Never seen this before. See, contrary to poopular belief, I DO actually join sites from time to time, sometimes for biz reasons (ie to see inside without the owners knowing) and sometimes for more 'personal' reasons... I am infact an occasional paying customer too...
Yeah, 'Porn Is Free' etc... But I like to feel I'm also supporting sites (big or small) from time to time... That said though, even I see this appearing as 'scammy' - Inside info from being in the biz or not - It just turned me right off... But is this just me? Is this a 'thing' these days, and I've just not noticed it?
Anyhoo, here's the way it's presented. Site is 24.99 per month, but to 'sign up' you need to pay a 'Sign Up' fee of 15 - Making it 39.99 for the first month, then 24.99 for subsequent months. That in and of itself (The Cost) doesn't bother me - It's how its presented...
Obviously they must feel that they are not gonna get a re-bill and want to stack the first payment - Fair enough, but it's the presentation that turns me off... WTF is a 'Sign Up' fee?
Some extra charge for the admin of taking your hard earned money and harvesting all of your data & details so they can continue to market to you for the rest of your life?
This isn't some 'Mom & Pop' site either - Its one of the bigger players... So is that normal presentation of a join page in 2023 now?
Just curious really and I'm not 'complaining' -
But had it just said 'First month 39.99 - Additional months ONLY 24.99 - Save X % - They would have had a purchase. But like i said, it was the wording that turned me off... 'Sign Up' Fee ! You should be so lucky lol
Bottom Line? You would have happily had 39.99 off of me (& all my data) but you now have exactly Zero from me, & NO data... That was just me... I wonder how many others feel the same way? After all, it's all in the presentation at the end of the day...
