AMERICA ONLINE, AOL ripoff screwed others too

I know that when I joined AOL, I read the Terms of Service when I joined. The funny thing is, its very straight-forwad and clear to understand. No legal jargon tricks here.

Let me reiterate the "Member Agreement", sub section 7, letter b.:

b. Your payment responsibilities

You must select a payment method to pay AOL for membership fees and all purchases made from AOL. You must give AOL accurate billing and payment information and keep this information up-to-date through AOL Keyword: Billing. AOL will bill you through your Account that is assigned to your primary screen name. You agree to pay AOL for all charges incurred under your Account, including all applicable taxes, fees and surcharges. You authorize AOL to charge your designated payment method for these charges. If AOL does not receive payment from your designated payment method, you agree to pay all amounts due upon demand by AOL.


You automatically gave AOL authorization to charge based on that statement alone. Uninstalling the software has *NO* effect on the subscription. That logic, would be asynchronous to throwing away magazines you receive in subscription in your effort to cancel.

It's time to accept responsibility and learn from our mistakes. I doubt that will happen.

Why did you get charged two months later? Because you didn't call to cancel, as it clearly states in the Terms of Service that you must.

Whether you chose to read the terms (that is, of course, a legally binding contract) is not the point. The point is that you provided your billing information and electronically signed a contract stating America Online can and will withdraw a monthly payment if you do NOT call to cancel.

Would you sign a car loan without reading it? Sign up for a bank account or credit card without reviewing the terms? Doubtful. Ignorance of the contract you signed is no reason to bash a company for doing what it clearly told you it would do.

Additionally, AOL offers free, 24 hour technical support. You could have called at any time for assistance with your service.

Why did you get charged two months later? Because you didn't call to cancel, as it clearly states in the Terms of Service that you must.

Whether you chose to read the terms (that is, of course, a legally binding contract) is not the point. The point is that you provided your billing information and electronically signed a contract stating America Online can and will withdraw a monthly payment if you do NOT call to cancel.

Would you sign a car loan without reading it? Sign up for a bank account or credit card without reviewing the terms? Doubtful. Ignorance of the contract you signed is no reason to bash a company for doing what it clearly told you it would do.

Additionally, AOL offers free, 24 hour technical support. You could have called at any time for assistance with your service.

Why did you get charged two months later? Because you didn't call to cancel, as it clearly states in the Terms of Service that you must.

Whether you chose to read the terms (that is, of course, a legally binding contract) is not the point. The point is that you provided your billing information and electronically signed a contract stating America Online can and will withdraw a monthly payment if you do NOT call to cancel.

Would you sign a car loan without reading it? Sign up for a bank account or credit card without reviewing the terms? Doubtful. Ignorance of the contract you signed is no reason to bash a company for doing what it clearly told you it would do.

Additionally, AOL offers free, 24 hour technical support. You could have called at any time for assistance with your service.

all i like to know is how too remove AOL. from my my computer.