Southampton show/Sailing Today offer

[cpedw]

I got an email offering 3 issues of ST for £4.95. Following it up, the default way to pay is "Continuous Credit Card" which is I understand a dodgy scheme that is very hard to limit to one payment.
It also offers a Direct Debit option which I think is easy to stop though you must remember to do so.
Can an expert in banking matters tell me if I got all that right?

Derek

 

[dunedin]

Personally I would go for the Direct Debit option. You definitely can cancel that easily enough - need to advise the magazine, to ask them to stop taking payments. But having done so can generally ALSO (but not instead of) put a stop at your bank account end.

 

[Hermit]

Or just use the Readly app - all the magazines you could ever want and more (incl ST, PBO, YM etc) for £7.99 a month.

 

[davidmh]

Continuous Credit card is a new idea and very risky, gives the supplier the chance to take out of your bank what they say you own them. Often used by scammers. D/D is the way to go, they are obliged to tell you is the amount changes. I have stopped a number of magazine subs I just email the supplier and tell him I am stooping the D/D on such and date. I also tell my bank to cancel the D/D from the same date.

David MH

 

[Stemar]

Continuous Credit card is a new idea and very risky, gives the supplier the chance to take out of your bank what they say you own them.

David MH

Not so new, but definitely risky.

Over 25 years ago, one of my sons used my credit card to prove he was over 18 for a website of special interest to young teens. Then I noticed a debit to a US site. Sonny hadn't realised he was signing up to a subscription. I called my bank who were totally unhelpful. I'd have to report it to the Police as a theft to get them to act. The porn co was far more helpful, pulling the plug after a 5 minute phone call.

As an aside I dumped Barclays shortly after - not the only nail in their coffin, but a pretty big one.