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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Network Solutions confirms outrageous scheme to
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Wed Jan 22 16:21:58 2014
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:46:46 -0800
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Network Solutions confirms outrageous scheme to charge users' credit
cards almost $2K without permission
http://j.mp/1dPLT9G (Domain Name Wire)
"Although the first five paragraphs of the email sound like the company
is doing Simmons a favor, the sixth paragraph drops a bomb: his credit
card will be charged $1,850 for the first year of the service and
$1,350 every year after that. He'll be automatically enrolled into
WebLock within a couple weeks unless he calls the company to opt-out.
Well, that's one way to increase your conversion rates on cross
selling customers."
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How can this possibly be legal? Where's the FTC when we really need it?
--Lauren--
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