not-so-free trials

iReel.com Offers Free Trial, Downloads Your Money Instead

iReel.com Offers Free Trial, Downloads Your Money Instead

iReel.com seems like a pretty neat and reasonably priced service, which allows you to harness the power of the interweb to beam recently released movies directly to your home computing device. However, two Consumerist readers have contacted us about the company, and their misleading or just plain dishonest “free trial” billing practices.

Free Trials Can Be Trojan Horses For Sketchy Companies

Free Trials Can Be Trojan Horses For Sketchy Companies

“Free” is always an enticing proposition, but free trials that seem too good to be true often are. Conmen use such offers to lure in greedy customers hoping to get something for nothing.