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to expect to be able to cancel a magazine subscription?

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user143677433 · 05/07/2022 20:53

You used to be able to sign up to a magazine subscription and cancel it with a week/months notice or maybe a little more.

Now it’s like trying to leave a cult!

There is a kids magazine that I have been trying to cancel for two years now. It keeps arriving. Every week. Mostly they don’t charge for it, but every few months they take a random direct debit amount.

Rather than learning my lesson, I signed up to a popular science magazine for me. I hadn’t realised it was weekly rather than monthly, so there is just too much content for me to get through so after a year I tried to cancel. No luck by email, but I did get a response through the contact form today. They are please to confirm … my last issue will be 19th October! Three and a half months from now! And nowhere on the website can I find any reference to cancellation terms.

So … AIBU to expect to be able cancel a subscription without having to pay for another 15 copies of the magazine?

OP posts:
Simonjt · 05/07/2022 22:06

user143677433 · 05/07/2022 21:55

I didn’t choose a three and a half month subscription though 😕

New scientist only offer a 12 week subscription or an annual subscription.

The terms are here
www.newscientist.com/terms/?gclid=CjwKCAjwwo-WBhAMEiwAV4dybY4sYwCjOLXg9D9JZt4iDP_fKGzL-lJO9TxF7bYpKNM_mDQMlUaWJBoCMx0QAvD_BwE

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