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Good evening everyone, I realized I made a mistake earlier this evening...
Let me explain my situation, I signed up on the site Justepourunsoir.com, you understand the purpose of the site, I'm not going to draw you a picture. The finalization of the registration required age verification via credit card.
So I entered my details, the transaction indicated that no charge would be made, and that I accepted the terms of the TOS by proceeding, I obviously made the mistake of skimming over this charter.
The next thing that happened is I started using the site, which is poorly made, with no real profiles, a lot of fake photos, etc., but that's not the problem.
After closing the page, I noticed two hours later two emails in my spam folder, containing an invoice for 89.9 euros because my 30-minute trial period had expired.
So I rushed to terminate the "commitments" of my account.
After checking the charter, it was written (not very prominently) that the free trial would result in commitments if the period was exceeded.
So I come to my question, I know I'm at fault, I naively accepted the TOS, despite the email, my account has not been charged (I'm capped at 80 euros, which might be the reason), is there still a way to cancel the transaction?
Knowing that the contract was signed at 7 pm, and I did all the operations at 9/10 pm
Would a bank opposition suffice?
Thank you for your help and sorry in advance if I'm in the wrong forum.
Let me explain my situation, I signed up on the site Justepourunsoir.com, you understand the purpose of the site, I'm not going to draw you a picture. The finalization of the registration required age verification via credit card.
So I entered my details, the transaction indicated that no charge would be made, and that I accepted the terms of the TOS by proceeding, I obviously made the mistake of skimming over this charter.
The next thing that happened is I started using the site, which is poorly made, with no real profiles, a lot of fake photos, etc., but that's not the problem.
After closing the page, I noticed two hours later two emails in my spam folder, containing an invoice for 89.9 euros because my 30-minute trial period had expired.
So I rushed to terminate the "commitments" of my account.
After checking the charter, it was written (not very prominently) that the free trial would result in commitments if the period was exceeded.
So I come to my question, I know I'm at fault, I naively accepted the TOS, despite the email, my account has not been charged (I'm capped at 80 euros, which might be the reason), is there still a way to cancel the transaction?
Knowing that the contract was signed at 7 pm, and I did all the operations at 9/10 pm
Would a bank opposition suffice?
Thank you for your help and sorry in advance if I'm in the wrong forum.
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Unidentified site.. We don't know what Law it falls under.. A French law site must indicate Legal Notices.
But it's a well-known mechanism: credit card information under the false pretense of 'verifying majority', general terms of sale stating that there is a need to unsubscribe within X minutes to avoid being 'subscribed' to a mindless mess.. The trap for fools. The best would be to change your credit card on Monday..
You will probably soon receive 'threats' to pay the bill.. Then we might know WHO it is.. Apparently, it must be a foreign site so difficulties in forcing you to pay, and given the modest sum at stake, one might doubt a legal procedure..
See you soon
The transfer was made this morning. ???. You say that the maximum amount accepted by your card is €80.. Explain this 'transfer'..
Unidentified site.. We don't know what Law it falls under.. A French law site must indicate Legal Notices.
But it's a well-known mechanism: credit card information under the false pretense of 'verifying majority', general terms of sale stating that there is a need to unsubscribe within X minutes to avoid being 'subscribed' to a mindless mess.. The trap for fools. The best would be to change your credit card on Monday..
You will probably soon receive 'threats' to pay the bill.. Then we might know WHO it is.. Apparently, it must be a foreign site so difficulties in forcing you to pay, and given the modest sum at stake, one might doubt a legal procedure..
See you soon
The transfer was made this morning. ???. You say that the maximum amount accepted by your card is €80.. Explain this 'transfer'..
I went to my bank this morning to block my card, and there is insurance for scams and fraud; the thing is, I accepted the Terms and Conditions without paying attention when signing up, and the insurance can only work with a police report, which cannot be filed due to this Terms and Conditions that I accepted. So I can't do anything anymore since the site protects itself with this policy.
I was told at the police station that it is indeed fraud, but it is even more insidious since legally the site cannot be sued because they claim I was aware.
So I changed my bank details to avoid having my account emptied.
The site even states that the right of withdrawal cannot be applied since I did indeed use the service; their servers can testify, even though I didn't send any messages, I was logged in. And since the law cannot do anything, it only depends on their goodwill to refund me or not, which they refuse to do.
The only solution if someone encounters this problem in the future is to block your details before the transfer is made, and even then some Terms and Conditions from fraudulent sites like this one state that they will file a complaint as a result.
Thank you for your help Afrikarnak, but I can't do anything anymore; I made a mistake and I'm paying for it. For my part, this will never happen again, but I hope to have informed as many potential future victims as possible with this topic.
Lessons to remember: always read the Terms and Conditions in full and never pay by card directly (particularly on little-known or unknown sites).
Indeed, if you have used the 'services', you cannot withdraw...
You should NEVER give your credit card information online... Use a Virtual Card for one-time use with a set amount (for example, ONE euro for the 'discovery' visit).
See you!
PS: Where is that shitty site?
The site is mentioned in the first post if you want to dig into the TOS; I doubt you'll find anything. A police officer consulted it and told me they were not prosecutable.