I Hate Being Trusting Sometimes...
I haven't posted in ages, but that's a good thing. In general, life is happy. Nothing spectacular, but nothing bad. I can't complain, for the most part.
But this...I need to complain about. :(
I guess it must've been about two years ago, I got a call from the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). I didn't really *want* to join...but I'm easy to manipulate and finally agreed to the one-year trial at $89 (the cheapest price they ever offer, from reading up online recently...so I guess at least I got her down to the cheapest? :P). The woman on the phone said I'd have to confirm again for the next year or my membership would be canceled.
Okay, I gave in, I have a year to figure out if it's worth it. It's most definitely not. I vow not to renew. They call me to offer me some BS "member of the year" reward that costs me money. I successfully refuse. I tell them to stop contacting me and that I don't want to ever give them money again. I think that's it, I'm good. I'm wrong.
I get an e-mail mid-February saying my renewal had been approved. Queue my "WTF?" moment. Sure enough, last February I was charged, without my consent, an automatic $99 renewal fee. I figure that a year-old charge is a lost cause, but I start digging. Apparently the documentation they give you *after* they get your credit card information mentions that there's actually a $99 automatic renewal fee EVERY YEAR. And sites the internet over complain about women getting scammed by this site, having to cancel credit cards to avoid the fees, etc.
(To be clear, it's a legitimate organization, but they offer very little and it's *certainly* not worth the price they charge...I might pay like $5 annually for it, willingly, and that'd probably still be them getting the better deal. And they are rather corrupt, as agreed upon by a former employee who posted about her ex-employer on a site I read.)
I'm seething by this point. I immediately e-mailed the membership cancellation address on their website. I have yet to receive any sort of response. I contacted my credit card company, hoping I could prevent the charge without canceling my card. I'm told to dispute the charge...which I can't do until it's actually charged.
Today I finally logged into my credit card and noticed that I was in fact charged. I've filed a dispute, but I don't know how it'll go. :( I'm depressed and pissed and torn between strangling someone and eating a pint of ice cream, neither of which will actually happen. I just hate being taken advantage of for being a good and trusting person. Queue reminder of the girl from college who fucking *still* owes me $252 and keeps telling me she'll pay me...well okay, not true, she has by now stopped responding to my messages. But she *used* to tell me that. For years! I just.... *sigh* I don't even know.
Maybe I'll go cry now.
But this...I need to complain about. :(
I guess it must've been about two years ago, I got a call from the National Association of Professional Women (NAPW). I didn't really *want* to join...but I'm easy to manipulate and finally agreed to the one-year trial at $89 (the cheapest price they ever offer, from reading up online recently...so I guess at least I got her down to the cheapest? :P). The woman on the phone said I'd have to confirm again for the next year or my membership would be canceled.
Okay, I gave in, I have a year to figure out if it's worth it. It's most definitely not. I vow not to renew. They call me to offer me some BS "member of the year" reward that costs me money. I successfully refuse. I tell them to stop contacting me and that I don't want to ever give them money again. I think that's it, I'm good. I'm wrong.
I get an e-mail mid-February saying my renewal had been approved. Queue my "WTF?" moment. Sure enough, last February I was charged, without my consent, an automatic $99 renewal fee. I figure that a year-old charge is a lost cause, but I start digging. Apparently the documentation they give you *after* they get your credit card information mentions that there's actually a $99 automatic renewal fee EVERY YEAR. And sites the internet over complain about women getting scammed by this site, having to cancel credit cards to avoid the fees, etc.
(To be clear, it's a legitimate organization, but they offer very little and it's *certainly* not worth the price they charge...I might pay like $5 annually for it, willingly, and that'd probably still be them getting the better deal. And they are rather corrupt, as agreed upon by a former employee who posted about her ex-employer on a site I read.)
I'm seething by this point. I immediately e-mailed the membership cancellation address on their website. I have yet to receive any sort of response. I contacted my credit card company, hoping I could prevent the charge without canceling my card. I'm told to dispute the charge...which I can't do until it's actually charged.
Today I finally logged into my credit card and noticed that I was in fact charged. I've filed a dispute, but I don't know how it'll go. :( I'm depressed and pissed and torn between strangling someone and eating a pint of ice cream, neither of which will actually happen. I just hate being taken advantage of for being a good and trusting person. Queue reminder of the girl from college who fucking *still* owes me $252 and keeps telling me she'll pay me...well okay, not true, she has by now stopped responding to my messages. But she *used* to tell me that. For years! I just.... *sigh* I don't even know.
Maybe I'll go cry now.