Why is chess.com charging $0.01 for the free trial?

The black Friday week chess.com is giving away one month of free membership. But they charged me 1¢ why?

Wait what

Cringe fr

Cringe chess.com no cap

Y'all not bussing srsly

prob some protection thing so u can't cancel after the 1 month?

So how did you pay the 1 cent? . . .

Credit card? . . . check? . . . Bit coin? . . .

I’d assume it’s so it knows that the card you’re using actually has money on it and isn’t some dead visa giftcard

OG for sure, I have to mail them a check now for 1 cent

yep when we take a free trial less people come to know that you have to cancel the free trial before it ends otherwise they will charge

You didn't read the fine print saying they charge you $50 if you are caught cheating?

Dude, you gotta read those terms and conditions before you click on "I have read and agree to all the conditions".

Ope

When I joined in 2010 I paid with a American Express credit card . . .

The following month I blocked Chess.com from charging on the card. . .

I cancelled the card and I pay using a check Bill Pay . . .

I have never read the fine print . . .

I think its accepted automatically when you press enter . . .

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Hardly anything in life, grasshoppers, is truly free. Now, please, let's stop complaining and move on. Mic drop!

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That penny is put into the forum monitor's pension fund.

At this rate, they will be able to retire at the young age of 40... hundred

With 1 million people ordering free membership at 1 cent a piece, that's 1,000,000 pennies or 10,000 dollars

Thank you, I will greatly appreciate any help. The thievery is ruining me financially.

The true answer: inflation.

It's sad that free is even going up in price.

It's the damn stock market.