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Stamps.com: Call To Close.

Author
Gray et al.
Date
1 Oct 2015
Publisher
UXP2 Lab

“Stamps.com makes it difficult to close an account on their site by requiring the user to call a phone number during business hours to do so. They also hide this information on their site in the FAQs section to make it difficult to find out how to cancel the service.”

Stamps.com was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over how an account is closed. According to the entry, closing an account requires the user to call a phone number during business hours rather than doing it on the site. The entry adds that this information is hidden within the FAQs section, making it difficult to find out how to cancel the service.