JackDenz Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Just a warning for those of you that have signed up for membership of sites requiring auto-renewal of subscriptions. Before moving to Chiang Mai last year I joined a few sites to learn more about Thailand, including Thaivisa! Two required a subscription of which Internations.com was the most expensive @ US$59.40 It turned out to be just a money making scheme with little interest so I never used it and forgot all about it until the charge came through. Previous experience was that just before renewal was effected the organisation would email warning of the upcoming charge. Not so with Internations, or many others, who leave it all up to you. Checking Google I found there are millions of people who forget about the renewal and find out only when the charge hits their credit card. In my case Internations point blank refuse a refund whilst Retirecheap Thailand were quite understanding and offered full refund which I eventually declined when I learnt that a good portion of the fee is used to support a local orphanage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Chargeback -> problem solved Do you have any question or what is the point of this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackDenz Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 Chargeback???? to whom. The point of the topic is very clear, be aware of auto-renewal. Don't sign up thinking you will have notification of charges before they happen, you generally won’t. It is not called a trap for no reason. Check Google or any other search engine and you will find articles from the Telegraph etc. that expose this money grabbing problem. My reference to Internations is specific because they do not deal honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Smith Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Why pay for any of these type of subscriptions? Plenty of info on everything available for free on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackdd Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 55 minutes ago, JackDenz said: Chargeback???? to whom. https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/6-steps-getting-chargeback-1267.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Amazon Prime are notorious for doing that. Sign you up without consent, then start charging you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salerno Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 As soon as I see the payment has gone through for anything I have to pay for that I sign up to I go straight to account settings and disable auto update. Rather than rely on them reminding you they're about to take out an auto payment, make them get in touch that it failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roamer Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 I really think you need to cut the OP a little slack here. Even the most elementary research will show that once this group of scammers have hold of your payment details you have problems, comparisons with Amazon are way off the mark, this is purely a scam. Even if your card is expired they will hit you with all types of threatening letters and it is quite obvious that many people thought they had unsubscribed were still hit with the renewal charge. Yes if it is a credit card you can try a chargeback, debit card you’re screwed. https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/internations.org 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 Some years ago I was using HostGator. You could flip the switch to not renew and they would flip back. So when they renewed and you complained they could ask you if you really did flip the switch. No guess not. Damn!! I played with them going back and forth. Absolutely verified that was occuring. I cancelled which was another nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackcab Posted September 1, 2019 Share Posted September 1, 2019 A troll post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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