Instacart is a failsite and I hate it. Tips?

[Crowe Diddly]

There's only 2 days left, so I cancelled.

Same message came up, "Wait! You have 2 days left. Are you sure you really want to cancel now?"

I said yes, knowing I wouldn't be using it in the next 2 days, so I had no issue throwing those days away.

Once cancelled, it said, "Okay, your auto-billing has been turned off, and your subscription will expire in 2 days."



So wait a minute... here they were trying to trick me into thinking that I'd lose the remaining days I paid for if I cancelled the auto-billing, and then once I actually turn it off, it turns out they do NOT cancel my remaining days? So that entire message was a trick to prevent people from cancelling, hoping they forget when he deadline comes?

Dirty.

Seriously fuck them.

Pretty much almost every monthly online subscription service works this way, no? (I'm not justifying, just surprised you haven't seen this before, from almost everyone.)

Amazon prime does this, most of the streaming video services do, Netflix, Hulu, WWE Network, UFC Fightpass, ESPN+, etc. They are almost never gonna give you a pro-rated refund, so they just tell you over and over that you will lose your membership benefits, but they never say when. If they don't mention a refund, then you can be pretty confident you will get the rest of the paid-for month. I have very few subs I let run forever, so I often sign up for, and cancel, services within 10 minutes. You still get the full month regardless. Mostly...

Here's a service you'll never have to deal with, but you'd hate if you did. Once or twice a year, I sub to New Japan Pro Wrestling World, for their big new years shows, and sometimes another one or two during the year. They sell subs by the month, and they cancel you when you cancel them. Example: They run their yearly big shows on 1/4, or 1/5 here. I buy the month on 1/4, and they let you know your shit ends at 1/31, not 2/4. A week after the show, if nothing is coming up that month, I cancel so I won;t forget to later, and they turn your shit off immediately.