At 07:23 AM 10/25/00 , you wrote: >In a message dated 10/25/00 7:53:27 AM, I wrote: >>... once again I'm experiencing unwanted credit card charges that >>I can't stop! >> >>I've had this with two internet entities: >> >> genealogy.com (currently) >> ancestry.com > >I had the same problem with Ancestry several years ago. I was hoping that >things had changed. Sorry to hear it hasn't. > >When I went "public" with the problem, as you have just now done, I got their >attention AND a refund for the unwanted months charged! > >sbd .... what I didn't write is that I never gave any credit card information to genealogy.com -- at least not when I activated the ? FREE ? genealogy_library access "privileges" They had to have used my credit card number from a previous transaction (in fact, I had earlier received an automated email from them (see below) telling me my credit card was about to expire -- I replied to that letter that I "NEVER" give anyone permission to make recurring charges to my account!!! Here is their letter to me: >Subject: GenealogyLibrary.com - Your credit card is expiring soon >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >Status: > >Dear GenealogyLibrary.com Subscriber: > >Our records indicate your credit card is about to expire; >click here to update your credit card information >http://www.familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/acctman.cgi > >Thanks to loyal subscribers like you, GenealogyLibrary.com >has been a tremendous success. Every day, thousands >of users find their ancestors in our collection of rare >and hard-to-find databases. Benefits of your >subscription include: > > .... (snip-a-bunch-a advertising) ..... > >Sincerely, >Robert J. Armstrong >CEO, Genealogy.com ================================ Tom Cloud <[email protected]>