Barclays PLC Credit Card Complaint

Barclays PLC Credit card department,

Transaction issue New York

I am writing both in general, to suggest a new consumer protection, and specifically to complain about a company called - ; please forward this email to the appropriate office for possible further action against -. Years ago, I agreed to a recurring charge in order to watch their video products. For over a year, I have been trying through every means possible to cancel the recurring charges on my credit card. I have repeatedly used their online forms and followed the steps listed on their website, to no avail. I tried calling the company ( finding the number was a research feat in itself ), and further got no action. I have repeatedly contacted the credit card company to cancel the charges, and I think the current options for this situation are too limited. Because the charge is so small, generally the credit card company credits my account and essentially pays the bill themselves. I need to do this each month. I was told that - might even find me after getting a new credit card through the same bank, and resume charging me on the new card. It 's incredibly frustrating that my only option seems to be


I think this situation is very common, and I believe new laws and policies need to be pyut in place to help consumers and to make it impossible for this egregious behavior on the part of companies to continue. It should be possible for consumers to permanently remove recurring charges from their credit cards, without the consent of the company involved. This would shift the burden of re-establishing a financial relationship to where it belongs : back to the company that made it impossible to cancel recurring charges. I write to urge you to make this happen. Companies like - should not be able to succeed in garnering money from recurring charges when they make it impossible for consumers to cancel the charges.