Edit: I am pleased to say that a Customer Service Rep responded quickly (within an hour) and my severance should go without a hitch. I'm glad to see some of the suggestions people have been making in the comments, and will gladly focus my attention on those sites and resources.
Howdy,
I lurk in investment subreddits and rarely (if ever) post; I'm relatively new to investing, and have been trying to soak up what I can between part time classes and full time work, whether that's a stock worth buying, or an opinion on roboinvestors, or how to efficiently lose money (thanks r/wallstreetbets).
A while back I bought into Motley Fool's services, I'd heard good things and figured it was worth a shot. That was somewhere between 4-6 months ago. I was completely disappointed, but I stuck it out; even considered writing a breakdown of the issues I had with the service, but Reddit seems to have their practices well documented.
I decided to end my relationship with the Motley Fool, I was frustrated with how they do business, I was tired of the ads and "invitations" - and ultimately I feel there are better things I could do with the money.
The straw that broke the camel's back though? You can't unsubscribe from their service through the website - you have to send an email or call them, and then have to wait one or two business days for a reply. So I wrote them a request that expressed my thoughts as clearly as my frustrated fingers could manage.
I'd like to share with you all:
"Enough, enough of your endless subscriptions costing $4,000 dollars. No more, I find no value in this. I wanted stock tips, and the rough percentage of emails you've sent me has been about 10% stock, 90% invitations to give you roughly $50,000.99 (collectively) in subscriptions to the next big thing.
Dudes, I paid you for info and instead I feel like I've paid you for the privilege of you asking me for more money. If I was balling out of control as much as you seem to think I am do you think I would have paid $100 to buy in to your supposed extensive research?
Honestly how many people are actually subscribing to the "NEXT BIG THING OH WOW TECH SOIL" that you can afford the freaks who type out novelettes? Novelettes that ultimately end with "... only costs the down payment on a new Lexus!" to boot.
The way I see it we have two options here:
Option 1 - stop sending me "invitations" that I, as a slightly-past-entry-level Corporate employee without a college degree cannot reasonably afford (seriously, $4000? Dudes I barely scrape up to $40k a year if I bust my ass and put in tons of overtime), and start sending me the information I paid you for.
Option 2 - end my service, delete my email from your 'sucker list' and do not, under any circumstances, charge my card again.
Thank you, and have an excellent day."
I doubt the people on their end who read it will care, they already have my money.
If there's anything you can take away from my experience: skip the Fool, they're vampires of the highest order.
Submitted March 21, 2019 at 01:27PM by SandalJeanRoots https://ift.tt/2YbX0DU
