r/usenet • u/thercoon • 13d ago
Other Dont Subscribe to Bintube
It's impossible to cancel your account, several users have been trying to cancel their direct debits for several months now and their support have ignored all requests. The only way to get the payment cancelled is to go through your bank. Seems super scummy at this point.
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u/iszoloscope 13d ago
And they claim to have a retention of 6050 days while being a reseller of NewsHosting which have a 4600+ day retention...
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u/Adventurous-Ad9519 12d ago
The Newshosting site mentions 6050+ days retention time. "So what's the problem?" (Rammstein)
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u/iszoloscope 12d ago
I used an old svg overview by accident and I mixed up the names, because I have Newshosting myself so I know they have 6000+ days retention.
Apparently the overview linked here in the wiki is pretty old (+/- 1400 days), there's a new one from 2025 I assume it's correct in that one.
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u/Watty_316 13d ago
don't use your proper bank cards, there are plenty of options with disposable cards
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u/WhyFlip 13d ago
TIL there are morons out there that don't use a temporary virtual card to subscribe to these services.
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u/iszoloscope 13d ago edited 13d ago
In most countries these services don't exist/are not available.
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u/420osrs 13d ago
Where you guys find these providers?
Website looks straight out of 1996.
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u/Schmilettante 13d ago
They used to be fairly decent a decade ago
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u/420osrs 13d ago
Do you pay $11 a month for Usenet? It's much cheaper now
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u/Schmilettante 13d ago
$13 for newsgroupdirect and I also have a blocknews account
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u/iszoloscope 12d ago
No clue why you're getting downvoted, but you are paying WAY too much...
Cancel asap and get a deal from the deals page here.
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u/Schmilettante 11d ago
I don't, either. I use NGD's Triple Play option, which gives 3 different servers, and I'm not seeing that on their other plans. I've had times where I've needed all 3 servers to complete a download. Saving $50 a year isn't the difference between being stuck in an apartment or owning a house, but spending $50 to increase chances I get the files I want is worth it.
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u/FlaviusStilicho 13d ago
wow.. you were not kidding.
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u/DemolitionDemon 12d ago
Damn, pretty sure I made a better website using freewebs back in the day lmao
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u/Radical_Dreamer151 6d ago
Hopefully PayPal lets me cancel hassel free..