Viz, this email received this morning from Experian, one of the three credit card reporting agencies:
Of course I want them to remove my info. And yes I see the "upgrade" portion of the email, but I figure, hey check this out to see if what they're offering now is a freebie and the "upgrade" applies to the "recurring scans" only.
Hah. You already know where this is going.
Of COURSE Experian wants $25 a month -- A MONTH, $300 a year -- for this service. Which is probably 100% automated.
So no. I'll continue avoiding the scams manually -- and they do pour into the email inbox to be sure -- and save myself the money. There are probably free services out there I could use to do what Experian wants to do for me, but I'm not bothered to find them and they probably don't exist anyway.
So my choice is to continue to be vigilant against bad guy scams, or pay for a good guy scam and still have to be vigilant against bad guy scams. There is no choice at all here, really.
It just bugs me. I'm irritated that these companies see me as a piggybank to exploit to the tune of $300 a year, rather than someone who might appreciate occasional free use of their automated info detection services. But nothing is free in a capitalist world.
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