05-15-2019, 02:31 PM | #3616 |
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Beware of the Free 3-Month trial Music Unlimited offer on Amazon.com
On the Home page a few days ago they ran a promotional ad for a 3-Month Trial of Amazon Prime Music Unlimited. I had already had a trial way back after buying my first Echo device, so I assumed I would not qualify, but one never knows so I figured why not try and see. I clicked the links and went through the subscribe pages and was never told I did not qualify for this offer. Instead I was told that I was signed up and could start listening. A couple of days later I saw a charge for one month of Music Unlimited had been applied to my CC. Okay, I understand that concept of one trial only during your lifetime, but I also understand that Amazon did not properly warn me that I no longer qualified. Some companies do extend more than one trial if you buy subsequent devices, Amazon apparently doesn't do that. I thought perhaps that since I had stopped using Music Unlimited a while back, perhaps they were trying to lure me back with a new trial. Again, no messages popped up stating I did not qualify, and no message stated I was being billed. Instead I was simply told I now had a Music Unlimited subscription. To me that is a bait and switch technique, if done purposely. I will give Amazon the benefit of the doubt though and say they likely just didn't program their website properly to notify us if we don't qualify. Long story short, I immediately called CS to cancel the Music Unlimited subscription and get a refund. They cancelled it, but refused to give me a refund. I bumped the level of CS up to a second tier and was finally able to get the refund as well as have them submit a report requesting that they add a clear message box stating that the customer does not qualify for the offer so they can back out of the subscription process without getting charged.
Amazon's lack of intelligent programming, whether for FW or website code, never ceases to surprise me. This same company is planning to put people on the Moon by 2024, I hope they hire better programmers for that undertaking! Last edited by OtinG; 05-15-2019 at 02:33 PM. |
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05-15-2019, 03:25 PM | #3619 |
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I've never been able to sit through an entire viewing of 2001: A Space Odyssey without nodding off, even when I was young! It has great special effects, but the dialog and action seems to just drag on and on. Forbidden Planet is the opposite as it had lackluster special effects but it had great dialog and set the bar for future SciFi movies and TV shows with its technology devices. Star Trek used the portable communicator idea, Lost in Space had a robot similar to Robbie, and several use the idea of intelligent dialog, especially Star Trek. Now a days SciFi movies and TV shows concentrate on CGI special effects and fail to have any meaningful dialog or plot. Forbidden Planet was ahead of its time for the 1950s. In the 1950s most of the SciFi movies were so bad, and actually stupid, that I laugh when I watch them now.
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what? wait! I think we're in the wrong thread Otin. This belongs in the Blast from the past thread.
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I hear you. I remember all the hype over the first Star Wars movie, but when I finally saw it I was unimpressed by the plot and the acting. It felt like a cartoon being played out with live actors wearing the worst costumes I ever saw. The special effects though were awesome for the 1970s, but over all the movie, and all of its sequels, fall short of good SciFi IMO. I get a lot of flack for my view, even today. I think the Star Trek series and early 1st generation movies were way better than Star Wars, but as Captain Kirk said, there would never have been a Star Trek movie without the popularity of the first Star Wars movie. It jump started the renewed popularity of SciFi in the 1970s. Personally, I like the Mel Brooks parody movie of Space Balls much better. May the Schwartz be with you! Gotta love a rusted old Winnebago with rocket engines piloted by a giant dog...
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That is why I like the older Star Trek series and movies, but not so much the newer stuff. After Roddenberry died the Star Trek enterprise quickly lost its way. (Pun intended!) Now a days nearly all action-adventure and SciFi movies rely on computer graphics and they no longer seem to care about dialog or plot.
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