24-01-2003 10:16									#1
	So I stopped paying AOL on the 15th.. Tired of ads?

Does anyone know when they actually shut off your service?

No serouisly. Im waiting. I can still come on. Whats taking them so long. They said you have to cancel on either the 1st or 15th of the month. okk soo I did.


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	24-01-2003 10:23									#2
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DON'T GET ****ED OVER LIKE I DID!

CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL. They continue to charge you, they only *say* that they will stop charging you after your 'free trial' ends. Basically, they tell you 'for being such a good customer, we'll continue to let you use AOL for 2 months and then we'll shut down your service'

Then they keep charging you. It's utter bullshit. Cancel now, don't take no for an answer. If you can sign on, they haven't cancelled you.

	24-01-2003 10:24									#3
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Logging back on after you cancelled is as good as calling up and saying "I changed my mind", as far they're concerned.

Watch for your next bill, coming soon to a mailbox near you!

	24-01-2003 10:26									#4
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damn.. orange. You serouis? I aint payin there asses. I clearly called up and cancelled. Was told my service would be shut off. ****** better not bill me.

	24-01-2003 10:28									#5
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i'm DEAD serious. Don't log on to AOL. Switch ISPs NOW and be sure they've cancelled. They'll be real *****es about it. Pain in the ****ing arse.

	24-01-2003 10:30									#6
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lmao

	24-01-2003 11:14									#7
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They hung on 4 months after I "canceled" them. Finally had to cancel the credit card they were billing.

Spent the next year begging me for another credit card to bill...

	24-01-2003 11:53									#8
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uh oh. this is not good news . . .

	24-01-2003 13:13									#9
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the moral: never even touch a computer with aol on it.

	24-01-2003 13:58									#10
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wow, aol is even worse than I imagined.

	24-01-2003 16:38									#11
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk They hung on 4 months after I "canceled" them. Finally had to cancel the credit card they were billing. Spent the next year begging me for another credit card to bill...

I had a similar experience. I after being billed the second month after I told then to cancel, I just called the credit card it was being billed to in as lost. The bank had a new card to in a week, so it was less hassle than dealing with AOL.

	24-01-2003 19:07									#12
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orange is correct, AOL will not meekly go away, esp. if you have logged back in after having called to cancel. I work for an ISP and get complaints from customers all the time about AOL and their billing practices.

	25-01-2003 10:29									#13
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quote: Originally posted by Sn00py wow, aol is even worse than I imagined.

quote: I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit--Han Solo

	25-01-2003 16:16									#14
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Surely you need to speak to your card company and refuse to make any payments to AOL and make that quite clear...don't take no for an answer.

	25-01-2003 20:47									#15
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"AOL--- You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany."- Obi-Wan Kenobi

	25-01-2003 21:09									#16
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"AOL can have a profound effect on the weak minded" - Obi-Wan

	25-01-2003 21:50									#17
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quote: Originally posted by The Mad Monk They hung on 4 months after I "canceled" them. Finally had to cancel the credit card they were billing. Spent the next year begging me for another credit card to bill...

thats exactly what happened to me, in the end i went to the bank and said i'd lost my credit card and could i have a replacement. that stopped the buggers!!!

	25-01-2003 23:19									#18
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i "cancelled" aol when i got DSL, stopped using it and everything

4 months later a bill comes for 100+ dollars

once you're in, you can never get out

we ultimately had to cancel the credit card account so they couldn't charge us

	25-01-2003 23:20									#19
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haha, i didn't even see mad monk's post

no wonder whatshisface is resigning....

	25-01-2003 23:37									#20
	Tired of ads?

They are decidedly bad business practice. I am surprised that there isn't an equivalent to a 'credit rating' system for businesses that repeatedly offend like this...if they abuse their privelege then banks should refuse to carry out standing orders on their behalf without direct authorisation of the account holder on every transaction. Would make sense, and it would certainly stop the buggers.

	25-01-2003 23:41									#21
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Ahhh, but then that would mean more work for the banks....

	25-01-2003 23:45									#22
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Tough titty, about time they started to justify all that money they earn

	25-01-2003 23:49									#23
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Touche' Provost!

	26-01-2003 03:11									#24
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I hate AOL worse than microshaft...

	26-01-2003 03:17									#25
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quote: Originally posted by orange DON'T GET ****ED OVER LIKE I DID! CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL. They continue to charge you, they only *say* that they will stop charging you after your 'free trial' ends. Basically, they tell you 'for being such a good customer, we'll continue to let you use AOL for 2 months and then we'll shut down your service' Then they keep charging you. It's utter bullshit. Cancel now, don't take no for an answer. If you can sign on, they haven't cancelled you.

THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO! I got a year free with my computer, and i thoutt it was made pretty clear that when one year is up, my service would end. for six months after the first year was up i was still getting AOL service. I thought i was getting it for free. as they said they would terminate at the end of my trial period... HAH! I accumulated like 150 bucks in charges... those bastards.

	26-01-2003 04:16									#26
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sigh...orange your right. Now i have to wait for the 1st

	26-01-2003 04:23									#27
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Don't take no crap, tell them you want it cancelling and you want it cancelling now. The British have a reputation for being soft when complaining, but I don't think many would take this kind of crap.

	26-01-2003 04:33									#28
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here is what happened to me

my internet provider went dead for like a week and i had an AOL disk that i installed on my computer giving me a free month, but when i signed up i found out that the only dial up number was long distance, so i called and canceled my service with them, but they said that they would give me another free month to change my mind, i said don't bother your dial up number is long distance, and my normal will be back up so go ahead and drop me, and they said to call back and cancel again at the end of my second free month, so the second month comes around and they charge me for it eventhough it is supposed to be free
i called them back, and was quite adamant that they had charged me for their service even though i didn't use it, despite i had already told them to cancel the service, and worse yet that the second month was free...they said ok we'll stop billing you
next month they billed me again!
i was on the phone for like an hour *****ing and yelling, but something finally must have sunk in after i was shuffled around to like 10 different customer service representatives, because after that they didn't bill me anymore

but serious i used their serive like 5 minutes on the first day and that's all, and i had like the 1000 hours/first month free deal, and i didn't log back on or use it anymore after that, and that was before i called and canceled

AOL - the dark side is strong with them

	26-01-2003 04:36									#29
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quote: Originally posted by faded glory sigh...orange your right. Now i have to wait for the 1st :

**** them! Don't take no for an answer. Fight them on it. They're ****ing moneyhogs, every last one of them. ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

	26-01-2003 04:48									#30
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I cant. They already withdrew from my account. Ok I called them and said yes I am cancelling NOW. They said NO I gotta do it on the 1st or 15th. I told the lady I shut it off on the 15th #%@!.



Im pissed because I wanted to close the bank account that was d/ withdrawl for AOL. Now I gotta wait a friggin week.

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