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From: Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How to cancel a subscription for good?
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2024 01:42:43 -0000 (UTC)
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Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2024-07-06, Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
>> Cameo <cameo@unreal.invalid> wrote:
>>> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> If there's only a "renew" option then there is no current
>>>> subscription via Apple. You must have bought it via a different
>>>> method. 
>>>> 
>>> No, I did not use different method and there was no family member
>>> involved.  But luckily I just discovered today in my bank account
>>> that the amount was refunded. So, I assume I also was a victim of the
>>> bank’s malfunction described in the article I posted here earlier. I
>>> wonder if it was due to some sophisticated hacker attack against the
>>> bank.
>>> 
>> Has anybody seen an Apple announcement about this false charge fiasco
>> in Hungary? Because I haven’t. It was only reported by the Hungarian
>> Central Bank and media. Strange.
> 
> The incident was due to a technical glitch at the international bank
> card partner of Apple's online store rather than a glitch in Apple's
> systems:
> 
> <https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/hungary-central-bank-tells-lenders-reimburse-clients-after-apple-glitch-2024-06-29/>
> 
I understand, but Apple’s bank partner is still considered as agent of
Apple, and thus would call for announcing the problem first by them, not by
the Hungarian National Bank. Instead, Apple sits there quietly like shit in
the grass.