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The Wall Street Journal: Difficult to cancel online subscription renewal

September 18, 2025
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"I signed up online for short-term, low-priced subscription, but automatic subscription renewal cannot be cancelled online. You have to phone in the cancel, wait for a long time on hold (25 minutes into the call for me before anyone answered) and resist repeated and varied upselling tactics."
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