{"id":4905,"date":"2019-06-18T07:31:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T07:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2019-06-18T07:31:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T07:31:44","slug":"penalties-traps-and-cancellation-exploits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=4905","title":{"rendered":"Penalties, traps and cancellation exploits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Consumers are overwhelmed with choices nowadays, so companies\nroutinely use penalties, fees and traps to lock you in.  Backed up by long wait times to customer\nservices, hidden addresses and a \u201cyou must call us to cancel\u201d approach, the\naverage customer just gives up and pays the ransom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how to avoid the traps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Before signing up for anything ask how
    1. do I cancel? <\/li>
    2. How much does it cost to cancel? <\/li>
    3. What is the postal address? Old school letters are still binding and more effectively than 20 mins waiting on the phone or arguing with 1st line customer services.<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
    4. Use a dedicated email address for subscriptions to you can ghost (delete the email account) them if things get tricky.
      1. Give only mandotory<\/g> info about yourself.<\/li><\/ol><\/li>
      2. Ask for a list of penalty charges.\u00a0 These are probably published in the terms and conditions that you never read.\u00a0 So, ask them which clause to look for.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Sounds easy but many “busy” consumers never do this and end up paying over 2000 GBP for a mobile phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        Exploit successfully executed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Next time you sign a contract<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Consumers are overwhelmed with choices nowadays, so companies routinely use penalties, fees and traps to lock you in.  Backed up by long wait times to customer services, hidden addresses and a \u201cyou must call us to cancel\u201d approach, the average customer just gives up and pays the ransom. So how to avoid the traps? Before … <\/p>\n

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