VCP Charging CCs Today

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Matt

I wasn't suggesting it was illegal.

Do any of the one's you mentioned raise the rates on you automatically when they renew?

Matt,
I did get an in-mail notice from XM stating when my CC would be charged for each radio and the price increase bc of a new fee for some kind of broadcasting rights charge.

[T206Collector]

...recommending one thing or another, but I will say that I really appreciated this thread and made sure to address my membership accordingly.

[BobbyVCP]

When ever a person signs up to our site there is a button they have to click on saying you agree to be automatically charged when your current term expires unless you cancel. If you do not agree to it then you will not be able to proceed. In the My VCP pulldown tab under account gives you your membership status and when your account expires, here as well you can cancel your membership if you so choose. There have been numerous times that a member has forgotten to cancel and contacted me and I refunded there membership fees.

[scooter729]

I talked to Bobby last week when my membership expired and got re-charged without my knowing. I'm fine with the membership for now, but wish I had a heads-up of a $179 expense coming my way.

What I did (based on Bobby's suggestion) was cancel my membership on VCP, which will run through next August 2010. So when next August rolls around, my card won't be automatically charged, and I can decide what to do at that time. That way, I won't be surprised by any credit card charges for $179.

[Ladder7]

I love this thing., Especially for my XM radio subscription. When the auto-bill kicks in, the acct number's AWOL. The lady in Jamaica then calls me to renew and BINGO, another annual discount.

'Now, Citi card members can register their existing Citi credit card on the Citibank website to access virtual, randomly assigned card numbers. These numbers are connected to the card members existing account but are for one-time usage when shopping online. This way, the card member's real account number is never used in an online purchase transaction.'

[showtime]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

Matt,
I did get an in-mail notice from XM stating when my CC would be charged for each radio and the price increase bc of a new fee for some kind of broadcasting rights charge.

yep another new fee for monthly and yearly subscribers. my suggestion, lifetime membership for $500 flat and it includes the best of sirius channels as well. free internet access with it to. xm/sirius....the best tech device which has come into my life within the last few years by far!! no questions about it!

[DanP]

Just as an FYI, my VCP membership auto renewed last Feb. I knew I wasn't going to be buying to much this year, so I called and asked if I could have the amount credited back to my card. They did not allow a refund.

I'm not complaining since I knew ahead of time that I was on auto renew (just forgot about it). This is in reference to the post that said "Pretty sure anyone wanting to cancel could drop Bobby an email and they would be refunded immediately". Of course, in my business I would have given the credit, but I guess I understand their position.

Oh, and thanks for the reminder. I just canceled my membership effective 2/2010.

Dan