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DoNotPay Unsubscribes You from Spam–and Tries to Get You Paid
- aosaigh 6y agoWasn't there a post here on HN only days ago saying DoNotPay had been charging their account for months after they cancelled their account?
- kkotak 6y agoDo not pay.
- stx 6y agoYeah, your right https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23935317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23935317 . I shared this because I thought it was interesting and wanted to see what the HN community thought. I should have searched it first.
- mirimir 6y agoWell, it does sound like a very useful service. I wonder how they could have gone that far off the rails. Maybe they got taken over by investors, or acquired.
- dfee 6y agoSon of a bitch. It’s happening to other people too? Every month I get “Subscribe” as the line item. I’m contacting my bank for the third time in a row to remove that $3 transaction. They’ve even issued me a new card, and I still get it.
- mirimir 6y agoI wonder whether disposable credit cards protect against this. https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-protect-yourself-online-with-disposable-credit-card-numbers https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-protect-yourself-online-...
- rahimnathwani 6y agoA new card won't usually solve this. If a merchant has a recurring payment on the account, the payment network will happily update them with the new card details. Look up any of: - Visa Account Updater - MasterCard Automatic Billing Updater - American Express Cardrefresher - Discover Network Account Updater
- jamessmith74 6y agoYes he’s right. Changing your card number won’t do anything - you should ask the merchant directly to cancel
- jamessmith74 6y agoThe poster is not saying that they were charged after cancelling. They say they weren’t aware that it costs $3 a month, which seems pretty obvious from both the signup flow and article IMO I’ve unsubscribed from 80 spam emails so far
- pfranz 6y agoI've been noticing a $3 charge and had no idea this was the source. "Subscribe" is very vague description on the credit card statement. The subscription services I enjoy using have descriptions that show up in Google and send me a statement emailed (or physically mailed) to me each time they make a charge.
- s_gourichon 6y agoAlthough the company appears to have early ties to British origin, most of the claims appear tied to the US environment and justice system. * Does any benefit of DoNotPay remain for individuals in other parts of the world? * Any similar initiative in Europe?