So I just got a strange charge I couldn't account for on my bank account. I started digging in, and realized that it was my yearly subscription.
Anyone else think a warning ahead of time might have been useful? Say, a week or so's warning that you're about to get charged a goodly chunk of change?
Not trying to be, I can't think of a single online service I use other than domain registrars that warn me about renewals.
I have dozens of things that remind me. I'm fairly certain it's the law in many places although I can't find the specifics of it for Australian-based services. Regardless, a notice isn't an odd thing for services to give a day or two before the renewal. I actually find it odd that your anecdotal experience has been void of examples.
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Not trying to be, I can't think of a single online service I use other than domain registrars that warn me about renewals.
I have dozens of things that remind me. I'm fairly certain it's the law in many places although I can't find the specifics of it for Australian-based services. Regardless, a notice isn't an odd thing for services to give a day or two before the renewal. I actually find it odd that your anecdotal experience has been void of examples.
Anecdotal, but I think my online services amount to Spotify, Amazon Prime and DDB, none of which send notifications when my renewal is up. I just... Enter them into my calendar, so I'm aware of when those charges are going to appear.
Physical services are a different beast (Gas/Water/Electric) where I certainly receive notifications, but I would put those in a different box.
I really enjoy the Microsoft Office 360 approach, where you will get an emails:
A month from the yearly renewal
A week from the yearly renewal
On the day (as a renewal confirmation)
Those emails point you to the date of renewal and ask you to update your payment preference in the case you need to, as well as with links to manage it.
Certainly this is a nice to have feature request on D&D Beyond.
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So I just got a strange charge I couldn't account for on my bank account. I started digging in, and realized that it was my yearly subscription.
Anyone else think a warning ahead of time might have been useful? Say, a week or so's warning that you're about to get charged a goodly chunk of change?
Manage your finances.
No need to be rude. A reminder is a perfectly reasonable request.
Not trying to be, I can't think of a single online service I use other than domain registrars that warn me about renewals.
I have dozens of things that remind me. I'm fairly certain it's the law in many places although I can't find the specifics of it for Australian-based services. Regardless, a notice isn't an odd thing for services to give a day or two before the renewal. I actually find it odd that your anecdotal experience has been void of examples.
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."
― Oscar Wilde.
Anecdotal, but I think my online services amount to Spotify, Amazon Prime and DDB, none of which send notifications when my renewal is up. I just... Enter them into my calendar, so I'm aware of when those charges are going to appear.
Physical services are a different beast (Gas/Water/Electric) where I certainly receive notifications, but I would put those in a different box.
have a calendar (Google calendar)
Make a subscription to a service.
put a reminder the week before it's due in your calendar.
Stop relying on others to manage your affairs.
I really enjoy the Microsoft Office 360 approach, where you will get an emails:
Those emails point you to the date of renewal and ask you to update your payment preference in the case you need to, as well as with links to manage it.
Certainly this is a nice to have feature request on D&D Beyond.