Beware the Holiday-Season Subscription Trap: How to Avoid Recurring Charges
Memberships for everything from wine clubs to meal kits add up — even as gifts
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I’m locked in a subscription trap and need help getting out.
We all know the business model by now: Tiny little payments you make each month for apps, meal kits, digital dopamine hits you swear are going to change your life until they just add up to actually quite a lot on your credit-card statement. Cutting the cord was supposed to save us money; now many of us swear the opposite.