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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

AOL profited for over a decade on people who signed up for the service and simply lost track of it, paying month after month for something they'd forgotten they even had.

Crazy that these services can just raise premiums whenever they please without even reaffirming that the customer still wants the service. I guarantee that if you needed to re-verify your account on a price increase, firms with big client pools would never raise their rates again.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

And now when you card expires, they just change the expiration date on your existing number a few times until it works to keep the subscription going, and that's somehow legal.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Does the CVV number on credit cards not change when they're renewed in the USA? Or can companies still somehow charge cards without an up-to-date CVV?

[–] dandu3@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

They sometimes have an agreement to update the card after expiry

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Gyms exist solely because of people like that.