I almost lost $85!

[joenali]

I signed up for the free Ancestry.com trial membership and forgot to cancel. I was looking over bank stuff this evening and noticed an $85 charge for a six month membership. I went to cancel thinking I wouldn't be able to get my money back, but sure enough I get my money back in full. Thankfully I looked. I don't think I'll sign up for another free trial of anything, I always forget to cancel before the scheduled payment.

[flatlan]

I am so bad at checking our credit card statements. Thanks for the reminder of why it is so important and I'm glad you got your money back!

[mollz007]

That always happens to me when I sign up for free trials. Before I found out there are ways to find out your credit score for free, I always signed up for free trials on mycreditreport.com and aalways forgot to cancel. I dont remember if I always got my $$ back either.

[Lucille Bluth]

Have you checked out geni.com? It was free last time I checked and really useful, because it links up trees with other users. Good thing you didn't have to shell out $85!

[rubytue]

My credit cards gives temporary numbers that are great for this. This numbers last 30 days so the charge doesn't go through when it renews.

Except that won't work for a two week trail. But it's good for longer ones or something else you forget to cancel.

[LoveTrains]

Oct 17, 2012 2:06:56 GMT -5 Lucille Bluth said:

Have you checked out geni.com? It was free last time I checked and really useful, because it links up trees with other users. Good thing you didn't have to shell out $85!

ancestry.com links up your tree with other users if you want, too.

[SJ]

We got so addicted to ancestry.com during the free trial!

Thankfully, I had a note on our google calendar so we wouldn't get charged. Glad you caught it!

[hereonceagain]

you just saved me $79. I almost forgot to cancel my amazon prime free trial. Just did it.