NT Electronic Age - Kicking and Screaming...

[Corduroy Frog]

You can guess what this is about from the title.

Why can't I just buy something, get an invoice, write a check for it, and mail it off???

Corporate America chomps at the bit for every opportunity to control us.  Now every vendor wants us to give them a credit card account so they can charge it - preferably month-after-month.  Can you stop it??  Sure.

All you have to do is to call the vendor.  Bear in mind that it will not be the same number that you called to order the whatamajig.  "Oh sir, if you want to cancel, you have to call a different number."  And yes, that number will keep you "on hold" forever.  Most young people (that is, younger than myself, and that is just about everyone) jump through their hoops and do whatever they are told.  Dining at the feed trough of corporate America like a pig after slop...

Ron, how do you deal with this?  "Old fogey, you need to adapt."  Is this the answer?  My children tell me this.

Politicians won't do anything about this, unless retail sales slump so badly that waves of "consumer protection" will be discussed and touted in the halls of the mighty as solutions.

To the group:  Are there any suggestions from those who object to our being "controlled" to bring back our bargaining power?

 

 

[Randall]

On and on it goes.  I try to wait it out as long as I can but sometimes, I just have to give in.  Go with the flow.  E this and e that

 

[Lee B]

From my experience Comcast Xfinity is the most maddening where I use the most 4 letter words

[Abby Normal]

I use PayPal or GPay for most things and they let you cancel payments more easily, sometimes right on their site. Also, if you get a new credit card number, you can change it in one place and it takes care of all recurring payments. When out, I always pay with my phone because it creates a one time credit card number that's only good for that transaction. Walmart wouldn't let me pay with my phone at the self-checkout unless I installed their app. No thanks! I've hated Walmart for a very long time.

[Randall]

1 hour ago, Abby Normal said:

I use PayPal or GPay for most things and they let you cancel payments more easily, sometimes right on their site. Also, if you get a new credit card number, you can change it in one place and it takes care of all recurring payments. When out, I always pay with my phone because it creates a one time credit card number that's only good for that transaction. Walmart wouldn't let me pay with my phone at the self-checkout unless I installed their app. No thanks! I've hated Walmart for a very long time.

I think I've only been in a Walmart store once or twice in my life.