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You can cancel Amazon Prime in about two minutes, straight from your Amazon account. There is no fee for cancelling, and you do not need to ring anyone. The only thing worth checking first is whether you are due a refund, because that depends on whether you have used any Prime benefit since your last payment. This guide walks through the exact steps, the refund rules, and what happens to Prime Video, your orders, and…
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When you sign up for Netflix, Spotify, a meal kit or a gym app, you are not buying something once. You are starting a subscription: an agreement where you pay on a regular schedule and keep getting access, a service or a delivery for as long as you keep paying. Here is how the whole thing works, in plain terms. Quick answer: A subscription works like this — you choose a plan, create an account…
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Netflix and Stan are the two streaming services most Australian households end up choosing between. Netflix has the biggest catalogue and the most originals. Stan is cheaper at the top end, has no ads on its main plans, and is the home of Australian originals and live sport. So which one deserves your money? Here is the short answer, then the full comparison. Quick verdict Pick Netflix if you want the widest choice. It has…
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A good credit rating opens doors. It can mean a cheaper home loan, a credit card with a better rate, and a smoother rental application. The good news is that a strong rating is not about earning a big salary or having a perfect past. It comes down to a handful of steady habits, repeated over time. Here is what a good credit rating looks like, and the ten habits that build one. For the…
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Most of us pay for more subscriptions than we can name. Streaming, music, cloud storage, fitness apps, news, software — they quietly renew every month, and the small amounts add up to hundreds of dollars a year. A survey of Australian millennials cited by WeMoney found 66% had subscriptions they had forgotten about, and more than half were paying for between four and ten at once. A subscription tracker app puts the whole list in…