There should be a law requiring them to remind you before the free trial is over and also to have them require that you then confirm your subscription before it renews.
I signed up for an ant-scamming service from this guy I called. I got his number from a pop-up ad on my computer. The service is called NoScamm-Kolkata LLC. I pay with Walmart gift cards. The NoScamm-Kolkata LLC representative is George Wilson (strangely he has a strong Indian accent. Oh well). It is not automatic subscription. He just calls each month and I give him gift card numbers. I can stop anytime. So far, no scams!
I have one paid music subscription and broadband Internet. If I get too bored I have a personal library of four hundred books. I no longer have an audio books subscription but have previously accumulated more than a thousand hours of audio performances. I can buy individual movies online, as needed.
I noticed Tim didn’t continue the Mayfly story arc. Clever. As for Pam’s issue, I HATE the subscription model for most things. But since I don’t fall for “free trials”, I’m not impacted. I’ll leave that for the suckers.
The worst was when I got a free trial of LinkedIn Premium. On the 31st day, they charged me for a full year’s subscription, about $500. And this being LinkedIn, they knew I had no job! I tried to speak with a representative, but the communication system was 100% automated. Fortunately, all I had to do was contest the charge on my credit card. Since no human beings were involved on their end, nobody responded, and I didn’t have to pay.
This was a decade ago. Maybe they’ve gotten better about it.
Ratkin Premium Member 9 months ago
APParently inapt.
rekam Premium Member 9 months ago
She just doesn’t learn.
Bilan 9 months ago
Is Brewster contagious?
Bilan 9 months ago
There is an app (completely free) that will remind you. It’s called a calendar.
SHIVA 9 months ago
It started many years ago with book clubs, and CD clubs. Once they hooked you it was very hard to stop!!
Imagine 9 months ago
There should be a law requiring them to remind you before the free trial is over and also to have them require that you then confirm your subscription before it renews.
Zykoic 9 months ago
I signed up for an ant-scamming service from this guy I called. I got his number from a pop-up ad on my computer. The service is called NoScamm-Kolkata LLC. I pay with Walmart gift cards. The NoScamm-Kolkata LLC representative is George Wilson (strangely he has a strong Indian accent. Oh well). It is not automatic subscription. He just calls each month and I give him gift card numbers. I can stop anytime. So far, no scams!
/s
Gent 9 months ago
Six dollars a month? Yow! That expenseeve eh.
donlackie 9 months ago
Even Brewster sees that one
Nuliajuk 9 months ago
Sometimes even when you do remember to cancel the payments keep getting taken.
LawrenceS 9 months ago
Don’t accept a free sign-up for any service unless you already know you want that service and plan to continue it.
gantech 9 months ago
All part of our nefarious plot…BWAAA…HAAAA…HAAA…
fjc007 9 months ago
Pam’s naivety has even Brewster looking perplexed.
[Traveler] Premium Member 9 months ago
In most cases, you can cancel right after signing up and you still get the free period
Ken Otwell 9 months ago
Pam and Brewster have switched roles in this one. Seems fitting that finally Brewster can roll his eyes at her at least once!
Slowly, he turned... 9 months ago
It has happened. Ads are officially smarter than humans.
[Unnamed Reader - bf182b] 9 months ago
Even Brewster can see through this one.
Alchemist Premium Member 9 months ago
Love the look on the big guy’s face in the last panel.
notmoving Premium Member 9 months ago
Oh my gawsh! Is Brewster the smart one here?
Calvins Brother 9 months ago
Pam, Pam, Pam.(Shakes head)
Mike Baldwin creator 9 months ago
We all live in a yellow subscription, a yellow subscription, a yellow subscription…
cuzinron47 9 months ago
It’s a pretty common addiction these days.
mistercatworks 9 months ago
I have one paid music subscription and broadband Internet. If I get too bored I have a personal library of four hundred books. I no longer have an audio books subscription but have previously accumulated more than a thousand hours of audio performances. I can buy individual movies online, as needed.
Why let them bleed you dry a month at a time?
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace 9 months ago
I’m confused, who’s the smart one in this picture??
Brian Fink 9 months ago
I have all of my subscriptions go to a single credit card that has no other use.
StoicLion1973 9 months ago
I noticed Tim didn’t continue the Mayfly story arc. Clever. As for Pam’s issue, I HATE the subscription model for most things. But since I don’t fall for “free trials”, I’m not impacted. I’ll leave that for the suckers.
Stephen Gilberg 9 months ago
The worst was when I got a free trial of LinkedIn Premium. On the 31st day, they charged me for a full year’s subscription, about $500. And this being LinkedIn, they knew I had no job! I tried to speak with a representative, but the communication system was 100% automated. Fortunately, all I had to do was contest the charge on my credit card. Since no human beings were involved on their end, nobody responded, and I didn’t have to pay.
This was a decade ago. Maybe they’ve gotten better about it.
gmu328 9 months ago
if brewster can pick up on the irony, pam sure is dumb
eb110americana 9 months ago
Just like streaming was supposed to save us from the greedy cable companies…
norphos 9 months ago
Even smart people can get trapped in such.
geese28 9 months ago
Like those companies that offer to pay of your credit cards with a single monthly payment. How could I lose?
aussie399 Premium Member 6 months ago
So why not just cancel them now instead of b17ching about it