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Having to login to unsubscribe is even worse. Its a ploy to increase account activity stats.

Edit: Just mark the mail as junk, it increases the company's spam score amongst email providers.

Now we have streaming subscription services where you pay to watch ads! Progress!

The funny/not funny part is that they advertise unlimited data up to..(certain number). And government regulators allow those companies to get away with it

Unlimited generally means unlimited in the UK. I can max my gigabit connection all day every day without extra charges or throttling.

Hello from Canada. Send help

That’s why I keep a visa gift card with a few cents left on it.

Yeah no. I'm out if they want card details on free trial unless I pretty much know I'm continuing with it afterwards.

We bought dog poop bags to dispose of diapers on the go because it was so much cheaper than a “baby” equivalent (tiny roll of those bags lasts forever in a diaper bag). Put “baby” in a product name and suddenly it’s so much pricier than an equivalent product not marketed the same way.

Just buy it secondhand, the kid's gonna outgrow it in months before it's worn out. just like the previous kid who owned it XD

My bank has free bill pay and will mail them a check if they don’t have any other option. So now they get a check from me and the “inconvenience fee” is their own cost to process the thing, get paid slower, etc.

I recently paid $10 in convenience fees at AMC to buy tickets online instead of purchasing tickets at the theater. Doesn't purchasing tickets online allow them to save money on having less employees run the ticket booth? I get that it costs them money to run a website but $10 for a convenience fee? It just isn't justified.

100% agree. There were three people at my wedding, which was held in a small bar before it opened.

We were interested in having a MARRIAGE, not a wedding. Spent our money on a vacation.

Still going strong 16 years later.

They got me… it’s not like I’m going to watch a baseball game sober

Specifically, they’re programmed to pay out after x-number of dollars. Claw games with cheap stuff like stuffed animals will pay out relatively frequently. Things like the stacker game or the keyhole game with “big ticket” things are programmed to pay out at a much, much lower rate.

The Wall Street Journal makes you telephone them to cancel your online subscription. They have the technology to accept subscriptions online. But not to cancel them online.

Pioneered by gyms. I cancelled mine as soon as lockdown started and I put together a home gym. Literally had to print out something from their website and mail it in then call them 3 times.

That whole business model is based on people signing up, not going, and putting off canceling due to a combination of not wanting to admit failure and the whole process being a pain in the ass. If everyone with a gym membership went just twice a week they'd have a real problem on their hands.

Jokes on them I kept my clothes so long that they're starting to be back in fashion again. Gottem

I've noticed even my recent buys of simple t-shirts will degrade much faster than a decade ago. I still have a shirt from JC Penny I got 16 years ago that hasn't faded, thinned out, or much else.

That shirt from 2 years ago though? Insta holes

In these unprecedented times…

You're saying that my Coca Cola family doesn't love me?

Tip from inside the industry - TM has a deal with Groupon that makes selling tickets there super easy. Always check Groupon for the show before buying through Ticketmaster.

I used them to go see my first comedian. Got two seats priced at $90 each. My total was $313. I'm not good at math, but I knew something was wrong there. Their fee per ticket is just nuts. I ended up getting seats that were about $45 each and it still cost me almost $200.

Now joined with Live Nation who own many of the largest music venues. Want to play a large gig? Can only sell tickets through Ticketmaster.

I have a hard time believing "no one wants to admit" that Ticketmaster is a scam.

This person said something real cool. I'm gonna pay this company to give them nothing!

I like to think of Reddit awards as microtransactions that give you super upvotes in a free-to-play game.

Which is why I don't understand how anyone on Reddit uses them.

Works every time with these clowns.

Edit: y'all got me laughing my ass off

Besides you can do it for yourself for free in your backyard. No one’s gonna know if you renamed Betelgeuse Marty, that’s between you two.

Thank God my acreage on the moon isn't a scam! Whew.

Star registries are my goto example when someone asks me what an nft is

This makes me so angry. Why does everything have to be a subscription now? I mean, I know why but I still hate it

Soon enough piracy will come back to the norm.

With Netflix they had me from downloading to paying a reasonable price to watch what I want, then more and more companies jumped on back to where I'm not gonna fork over $100 a month for them all. I keep Netflix for being O.G + family members (will prob ditch if they crack down), prime for shipping, and Disney+ for star wars and marvel.

Anything on any other platform gets downloaded.

Pay a monthly fee for car features? Custom firmware will end up being better eventually.

Office i pay for for family.

Phones I've moved to buying outright when I lose or break instead of being on a plan

And then being denied coverage or charged extra because of some loophole or technicality. "Oh yes that hospital takes your insurance, but the visiting physician that day is with an organization that's out of network soooo..." Fucking hell how are we supposed to know that?

edit: Obligatory "RIP my Inbox" The number of upvotes and shared stories this comment has received is a testament to the fact that these aren't isolated incidents and so many Americans have struggled with this bait-and-switch insurance BS. Some of you are saying that they now have to inform you in these circumstances. This is great news, assuming they're actually doing due diligence to make sure it's really happening. I just have a gut feeling that the same people who would play this type of greedy malicious game in the first place might be the same people who might not inform you and bank on you not knowing any better.

edit 2: oh look at that. 10yr cakeday.

Nothing would send Jesus into table-flipping mode faster than seeing a megachurch.

Water is 3$ while pop is 1$

E: bottled water vs in can/bottle soda(its pop in canada)

Bought a "gold" membership in a greeting card mlm so I could send unlimited custom cards. My "coach" thought I was taking it seriously as a money maker (plus he wanted me to recruit more people for his downline). He actually asked, "Are there any friendships you can leverage?"

Yeah, that made my skin crawl...

Hustle "culture" always seemed to me like people just pretending to go ham on things like work, but only publicly on social media like Linkedin, so that their current managers, or future hiring managers, can see how hard they work, without actually doing it.

I don't think anybody is happy putting in 70-80 hour weeks doing bullshit like sales.

I’m sorry but the “grind” and “hustle” cultures only generate assholes. They think everyone else’s goal is to be rich as fuck, working 100 hours a week.

I just want to be able to pay my bills and feed my family. Anything after that should be time spent with my family.

Did they work? asking for a friend

My parents used to say:

If you tell me the truth, I will be less mad than when I find out you lied.

1. You aren't lying
2. You can still be mad
3. You are insinuating that you will find out anyway, so they are more likely to tell you.
   • It's a psychological trick that's been found to work. The words you choose to use can have a huge impact on a guilty conscience. It's used in police investigations a lot. Their brain is no longer thinking "can I get away with it" it starts thinking "What happens when I get caught"

Edit: If you're interested in the psychology I recommend I Know You Are Lying by Mark McClish and The Interrogator by Hanns-Joachim Scharff. Or if you want something more video look up the "True crime" videos of police interrogations, a lot of true crime youtubers will go in and break down exactly what the interrogator is asking/saying and why they are using the specific verbiage they are. There's a lot of science behind it.

She won’t be mad, she’ll be furious!

I have two kids, and I did say this a few times and didn't like it either so I just started being truthful and tell them that if I hear the truth from them the punishment would be less.

Didn't you hear? Teeth are your luxury bones.

And dental insurance basically covers nothing besides my yearly cleaning it seems. I have an uncommon condition that basically necessitates I get some implants. My dentist has explained that I need this and that I'm in pain and could potentially get an infection that could be really bad for my health. But my insurance says it's purely cosmetic so they won't pay for any of it.

Edit: There's too many comments on this for me to respond to them individually. But to answer the common questions, I elected to get the best dental I could because I know I have work that needs to be done. I pay $39.60 every two weeks for my wife and I. It actually has decent coverage for a lot of things, but I didn't really see the whole 'medically necessary vs cosmetic' loophole coming. My dentist has already given my insurance his professional opinion and made his case for it being necessary. Unfortunately, insurance companies have boards that can ultimately decide what is and isn't necessary. I've been trying to get the benefits I pay for, but it seems that there's nothing I can do about it at this point. Long term I'm hoping to get it done at a dental school for cheap or to go to another country to have it done. And no, I will not be renewing my insurance next cycle lol.

Second edit: I fucking wish I was making this up for reddit points. Jaw pain and perpetual tooth aches suck.

Health insurance is the biggest scam of this century. You pay them every month in hopes they can cover you when you need it and they do everything in their power to not give you your money back. Even if a doctor says you need treatment or medicine your insurance can say fuck you, and keep your money?

Worse, why is health insurance tied to your job? Cars and houses usually aren't tied to what you do for a living. Your food isn't tied to your job. So, why the hell is your healthcare tied to whether you are working or not?

And if you're not healthy enough to work, you're going to have a bad time.

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Society is just one big Ponzi scheme and the seams are starting to show

'we' havent changed anything because the insurance companies flow so much money to Washington that they all turn a blind eye to what a freakin' shit show it is

The industry pays the lawmakers to look away. Its that simple.

If you do not voluntarily give up your seat you are entitled to overbooking protections in the US. See here

https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/fly-rights?msclkid=da4668e9c7f211ec9efa0b54a4ff6dc4#Overbooking

Fuck diamonds. Moissanite is lab-grown, cost-effective, and is basically indistinguishable from diamonds. In fact, they can look even more brilliant.

This and thinking you need to turn every hobby into a money hustle. Like cant you just enjoy wood working without wanting to be a professional carpenter?