[Mgs] Amazon scam me thinks?

[Steve Shoyer]

I was able to stop having my Prime membership automatically renew by using live chat. It took a while, but they did it. 

--Steve

On May 29, 2020, 3:53 PM, at 3:53 PM, Dan DiBiase <dan.dibiase at gmail.com> wrote:
>Call them. Or live chat.
>
>Dan D
>Central NJ USA
>http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/
>
>
>On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 12:03 PM Barrie Robinson <barrob at bell.net>
>wrote:
>
>> Hello Dan,
>>
>> The service seems fine *if you buy stuff from them!*  But try and
>cancel
>> the monthly fee if you do not use them !!!!!   You can easily cancel
>at the
>> beginning but once you are a 'member' then cancellation is virtually
>> impossible and getting words to any Amazon 'customer service' is not
>on.
>> The fact that there are *several* books written on how to cancel
>'Prime'
>> is indicative of the difficulty of cancelling.    Just Google 'How do
>I
>> cancel Amazon Prime'.   I did and followed the instructions to the
>letter
>> but it ended up with back to the 'cancel' page
>>
>> *but would not say "Cancelled" !!!!!!! *It seems that once you are in
>-
>> you can never get out
>>
>> On 5/29/2020 10:57 AM, Dan DiBiase wrote:
>>
>> Hmmmmm.... You're saying you tried this and it didn't work?
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201910380
>>
>> I'm very happy with Prime. We get an educational discount using my
>> daughter's .edu email address and watch a lot of stuff on Prime
>Videos.
>>
>> Dan D
>> '76B, '65B
>> Central NJ USA
>> http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:19 AM Barrie Robinson <barrob at bell.net>
>wrote:
>>
>>> Ladies & Gentlemen,
>>>
>>> This is way off subject, for which I apologise,  but I am one of
>those
>>> people who gets up in arms when I encounter a scam by a company that
>should
>>> do better.
>>>
>>> If you use Amazon you may have taken up their 'Prime' service which
>you
>>> have to pay for.  Neat what?  You have to pay for good service !!!  
>If it
>>> fits your bill then that is fine
>>> *but just try and cancel it! *I found we had been charged $7.99 for
>>> *years* plus a yearly fee although cannot remember joining.   We
>rarely
>>> use Amazon as "get it now" does not attract us and the last purchase
>was 6
>>> months ago.   So obviously cancellation of Prime was required.  Now
>we come
>>> to Amazon's superbly crafted scam.   * You cannot cancel.*   You end
>up
>>> going round and round their web pages but no how, no where does it
>allow
>>> you to cancel.   What is so blatantly indicative of their dishonesty
>is
>>> that if you do a search on how to cancel Prime you will find a whole
>raft
>>> of books written on it.   *BOOKS ON HOW TO CANCEL* *!!!*
>>> UNBELIEVABLE.  And guess what?   The books are sold by Amazon.
>>>
>>> I just had to blow steam off about this.   I find the only way is to
>>> cancel my MasterCard and join up with a different credit card.   
>The bank
>>> bod told me that they can follow me across to a new MasterCard -what
>????
>>> So it has to be another card.
>>>
>>> Much mumbling in the background
>>> Barrie
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