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> Nowhere on the site are any of the extra charges declared.

Be careful of what you are claiming. The http://videoprofessor.com homepage says "After your 10-day free trial, if you decide to keep the complete set, we'll conveniently bill your credit card just $289.95."

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Thanks for catching that. I looked but couldn't find that notice (I'll admit I didn't look super hard...)

I think that if you're going to charge a customer X number of dollars, you really need to make sure they understand that. It's obviously a bad business practice, but I think that regulators should take the extra step and make hiding charges in fine print illegal...

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