Beware these "free" offers!

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Current forum posts mention free wine as one of the Plusnet  perks, so I had a look at these for the first time although I believe that any "Free Offer" is but the bait on a hook. Sure enough the two offers I bothered to look at require signup to a regular contract --- in one case £35 a month.

Oddly enough I read recently that these 'trial periods' will soon be required to include clear cancellation procedures and a cooling down period. Although I'm sure their promoters do not hope their customers will forget to cancel during the first week. They might be tied into a year's billing, perish the thought. 

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[#3]

It's all a bit "buyer beware". How many people have fallen into the "free" Amazon Prime trap over the years?

Mark

[#4]

If we were not led by greed and wanting (demanding?) anything for nothing, we would all quickly realise that nothing is free, it is simply not explicitly paid for.

The lure of cashback readily comes to mind - one is not getting something for free (nothing), one just pays for it later though higher than what they might be on-going charges.