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Subject: Re: [Mgs] Amazon scam me thinks?
From: Dan DiBiase <dan.dibiase@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 10:57:53 -0400
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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@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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<div dir=3D"ltr">Hmmmmm.... You&#39;re saying you tried this and it didn&#3=
9;t work?<div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/cust=
omer/display.html?nodeId=3D201910380">https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom=
er/display.html?nodeId=3D201910380</a>=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39=
;m very happy with Prime. We get an educational discount using my daughter&=
#39;s .edu email address and watch a lot of stuff on Prime Videos.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Dan D=C2=A0</div><div>&#39;76B, &#39;65B</div><div>Central=
 NJ USA<br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature" da=
ta-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><a href=3D"http://dandibi=
ase.cbintouch.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://dandibiase.cbintouch.com/</a><=
/div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:19 AM Barrie Robinson=
 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:barrob@bell.net";>barrob@bell.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><=
/div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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  <div>
    <font size=3D"-1"><font face=3D"Arial">Ladies &amp; Gentlemen,<br>
        <br>
        This is way off subject, for which I apologise,=C2=A0 but I am one =
of
        those people who gets up in arms when I encounter a scam by a
        company that should do better.<br>
        <br>
        If you use Amazon you may have taken up their &#39;Prime&#39; servi=
ce
        which you have to pay for.=C2=A0 Neat what?=C2=A0 You have to pay f=
or good
        service !!!=C2=A0=C2=A0 If it fits your bill then that is fine <i>b=
ut
          just try and cancel it!<br>
        </i>I found we had been charged $7.99 for <b>years</b> plus a
        yearly fee although cannot remember joining.=C2=A0=C2=A0 We rarely =
use
        Amazon as &quot;get it now&quot; does not attract us and the last p=
urchase
        was 6 months ago.=C2=A0=C2=A0 So obviously cancellation of Prime wa=
s
        required.=C2=A0 Now we come to Amazon&#39;s superbly crafted scam.=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0<b>
          You cannot cancel.</b>=C2=A0=C2=A0 You end up going round and rou=
nd
        their web pages but no how, no where does it allow you to
        cancel.=C2=A0=C2=A0 What is so blatantly indicative of their dishon=
esty is
        that if you do a search on how to cancel Prime you will find a
        whole raft of books written on it.=C2=A0=C2=A0 <b>BOOKS ON HOW TO C=
ANCEL</b>
        <b>!!!</b>=C2=A0=C2=A0 UNBELIEVABLE.=C2=A0 And guess what?=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 The books are sold
        by Amazon.<br>
        <br>
        I just had to blow steam off about this.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I find the onl=
y way
        is to cancel my MasterCard and join up with a different credit
        card.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 The bank bod told me that they can follow m=
e across to
        a new MasterCard -what ????=C2=A0 So it has to be another card.<br>
        <br>
        Much mumbling in the background<br>
        Barrie<br>
        <i></i></font></font>
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