Am i being selfish!

[kevan]

Hi,
   No not selfish at all, I signed up initially and cancelled well within time, but one thing I am impressed with is the continaul addition of new material, e.g. 1871 and 1901 census for the UK are regualarly being added to .
  I will sign up for anoither year at Xmas, but then I spend half my waking life doing some kind of genealogy searching.
Best
Kevan

[Janine]

I was supposed to get 3 months free with purchase of "Family Tree Maker," started to fill out application then saw need for credit card ... which I do not have.  And yes I am now getting spam.

I find the LDS (Mormon) site is very helpful and sites like this one INCREDIBLY valuable to me so far!

Ancestry.com is American (not Canajan like me, EH) and they are very into having mostly American info on their anyway even if they claim to be worldwide.

[janeyanne]

I even put goods back on the shelf if its not priced. I'm not a tightwad either,  but it is just a way of getting money out of people in a deceitful manner .

[Deb D]

Quote (soz, can't remember how to use the "quote" box thingy): -
"companies know they will make money out of the forgetful few who let a payment go through."

They're also pretty good at ignoring the emails they ask you to send to cancel the whole deal!  I joined up for one of their 14-day "free" trials ... sent the required email well ahead of time ... but they still charged me for the following month, and there was no talking sense to them or getting them to comply with their own stated terms and conditions.

One of these days, they ought to learn the adage "the customer is always right".  It seems, instead, that they think the customer is always a dupe!

[Geoff]

There is one thing I do not like about Amnesty and other sites of it's ilk.
They convince people to place their family history with them, then they charge like
wounded bulls to allow others to access it.  Crikey, they got it for nothing.
I will never give my work to these websites, but I will give it to anyone that
contacts me with connections to my tree.

Cheers
Geoff

[IrishOrigins]

In the dim dark days of yore when I had just started my search for family, I saw a 14 day free trial period offered by Ancestry.

I had no idea what to look for at that point, but thought it just might be of some use.

I started to fill in the required details and then came to the questions about the credit card and baulked.  I got in touch with them and said if it's supposed to be free, why do you need my credit card details?  I give that information to NOBODY.

I was pleasantly surprised when they came back with a "special password" for me to use for the 14 day period and they apologised for requesting the credit card information.  The password was only valid for 14 days and after that access to the normally paid areas was denied.

If they could manage that about 10 years ago (or more) surely it could still be managed today?

Unfortunately I didn't find anything of use, but as I said, I was raw and new and probably missed a lot which could have helped.

With so much more available after all those years, would that be worth trying now?  It certainly can't do any harm - all they can do is either give a negative response or ignore the enquiry completely.

Just a thought or three,

Philippa

[manus]

Hi Ann

Most libraries Have Ancestry Free to use once a day for one hour and you can also print off what you want for 12 pence thats where I go They are very helpful and it is a big help for people who don't have a credit card good luck Manus

[Arranroots]

Just to point out that this thread is now 6 years old!!

For some reason it's been resurrected - "Christphered" for those of you who remember our friend, RIP!

 

I'm going to lock it - if you need to discuss please start another on the Lighter Side - ta.