10 Free Trial Offers Georgians Regret Signing Up For

Georgia has required businesses to give shoppers a working online cancel button since 2023, under the state’s Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act.

Plenty of companies still make you hunt for it.

These are the free trial offers Georgians regret signing up for.

Note: This is general information, not legal or financial advice. Subscription and cancellation rules vary by company and are subject to change, so confirm the specifics with the Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.

1. Amazon Prime’s Free Trial

Amazon Prime’s 30-day free trial signs shoppers up for free shipping and streaming, then rolls straight into a paid membership once the trial ends.

None of that breaks any law on its own.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued Amazon over how it signed shoppers up for Prime and how hard it made leaving.

The agency accused Amazon of using manipulative sign-up screens and a cancellation process it deliberately complicated.

Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle the case in September 2025, one of the largest consumer settlements in FTC history.

That’s the trap.

The refunds that followed reached shoppers nationwide, Georgia included.

2. Uber One’s Free Trial

Uber One’s free trial previews the paid membership, free delivery, lower ride prices, and no added fees, before billing takes over.

The FTC says Uber charged some riders before their free trial ever ended, despite promising no charge during the trial period.

Canceling was worse.

The agency’s complaint says some users faced as many as 23 screens and 32 separate actions just to cancel.

By December 2025, 21 states had joined the FTC’s case against Uber.

Uber disputes the allegations, and the case is still moving through court.

3. Diet Pill Shipping Traps

Diet pill and skincare free trials ask for a card number to cover a few dollars of shipping and handling, nothing more, or so the ad claims.

That’s the pitch.

Legion Media LLC ran exactly that pitch, the FTC says, along with two related companies, KP Commerce and Pinnacle Payments.

The agency’s complaint accuses them of advertising free cannabidiol (CBD) and keto-related personal care products, then billing shoppers for items they never agreed to buy.

A fourth company, Sloan Health Products, shipped those products under a generic “Fulfillment Center” label.

The FTC finished sending $27.6 million in refunds to more than 1.2 million consumers in December 2025.

Read the fine print before the card number goes in.

4. HelloFresh’s Trial Box

HelloFresh hooks new customers with a steeply discounted first box, then auto-renews the account into a full-price weekly subscription once the trial deal ends.

Skipping a week takes a few taps.

Canceling for good didn’t.

California prosecutors sued HelloFresh for burying its subscription terms and making cancellation hard to find.

HelloFresh settled the case for $7.5 million in August 2025, without admitting wrongdoing.

HelloFresh changed its cancellation flow as part of the deal.

5. Audible’s 30-Day Trial

Audible’s free trial hands new members 30 days and a credit for one audiobook before billing starts.

After that, the account auto-renews at $8.99 a month, by Audible’s terms, and keeps billing until the customer cancels.

Cancel anytime, the offer says.

Many people mean to and forget.

The trial is open to new customers only, so it never resets for a second try.

Psst! How much do you know about free trials and cancellation rules? Flip each card and find out.

6. Gym Trial Memberships

Gyms often dangle a free week or a guest pass to get a new member through the door, then move that person onto a standard membership once the trial ends.

Getting out is the hard part.

The FTC sued LA Fitness in August 2025, saying the chain, which has more than 3.7 million members nationwide, let only one employee process a cancellation.

Convenience wasn’t the point.

The lawsuit also says LA Fitness required certified mail for written cancellations without clearly saying mail was even an option.

None of that is the free trial’s fault. It’s the same cancellation wall every LA Fitness member hits, trial guest or not.

7. Ancestry’s Free Trial

Ancestry’s free trial opens up the site’s full record library, genetic (DNA) matches included, for new members who hand over a card number to start.

The clock starts immediately.

By Ancestry’s terms, shoppers have to cancel at least two days before the trial ends, or the paid subscription begins automatically.

If you miss that window, the charge goes through.

Ancestry’s terms also rule out a refund once that first charge lands, outside a short list of exceptions.

8. Experian’s Credit Trial

Experian requires a credit card before its IdentityWorks trial shows a single credit score.

That’s the catch.

The trial runs seven days, and Experian’s pricing page shows the account converting to $24.99 a month the moment that week ends.

Several free credit-monitoring tools exist without asking for a card number at all.

9. Ring’s Protect Trial

Ring’s Protect plan gives new doorbell and camera owners a free trial the moment the device gets set up.

Thirty days, then billing starts.

By Ring’s terms, the trial runs 30 days and auto-renews into a paid plan starting around $4.99 a month unless the owner cancels first.

Many buyers set up the camera and forget the trial is even running.

The charge shows up on a card nobody remembers connecting to a doorbell.

10. Noom’s “Risk-Free” Trial

Noom markets its diet program as “risk free” for the first two weeks, no charge if a new member cancels in time.

It wasn’t.

A class action accused Noom of automatically enrolling members in paid billing once the two weeks ended, without a clear, separate step to agree to the ongoing charge.

Noom agreed to pay $56 million in cash to settle the case in 2021, plus subscription credits on top.

Noom added a dedicated cancel button afterward.

What Georgia Law Requires

Georgia’s Online Automatic Renewal Transparency Act has been in effect since 2023.

The law requires any business that lets a Georgia shopper sign up for a subscription online to also offer a clear online way to cancel it.

A phone-only cancellation line no longer meets the law.

The law also bars a business from creating unnecessary barriers to canceling, though it doesn’t spell out exactly what crosses that line.

Georgia isn’t alone.

The FTC finalized a click-to-cancel rule in 2024.

A federal appeals court vacated it in July 2025, so it isn’t in force nationwide right now.

The Timing Loophole in Georgia’s Law

Georgia’s automatic-renewal law doesn’t require a company to warn a shopper before charging them.

The notice only has to arrive “prior to or within three days after” charging the customer, so a business can bill first and explain the renewal terms right after.

That’s still legal under the statute, even though it runs backward from what many shoppers expect.

Where to Report a Bad Trial

Georgians stuck in a free trial that won’t let go have two places to send a complaint.

The Georgia Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division takes reports through its online complaint form, the same office that enforces the state’s automatic-renewal law.

The FTC takes reports too, at reportfraud.ftc.gov.

Complaints like these are exactly what regulators use to build cases.

Neither office promises a refund.

Every complaint needs the company’s name, the date of the charge, and whether the shopper wants a refund or just wants the billing stopped.