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Federal Trade Commission Announces Final “Click-to-Cancel” Rule Making It Easier for Consumers to End Recurring Subscriptions and Memberships (www.ftc.gov)
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I’m hoping this will prevent toxic gym membership cancellation practices

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 weeks ago

It mandates that subscriptions that begin with a click must be able to end with a click.

I’m guessing gyms will just remove online signup from their websites.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

in my experience those are usually contracts you sign for a period of time. might not be able to get around that.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago

There are ones with clauses that say “cancel any time” and then when you actually try to cancel they make it a substantial pain.