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Why We Are Here => Marketing => Topic started by: rcjordan on October 29, 2019, 01:25:12 PM

Title: 'Membership economy' favors businesses over consumers
Post by: rcjordan on October 29, 2019, 01:25:12 PM
From our Sherlock Dept.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-29/automatic-subscription-renewals-david-lazarus-column
Title: Re: 'Membership economy' favors businesses over consumers
Post by: ergophobe on October 29, 2019, 07:03:52 PM
QuoteThe only problem: His subscription doesn't expire until next month. And he wasn't sure if he wanted it to continue.

This is why I try to avoid the auto subscribe if possible and no longer renew magazine subscriptions until I stop getting them. I find that these days you commonly get renewal notices 3-4 months into the annual subscription.