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by Anonymous User on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 04:25:25 AM PDT

While I agree with the previous sentiments, I'm afraid the correspondent has just cut off his nose to spite his face. He's not likely to find another paid product that doesn't have such evergreen policies. Is it right? Of course not. Is it ethical? Most would say no, but ethics is a very subjective topic. Is it legal? Absolutely. Remember, it's legal unless a court declares it illegal. And the laws these days pretty much permit businesses to do anything they feel like.

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by Anonymous User on Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 11:33:48 AM PDT

However, this gives the correspondent the opportunity to take steps to assure that the next vendor he goes with can't do this to him even if they do have an evergreen policy. (i.e. one-time use CC number)

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