People Share Their Hot Takes on Money That Make Us Question Our Financial Reality

Is there anything more annoying than when you sign up for a free trial of something, but they make you put in your credit card information, so if you forget to cancel in time, they go ahead and just start charging your credit card, knowing full well they’re taking advantage of your forgetfulness?

You know that they were hoping you would do that; otherwise, they wouldn’t ask for your credit card information. It’s one of those things that feels sketchy but is, in fact, entirely legal. That’s why my philosophy for many years has been that if a free trial requires my credit card information, I don’t bother signing up at all.