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Perhaps a lawsuit. It may be an unfair business practice (a 17200 claim in California) to not allow people to unsubscibe online, especially if the aim is to thwart refunds.

I remember a series of pieces in the LA Time a year or so ago about rampant bullying in Japanese grammar schools. The bullying was so pervasive that there was an epidemic of suicides by children who were so bullied that they lost the will to live. Worst yet: it was all condoned by the teachers and the school adminstrations. My thought: Japan has a very weak civil justice system. A couple of lawsuits with resulting multi-billion yen judgments against the offending school district and these practices would soon stop.

Scummy business practices, like scummy employment practices, etc can end, or be curtailed, with legal action. Everyone likes to deride lawsuits, the legal system, etc. But it has a purpose and can achieve proper ends.

Perhaps a lawsuit. It may be an unfair business practice (a 17200 claim in California) to not allow people to unsubscibe online, especially if the aim is to thwart refunds.

I remember a series of pieces in the LA Time a year or so ago about rampant bullying in Japanese grammar schools. The bullying was so pervasive that there was an epidemic of suicides by children who were so bullied that they lost the will to live. Worst yet: it was all condoned by the teachers and the school adminstrations. My thought: Japan has a very weak civil justice system. A couple of lawsuits with resulting multi-billion yen judgments against the offending school district and these practices would soon stop.

Scummy business practices, like scummy employment practices, etc can end, or be curtailed, with legal action. Everyone likes to deride lawsuits, the legal system, etc. But it has a purpose and can achieve proper ends.

But can we try mockery and public humiliation first?

Pooh has had this problem for the last three years. He never has managed to cancel his subscription yet.

Just how sleazy is James J. Cramer? Check this out at iTulip.com:

http://www.itulip.com/awards.htm#Cramer

i am kind of surprised . i did try the site and cancel my sub during the trial period . unfortunately i do not remember details other than that it was not much of a bother . i do how ever agree that cramer is simply inconsistent . he will change his views at least twice ( or more ), during a week( some time same day) on his columns . my thinking was he is writing in reaction to immediate event ( his ego must require that as he pens a lot of this intra day musings ) without much recollection of what he may have said even a day earlier. i understand he is( was? ) a very successful hedge fundie hence his following . just a side note one of the people he made lot of money is right wing zionist arab hater marty peretz of new republic.

"i am kind of surprised . i did try the site and cancel my sub during the trial period"

There was a time when one didn't have to provide credit card details during the trial period; and, of course, cancellation was much easier at that time. I expect that's when you must have signed up.

There's just no way round it: when we're 106, we're still going to be paying out money to Cramer.

"just a side note one of the people he made lot of money is right wing zionist arab hater marty peretz of new republic"

And you are exactly the kind of individual who we Jews thought had died with Hitler's Germany. Unfortunately, the left and many in the Arab world have shown in recent years that they can be every bit as viciously anti-Semitic as Heydrich and Himmler.

Yeah, yeah now give us your boilerplate spiel about how you're not a Jew hater, just an anti-Zionist.

"No, no you don't understand, it's not that I hate Swedes, I just want to destroy Sweden."

Right.

In 1938, in a famous speech to Jews in Warsaw, Jabotinsky warned them what was going to happen. The time is fast approaching when we're going to need another speech along exactly the same lines.

You can always call your credit card company and dispute the charge. They'll side with you, almost no matter what. It's a wonderful thing if you're someone who buys stuff online. It's a horrible thing if you're a seller.

pooh go and read new republic over a period of time . if marty peratz is not an arab hating zionist then the species does not exist . rather than face to reality about some of the blind supporters of israel as well as colonialist policies ( inching towards apartheid now ) jump to hitler / anti-semitism etc etc . that is a refuge to avoid facts . i could care less whether he is jew or not . there are enough in self proclaimed christian right who will match him nicely.

Pooh, if you're having problems with somebody who's got their teeth sunk into your credit card, call up your bank. Tell them the problem, and that you want a new number. And that if they can't get you a new one, that you get several credit card offers in the mail every week.

"Once you have their money, keep it. Promise refunds, promise an easy return policy, but hang on to their money as long as possible.

"This serves several useful purposes: (1) the customer may get tired of trying and give up; (2) even if not, you have a few days float; (3) you can feel superior to the chumps."
--Clipcoin, consultant, House ($) Mammon, Hell

"And doesn't it create a wonderful amount of anger and frustration, as well as enhancing greed. Nice work, Clipcoin."--Usura, lead consultant, ($)

"pooh go and read new republic over a period of time . if marty peratz is not an arab hating zionist then the species does not exist . "

Sorry, Badri. You don't get off that easy.

Why single out one individual for (inaccurate) criticism? Why raise the issue at all? It has nothing to do with Cramer's business practices - the subject of Brad's post. It's just a cheap shot at a Jew. You don't care that he's Jewish? Tell me another one.

And by the way his name is Peretz, not Peratz.

"pooh go and read new republic over a period of time . if marty peratz is not an arab hating zionist then the species does not exist . "

Sorry, Badri. You don't get off that easy.

Why single out one individual for (inaccurate) criticism? Why raise the issue at all? It has nothing to do with Cramer's business practices - the subject of Brad's post. It's just a cheap shot at a Jew. You don't care that he's Jewish? Tell me another one.

And by the way his name is Peretz, not Peratz.

Prof. Delong, as a more serious note, if you have trouble, there's a range of circumstances under which a credit card chartge can be cancelled (geographic distance between seller and buyer of over 60 miles sticks in my mind.) If there's a need, you might try calling your credit card service and asking them about it. Also, you may wish to consider paper mail, even certified paper mail, if the phone "service" line gets to be too much trouble; I've encountered pretty sleazy tactics from supposedly reputable businesses.

I think this may be the kind of thing that Alan Greenspan knows that you don't.

There's another lesson to learn here: Never, never, never sign up for any good or service that asks you to agree to renew by default.

It is just that simple. If we all would adopt that policy, the need for it would go away.