Death by a thousand $14.99s · The Freedom Business

Death by a thousand $14.99s

Be honest. Could you name every subscription you're paying for right now?

Case in point. Only last night my wife Kris spotted a $14.99 charge on her credit card, a virtual clothes try-on app on her phone. It said "free." The small print said "free for 14 days," which, like most of us, she missed. And cancelling it? Nearly 30 minutes of running in circles on their website before it finally stuck. That's not an accident. It's designed that way.

None of these are big on their own. That's the trap. It's death by a thousand $14.99s.

So if you've got a spare twenty minutes this week, go digging. Search your statements for anything that repeats, business card and the family one, then sort it into "use it," "meh," and "haven't opened it since summer."

Cancel the third pile. And put every renewal date in one calendar so nothing sneaks up on you again.

Fair warning: you will find something. You always do.

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Death by a thousand $14.99s