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I'm missing something about this. What benefit do you receive? You performed work to subscribe then more work to cancel. What did you receive in return? Not ser
by dboreham 4y ago
I'm missing something about this. What benefit do you receive? You performed work to subscribe then more work to cancel. What did you receive in return? Not service, I assume since you canceled immediately.
- hef19898 4y agoSubscriptions have trials, or fixed periods. You take the trial, cancel to prevent auto renew and still use the trial / subscription until the period runs out.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoIn my experience, you buy the service in billing-cycle-length increments. E.g., if Hulu's auto-renew charges you monthly, then even if you cancel, you still have Hulu access until the next time they would have billed you.
- zinekeller 4y agoMost subscriptions are fixed-periods: this means that once you pay, it is non-refundable. Doesn't matter that this is illegal in Australia, NZ and EU: they only sporadically enforce it anyways. In practice, this means that you cancel for the future subscription, not the current period.
- brk 4y agoBecause almost nobody offers refunds once the payment goes through, you can cancel immediately but retain access through whatever the subscription period is (usually 1 month).
- bombcar 4y agoExactly as the others mentioned. Subscribe to Disney + for a year, cancel immediately - now I have it for a year and don’t have to think about it at all. And when it stops working, if I notice, I can resubscribe. If I don’t notice - well then I didn’t need it anyway.