My wife got sucked into a "win a laptop" site and picked out the WhiteOvernight ad. The come-on is a free sample for the $3.95 shipping fee. However, in the small print is a sign up for a 60 day supply for $89.95 plus $16.95 S/H. Once you click, you're stuck with a bill for $106.90.
I've signed up for this kind of thing before; language courses, teaching software, "savings club" memberships, etc. I expect there to be an automatic resubscribe if you don't return something or a "30 day trial" after which they charge a month's fee, whatever. But I've never seen anything that signed you up for a full portion of the product at the same time you order your "free sample". Did they warn her; yes. Is it legal; yes. IS IT DECEPTIVE? Absolutely.
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