Building A Business Out Of Fighting Stuff That Costs You Money
from the interesting-model dept
We've written in the past about a service that will fight your parking tickets for you (though, it was being pitched in a somewhat sketchy fashion). Now, the same company is offering a service that will fight false credit card charges for a one-time $30 fee. Of course, you can fight false credit card charges yourself, but the company is betting on the idea that some people would rather pay $30 and not have to waste their own time to do so.
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