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Auto-renewal obfuscation is incredibly annoying

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From checking my account profile a couple weeks ago, there was no indication whatsoever I was on an auto-renewing subscription.  None.  It looked I had to manually renew from what I could tell, which is what I wanted as I don't have the money to renew right now.  Then today, I get an invoice in my e-mail out of nowhere.  It seems the only way to cancel the auto-renewal is to fine the original e-mail where I purchased it last year, which I just did.

I put in ticket demanding the charge not be processed.  Fair warning: if you guys complete that charge to my checking account through this slimy, deceptive practice, I'm done with Acronis forever and will recommend my friends stop using your product as well.

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Vaughn, please send a private message to Ekaterina Surkova | Forum Moderator who can look into this issue for you more directly.

They promptly refunded me, which I appreciate.  And I intend to purchase True Image again when I have the money, but only the standalone perpetual license next time.  

The subscription service design used here is ridiculous.  With any other service I could at least see in my account profile very clearly that I was setup with auto-renewal.  I don't think it's too much ask to be able to clearly see in my Acronis Profile that my checking account will be charged on that date, lol.  If a customer can go check in advance like I did and still think they aren't going to be charged when their current subscription expires, that is a dysfunctional system in my opinion.  They should really fix that and soon.

I have been caught several times with automatic subscription renewals; in each case Ekaterina has sorted it out quickly. Unless you want the Cloud storage, then a perpetual licence is often the best approach; you can then upgrade every 3 years or so (an if you time the purchase correctly do so at good price - Black Friday and Cyber Monday usually have deals with as much as 50% off. If you already have an ATI perpetual licence (any version) you qualify for the upgrade pricing which is invariably a better price.

Ian