years I canceled Prime when the Free shipping that was supposed to be 2 day started coming after 2+ days and they baled the vendors for not processing and packaging in time and no compensation was given. The they added the BS of add on items to be at least $25 for free Prime shipping. Hey Amazon, they what the hell I am paying you $99 per year for if you want to add the c**p of add on items. The final straw was than items cost less locally on many purchases, now that Amazon charges sales tax in our state.
We accidentally signed up for Amazon Prime but probably will cancel it once it expires.
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