
These days, it seems there’s a subscription for everything—from music and video streaming to photo editing, and even monthly boxes of exotic snacks. Signing up is a breeze, but canceling? That’s where the trouble begins.
Companies know the harder it is to stop paying for their services, the more money they’ll make from people who either don’t realize they’re subscribed or are too busy to opt out.
The folks you’re about to hear from faced unreal difficulties with hidden fees and impossible cancellation methods. We’ve rounded up some of their most outrageous experiences below. Check them out and share your own subscription battles in the comments!
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#1 People Are Sick And Tired Of All Their Subscriptions. Well Played, The Wall Street Journal, Well Played
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#2 Walmart Is Charging Me 10 Days Before The Free Trial Ends. This Is Why I Don’t Use My Bank Card For Free Trials. I Also Keep It Locked, Just In Case. Google Is Bad About Doing This Too
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#3 After Going Through Five Pages To Cancel Your $4 New York Times Subscription You Get This
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#4 Netflix Hides The “Happy Middle-Ground” Option To Entice People Into The Most Expensive Subscription
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#5 My Free Subscription To Paramount+ Is Up Tomorrow And So I Was Going To Cancel Today. No Matter How Many Times I Try, Or Reset My Browser, It Won’t Let Me. This Has To Be Illegal, Right?
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#6 I Don’t Print Much So I Canceled My Subscription… Now I Print Even Less
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#7 HelloFresh Now Forces You To Talk To A Sales Rep If You Want To Cancel Your Subscription
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#8 Trying To Cancel A Subscription, And Suddenly This Happens
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#9 Ultimate Guitar Costs More For A Year If You Use The 7-Day Free Trial
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#10 This Should Be Illegal. If You Allow People To Sign Up For A Plan On Your Mobile Device Or App, You Should Be Forced To Allow People To Cancel The Same Way
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#11 For Weeks I Couldn’t Figure Out How To Unsubscribe
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#12 Netflix Won’t Let Me Watch The Last Few Weeks Of My Subscription Without Resubscribing. There’s No Option To Continue Watching Without Selecting A New Plan
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#13 My $400 Baby Monitor Has Locked Previously Free Features Behind A Monthly Subscription
The app used to send push notifications when the baby woke up. Now I have to pay $10 per month for that privilege.
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#14 The Website For My Physics College Textbook Has A Subscription For The Solution Of Questions
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#15 Imagine Paying For A Subscription And There Are 5 Unskippable Ads In A Non-Live Show On Hulu
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#16 My New Truck Requires A $15/Month Data Plan To Use Features My Previous Model Did For Free (Maps, Basic Voice Commands, Text-To-Voice Messages)
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#17 The Color Scheme Of This Email Spotify Sent Me
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#18 Get Your 7-Day Free Trial For The Amazing Price Of 200 Dollars
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#19 Can’t Reset My Yahoo Password Because I Have A New Number. Went Online And Read That It’s A Premium Feature Now
I called a customer representative and was told I had to pay a monthly subscription fee for that service (he told me the price was $12.95).
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#20 The Button To End Subscription Doesn’t Work
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#21 I Just Wanted To Cancel My Subscription, But Now I Have To Talk To Someone
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#22 Learn How Subscriptions Are Getting Out Of Hand (Only For Our Subscribers)
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#23 No “None” Option On An Unsolicited Email Subscription
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#24 We Refuse Your Unsubscribe
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#25 Adobe Must Be Joking… £109.82 To Cancel My Plan. Honestly Ridiculous
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#26 They’re Trying To Make Us Pay Subscriptions On Everything. Greedy Companies
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#27 Brand New Toyota Requires A Subscription
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#28 The App I Paid Money For Discontinued Because Their New App Is Subscription-Based
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#29 I Canceled My Netflix Subscription Last July Because I Didn’t Want To Use It Anymore, And Ever Since, They Have Barraged Me With These Emails, Trying To Get Me To Come Back
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#30 CAPTCHA To Uninstall And The Big Cancel Button Instead Of Continuing
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#31 A Monthly Subscription And An App Are Required For Filtered Water
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#32 HP Printers Won’t Let You Print Without A Subscription Even After You Buy The Printer
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#33 Water Subscription At My Local Gym
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#34 Can’t Cancel My Subscription. Whenever I Try, It Always Leads Me To This Screen
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#35 UltimateGuitar Shows A Fake Tutorial Video With The Title Of The Song You’re Trying To Learn. Clicking It Just Brings You To The Sign-Up Page For Their Premium Subscription
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#36 So I Paid $250 For A Fitbit Watch And Half Of Its Features Are Behind A Subscription Paywall
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#37 Tried Canceling My Newspaper Subscription Online
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#38 Imagine Paying $499 Just To Not Get A Single Match
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#39 What’s The Point Of Paying For A Subscription? What’s The Point Of Paying For The Premium Family Plan If I Have To Pay More To Use It? I Hate Everything About This
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#40 Is This Even Legal? Accept Cookies Or Pay 2.5€/Month
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#41 Snapchat+ Says That You Save More With Their More Expensive Subscription Because You Get A Discount For The First 3 Months
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#42 PlayStation Now Is A Joke. Pay For A Subscription And Then You Have To Wait In A Queue To Play
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#43 Adobe Makes It So You Can’t Cancel Your Subscription. Instead, You’re Forced To Contact Them Because There Is No “Cancel Plan” Option
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#44 Tried To Cancel My Subscription Since My School Started Offering Access Two Weeks Into The Semester
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