Wish I'd come and checked here before signing up for my £1/mth trail 6months ago.... No email (or other form of) reminder was sent from the Times when my (virtually unused) trial period was coming to an end, so the message from Paypal yesterday that £25.99 had then been charged came as unwelcome surprise. I was annoyed with myself, but thought no matter, the Times are surely a reputable company who'll see me straight and refund. How wrong that assumption was. Turns out there is no option with the Times to cancel online, by email, or by post - so waiting in their call-centre queue is the only option you have, and you have to do that at least 2 days prior to your trial period finishing. The guy I spoke to there today was only able to quote the "you should have read the T&Cs, tough luck matey" spiel. The Citizens Advice website has a document on 'Subscription Traps' like this which includes "Recommendation #3:Companies offering trial periods for subscription productsor services should remind consumers that they will enter into a binding contractat the end of the trial period. This should be done several days before the end ofthe trial and should make the cost of the subscription clear." - I have raised a complaint with the Times on the underhand business practices being employed to trap and fleece people. Given the large number of similar reviews on here, I am not hopeful of ever getting my £25.99 back, but will update this review if I do. Beware!!
