Take the Sting Out of Subscription Services - Washington Post- Topic: Spyware News
A year after her purchase of Spyware Doctor, which she had paid for with a debit card, Price was surprised to receive e-mail from the company stating that her annual renewal fee had been debited from her checking account. These days a growing number of applications, utilities, and even games require you to fork out yearly or even monthly fees for the use of the software, updates, and/or technical support. One way to keep track of your subscriptions is to create a basic spreadsheet with entries for each program and/or service, its billing cycle, the renewal policy (automatic or manual), and confirmations of payments made. While you’re at it, add billing (or cancellation) reminders to your calendar, or use an online service such asGoogle CalendarorRemember The Milkto send you e-mail reminders a week or two before a renewal comes up so you can decide whether to pay up or cancel. That could lead to an unwanted automatic renewal or an unexpected cancellation of your subscription (which in the case of antivirus software might leave you exposed to viruses whose signatures you haven’t downloaded). More Spyware News
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