this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2024
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I should’ve posted this later in the month but won’t remember.

Here is the image as it’s not wanting to show up

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Wow this is a specific community.

Here's my tip: some credit card companies let you create virtual credit cards. You can often set them with a custom expiration date, so set the date to tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My wife is so bad about this. I tried to explain to her that for many of the services you forgetting about the subscription is their whole business model.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah I don’t sign up for any of them because I know I’ll forget

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have an old coles mastercard gift card with only $4 left on it for this exact purpose. They can test it with a $1 temporary charge but it won't cover the full cost at the end of the trial.