Cable lobby and Republicans fight proposed ban on early termination fees / Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say::Customers should be allowed to cancel cable TV without penalty, Democrats say.

  • Tosti@feddit.nl
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    11 months ago

    In the Netherlands early termination fees are not allowed, you sign up for a period and stick with that. After that initial period you can then terminate with 30 day notice, no auto renew per year, or you get a prorated refund of what you paid (in annual payment for example). A few exceptions apply but not many.

    This was done to avoid the fuckery of having a very small window on annual contracts where if you missed it, you would be locked in for another year.

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      11 months ago

      This was done to avoid the fuckery of having a very small window on annual contracts where if you missed it, you would be locked in for another year.

      Here in the good ol US of A that’s how some of my apartment leases worked.

      🎶 God bless America 🎶