So ages ago, I filled out a form for a trial to emusic (yeah, you guys are already laughing at me, I bet) for a Gaia cash offer. I've done free music trials before, like one for Napster YEARS ago, and plenty of free music from Coca Cola and Pepsi. Never had any trouble.

This is the first one that's backfired on me.

I just got billed $12 out of my freshly restocked Paypal. From, guess who, emusic's FREE TRIAL.

After looking around, it seems there's not much I can do, but just for the heck of it I'm filing with the BBB. The payment said "pending," so I went ahead and logged onto eMusic, cancelled my subscription (which they TOTALLY said wouldn't start unless I WANTED to subscribe after the trial) and then went back onto paypal and cancelled the billing connection. Who knows if it stopped the payment... somehow I seriously doubt it.

Apparently in their terms they say that they can bill you without notice, something they do not make clear on their "FREE TRIAL OHMAGAD" splash page.

Equally mad at myself as I am mad at them.

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