▲ 631 ▼ FCC bans cable TV industry’s favorite trick for hiding full cost of service (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) What do they do? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) They charge your card for seemingly random groups of products so your order is split into strange Unrecognizable transaction amounts, and you can't tell by looking them which order items the charges are for, and if your want to see, it's buried deep in your account settings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago And then once a month they randomly sign you up for Prime "by mistake". But don't worry, since you caught it in time you'll get a full refund in 5-7 business days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) They charge your card for seemingly random groups of products so your order is split into strange Unrecognizable transaction amounts, and you can't tell by looking them which order items the charges are for, and if your want to see, it's buried deep in your account settings. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago And then once a month they randomly sign you up for Prime "by mistake". But don't worry, since you caught it in time you'll get a full refund in 5-7 business days. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 years ago And then once a month they randomly sign you up for Prime "by mistake". But don't worry, since you caught it in time you'll get a full refund in 5-7 business days. permalink fedilink source parent