On 02 Jan 2002 17:04:45 GMT in soc.genealogy.misc, davehinz@spamcop.net wrote: > It's a subscription service, and as such, auto-renews just like every other > subscription service that I use. I don't know of ANY magazine that renews automatically, and I believe that it's against the law. But I won't deal with Ancestry.com since they're such sleazeballs. I will never, never, never, give my credit card number to any company that uses this kind of auto renewal. Never.

Dennis P. Harris <NO_SPAM_TO_dpharris@gci.net> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > On 02 Jan 2002 17:04:45 GMT in soc.genealogy.misc, > davehinz@spamcop.net wrote: >> It's a subscription service, and as such, auto-renews just like every other >> subscription service that I use. > I don't know of ANY magazine that renews automatically, and I > believe that it's against the law. Really? That's contrary to my experience. > But I won't deal with Ancestry.com since they're such > sleazeballs. I will never, never, never, give my credit card > number to any company that uses this kind of auto renewal. > Never. Better cancel your newspaper subscription, your phone, your electricity, and all those other companies which keep your agreement live unless told otherwise then. Why do I get the impression that, if suddenly they stopped your account from being active because you didn't renew, you'd be complaining about *that*, too? Dave Hinz

On 03 Jan 2002 16:34:58 GMT in soc.genealogy.misc, davehinz@spamcop.net wrote: > Better cancel your newspaper subscription, your phone, your electricity, > and all those other companies which keep your agreement live unless told > otherwise then. > they send me bills. if i don't pay them, they cut off the service. none of them automatically bill my credit card. from what people say, ancestry.com does, whether people tell them they want to renew or not. you apparently don't understand these simple facts. i don't know how to explain it more simply, so you must just be a troll out to be contrary.

Dennis P. Harris <NO_SPAM_TO_dpharris@gci.net> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > On 03 Jan 2002 16:34:58 GMT in soc.genealogy.misc, > davehinz@spamcop.net wrote: >> Better cancel your newspaper subscription, your phone, your electricity, >> and all those other companies which keep your agreement live unless told >> otherwise then. >> > they send me bills. if i don't pay them, they cut off the > service. > none of them automatically bill my credit card. from what people > say, ancestry.com does, whether people tell them they want to > renew or not. Ah. I use the auto-pay by credit card as a convenience; I get a statement but not a bill. I do this for my newspaper, ISP, newspapers, my propane co-op, and so on. Works great. > you apparently don't understand these simple facts. i don't know > how to explain it more simply, so you must just be a troll out to > be contrary. No, I'm someone who is sick to death of people griping about every little thing about ancestry that they decide they can complain about. They don't like that they have to subscribe. They don't like that the free trial slowed down performance for "paying customers" while it was avaialble. They don't like this, they don't like that. There's a simple solution to all of that; if you find the annoyance to be more than the value for you, then don't subscribe. But, whining and complaining that they auto-renew a subscription, which is standard practice (despite your claim that it's illegal), is rediculous. It's not some great consipiracy or something, y'know. Dave Hinz

On Thu, 03 Jan 2002 05:37:40 -0500, Dennis P. Harris wrote: > On 02 Jan 2002 17:04:45 GMT in soc.genealogy.misc, davehinz@spamcop.net > wrote: > >> It's a subscription service, and as such, auto-renews just like every >> other subscription service that I use. > > I don't know of ANY magazine that renews automatically, and I believe > that it's against the law. > > But I won't deal with Ancestry.com since they're such sleazeballs. I > will never, never, never, give my credit card number to any company that > uses this kind of auto renewal. Never. How do you pay for your ISP ?