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TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Fri, Apr 1, 2005 9:10 AM On 2005-03-31 09:14, Tiki-bot wrote: Yes, indeed, AOL has some very Mafia-like tactics to keep you from leaving "the family". A friend tried quitting the service a few years ago and they nickel and dimed him with tiny new charges in order to keep him officially on the service until he paid every last cent. I've actually had the opposite experience with them - they keep on giving me virtual bribes to keep on going. Perhaps that's a new tactic they are trying out in the US, so will look out for it next time I renew. Yeah, good advice above - I just use them to get onto broadband and use other browsers once I'm on the internet. My wife does enjoy dancing to the AOL radio stations tho'..... Trader Woody

On 2005-03-31 09:14, Tiki-bot wrote:
Yes, indeed, AOL has some very Mafia-like tactics to keep you from leaving "the family". A friend tried quitting the service a few years ago and they nickel and dimed him with tiny new charges in order to keep him officially on the service until he paid every last cent.

I've actually had the opposite experience with them - they keep on giving me virtual bribes to keep on going. Perhaps that's a new tactic they are trying out in the US, so will look out for it next time I renew.
Yeah, good advice above - I just use them to get onto broadband and use other browsers once I'm on the internet. My wife does enjoy dancing to the AOL radio stations tho'.....

Trader Woody

Post #150606 by Trader Woody on Fri, Apr 1, 2005 9:10 AM