UK consumers lose £1.6bn a year in unwanted subscriptions

[Alien8]

£50/month for SEVEN YEARS - wow, yet another example of I can't be arsed to check my statements.

Am I the only one who checks each item in their financial statements every month?

 

[Oldhippy]

I don't subscribe to anything, CC exclusively although not sure that counts as it costs nothing.

 

[Pblakeney]

£50/month for SEVEN YEARS - wow, yet another example of I can't be arsed to check my statements.

Am I the only one who checks each item in their financial statements every month?

I'm continuing my trend from when I was self employed and doing my accounts on a weekly basis.
Only takes 5-10 minutes these days though.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just shows how financially illiterate some are. Even if you were sneakily subscribed, you’d think people would check their statements and regular payments at least once a month.

 

[Drago]

I check my bank accounts scrupulous every few days.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I still get paper credit card statements for 2 reasons

a) I sometimes need something like that for physical ID
b) so I can give them a quick check over and check nothing has "not appeared"


I have noticed something "appearing" once of twice - it was normally something had ordered and not noticed the subscription stuff
but they have always cancelled it and refunded the last payment when I contacted them

missing it for months on end is basically irresponsible

 

[mistyoptic]

£50/month for SEVEN YEARS - wow, yet another example of I can't be arsed to check my statements.

Am I the only one who checks each item in their financial statements every month?

Hell, no! I always check.

I find it extraordinary that folk don’t check. I guess they’re too busy accusing the gumment of trying to track them to think about being parted from their lolly by all and sundry.

 

[fossyant]

Always careful with these subs - you do need to review if you are 'using' them. Eg magazine subs were the thing, we cancelled ours.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Checked monthly here.

 

[Drago]

1,6 billion? That's Accy's monthly clothing budget.