• Vonage pays $100 million for a Get Out of Jail Free Card [telecom]

    From danny burstein@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 12 19:17:36 2022
    Holmdel, NJ-based Vonage paying $100M in refunds after customers
    struggled to cancel service

    Vonage has been ordered to pay $100 million in refunds to customers
    who encountered obstacles and fees when they tried to cancel their
    service, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.

    As part of the proposed court order, the Holmdel-based
    telecommunications company agreed to stop using so-called "dark
    patterns," which are hurdles designed to delay or prevent customers
    from stopping recurring charges.
    ......
    In numerous instances, customers who canceled continued to be charged.

    rest:

    https://www.northjersey.com/story/money/business/2022/11/04/vonage-paying-100m-in-refunds-to-customers-who-struggled-to-cancel/69616683007/

    dannyb notes the credit card companies kept processing Vonage's slips
    even after plenty of customer complaints

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