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I also like this for less then perfectly secure online purchases.

This works for places that simply cancel your service if you don't pay.

This doesn't work for places that will send you to collections.

Wish I knew how to pin this to top

This is even more useful now that a lot of banks are auto-updating credit card details when a subscription tries to bill you.

Petition to rename this sub to r/anecdotalevidence

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Well there's only three comments so far, so it's at the top for me

I just keep a credit card that can be locked and unlocked from their mobile app. I'll usually sign up for something with that card and immediately lock the card again. If it's something I want to keep paying for once I have a taste, I'll change my payment info to a different card.

I used to this but I've been using privacy dot com for the last couple of years. Let's you make virtual credit cards. You can set limits by total, monthly, etc. .I have one for 24 hour fitness, I set it you charge my monthly rate and every year they try to charge me a 50 dollar maintenance fee and every year it gets rejected, and they haven't suspended my account yet. Also gave a virtual card to my 16 year old niece for the Apple Store, lets her spend 10 bucks on month on whatever app stuff she needs.

Anyway I've made like 30 cards for stuff, and when I want to cancel I just turn the card off. Easy Peasy.

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I live in Europe. Say you sign a contact with an internet provider for a period of 2 years. You pay each month in advance. If you stop paying, they will turn off your internet (that you already paid for, in advance for next month). After a few months of not paying, they will apply the contract clause which will cancel the contract but also charge you for getting out of contract. You can decide not to pay ever and the ISP won't sue you or send your issue debt collectors (not worth it for a few euros and also bad PR for being aggressive) but instead they will wait...and in the future you might move to another town or just a different neighborhood that only has internet services available in the area from THAT specific ISP. You won't be able to sign a new contract untill you have paid what you owed (they don't apply interest). At least this is how it goes in my country with subscriptions.

Using a card with no money on it would have the same effect of not paying. You can even remove the card all together from their payment app. Heck my bank allows me to generate new virtual Visa cards that I can use and then discard.

A lot of companies are offering virtual card numbers that you can cancel right after that single transaction. Much easier than buying a physical card number at a store.

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