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by ocdtrekkie 263 days ago
You know what was the best part?

> “Remind Me Later,” the button on the left, sent the consumer a reminder three days before their Prime membership renews

This feature didn't work. They just helpfully never reminded you you were about to get billed. I doubt that was accidental. I tested this several times.

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Nope. I got bit by "unexpected" Prime annual renewal charges multiple times. They were certainly authorized, but I think there should be some consumer protection that any renewal period longer than say 3 months should have mandatory renewal warnings with enough reasonable time for cancellation.
California requires a warning a month in advance for anything a year or longer. Pointing out this law has gotten me a few refunds from services that failed to comply and renewed my subscription without telling me.

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.x....