you're paying for the 'convenience' of near-instant delivery to fulfill your own time-pressing need.
it's also possible that their transaction fees are slightly higher for fully-digital goods (the emailed code) vs physical (the actual gift card through the mail).
t’s also possible that their transaction fees are slightly higher for fully-digital goods (the emailed code) vs physical (the actual gift card through the mail).
How on earth is that possible? If an email cost more than printing a certificate and paying postage, there would be a lot less email flying around.
I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’d love to get less email. But it is not true.
You could have just said “Ryanair” and that’s all the description you need. Ryanair is designed by assholes. They deliberately designed every element of their business to squeeze pennies out of you for services other airlines offer for no cost at all. And they seem in no rush to tell you about these things until the last possible moment, just so they can catch you off guard and add a last minute charge.
For every decision they take they always consult the Big Encyclopedia of Dark Patterns and Asshole Design™ to maximize the damage to the user
Probably they noticed that a virtual gift card will get used very soon (example give the money for a trip to someone else) so they are going to charge extra for the “convenience” while the physical because arrives weeks later via snail mail gets forgotten and they can keep the unused credit at expiration.
“Welcome to Ryanair! As a forward thinking company, we have added a hoop for you to jump through for your convenience! Only £5 per jump! …Oh, no, the only way to board the plane is to use the hoop. But for an additional fee, we will extinguish the fire before you jump!”
the idea was to sign up for the free trial, then cancel right away so that you don’t forget to cancel at the end of the trial. previously, in most cases, the trial would run it’s course and you could access it for the duration. Since companies rely on people forgetting to cancel (it’s the only reason anyone even has an apple TV subcription), they’re trying to make this simple life hack more difficult.
I miss when Amazon prime would refund you the remainder of the month when you cancelled… I have no interest in being a prime member and actively avoid buying anything from Amazon. But sometimes I need something I can’t find locally ASAP and giving them a quarter or two to have prime for a day was a solid option.
Paying $15 a month for “free” shipping which is also included in the price point of the products sounds like a stupid practice too. Lots of people doing it though.
If you buy enough, that fee is worth it or you will pay a lot more in shipping. Those of us in small towns without a lot of options benefit from Prime. Amazon is an evil company, but it’s them or another big box store owned by another awful corporation for me. At least Amazon is convenient.
I’m in that boat. I buy enough where getting prime is worth it. I also use their prime video and Amazon photo services so I’m definitely getting my money’s worth.
And also if you stop paying for 3 months, they completely delete your library. I switched to try Spotify, and when I returned, all my collections from iTunes of 10 years ago are gone forever.
But, if you spend your credits on the audiobooks you want, you don’t have to lose any. I did not lose the books in my library after using them and canceling my subscription and they still exist
Yeah this conversation made me just go “fuck it” and I impulse used the ten credits I have on a bunch of books so now I don’t have standing credits anymore. It’s better this way lol
Or revolut, oxygen and any other bank that provides virtual/burner cards. Everyone should be using virtual or burners with any subscription service, not only does it protect you from a leak, it also let’s you set a max amount and when the price goes up you won’t pay it without approving it and increasing your max tx amount.
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