Not exactly a scam but.....

Sounds like a scam to me, FarNorth. Thank you for flagging it up.

I think it's not a total scam, but is a slippery sales practice.

If this is not illegal it should be.

Easy Life have become really persistent, once you have bought from them.

Not very nice people by the looks of it.

www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-6435299/We-ripped-Easylife-shoppers-hit-catalogue-retailer.html

In the call I got, the bit about cancelling after the 7-day trial period was slipped in among a lot of chat about what a great scheme this was, they'd send me info, I'd get a £50 voucher to buy their excellent goods etc.
Obviously, I was meant to think I'd just be getting a voucher and info in the post but a recording of the call would show that I'd been told the deal and had said yes.
(I did not say yes, btw)

I can easily see how people could be hoodwinked.

this is almost inertia selling by subterfuge.
thanks for the warning.

FarNorth I don't know why you are even holding a conversation with these people. I slam the phone down the moment I realise it's not a friend, family or the doctor. I don't use my land line any more but there's just a chance it could be one of those three.

Chestnut I take the view that if I am keeping them talking, that's a few minutes in which they haven't been able to bother someone else.

This call was from a genuine firm and wasn't asking for any info from me, so I wanted to know what it was about.

Having found out, I'm now warning others not to be taken in as (it turns out) the people in the newspaper report were.

TLDR :
Not everyone is as clever as you Chestnut.

The sales people are on commission, very pushy, nothing new it’s been happening for a long time

The firm may be genuine FarNorth but you don't know if the people you were talking to were actually from that firm. I assume anyone contacting me by phone is a scammer. Maybe one or two are genuine but who cares?

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Had a real problem with Easy Life a few years ago, similar to the OP, but this was a motor club. Despite my phoning to cancel within the timeframe they still room money from my account which they would not refund. They then tried it again with a grocery club! Told them not to contact me again.

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