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HELP I can't cancel my subscription or email support!

Twilanthe
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I followed the instructions here: https://help.elderscrollsonline.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/27718/~/how-do-i-cancel-my-eso-plus-membership?

When I get to my Manage Account page there is nothing there. No button to cancel, no way to edit my payment method or change my billing address or anything. It just says:
ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE
Member Since November 20, 2013

ACCOUNT STATUS
Active - ESO Plus™ Recurring

I've done everything I can think of the cancel my subscription, there is nothing here. I've scoured the page for a button or link, I've googled how to cancel, and I've tried to email support, but when I click the button to send my email nothing happens! My account is set to renew on the 14th, I DO NOT want to renew for another month.

Please, how can I cancel my account if there is no button to cancel and no way to email the company to cancel?
Lüc - Argonian Necromancer Healer
PC-NA
  • Ignotus
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    I just discovered the same thing. Maybe they are hard up and disabled the cancel button... :p Mine renews in two days and I cannot cancel it. I'm not concerned though, my prepaid card will decline the charge and I won't be billed for anything. If some people DO get billed and cannot cancel, I think there may be some trouble brewing. Anyway, here is what I see on the account page when I press the MANAGE MEMBERSHIP button. NO CANCEL BUTTON!
    oheHYlD.png

  • Twilanthe
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    I tried calling two of their "support" numbers and got an automated response saying I've called a "former support number" and to go to the site for help.....wtf.

    Cancel doesn't work
    their email form doesn't work
    their phone line doesn't work

    Ignotus, I see the same thing, it looks exactly like that.
    Edited by Twilanthe on August 11, 2016 10:58AM
    Lüc - Argonian Necromancer Healer
    PC-NA
  • Ignotus
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    I'm on Windows 10 build 10586. I am using Firefox 47, but I also tried Edge and got the exact same page without a cancel button. I tried IE 11 but the account page won't even open in that.
  • Twilanthe
    Twilanthe
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    I've tried chrome, IE and Edge. I've tried on my cell phone and android tablet, I've tried clearing my cache, and I've tried on a friends computer running windows 8 and a work computer running XP. If its the same on all those browsers/devices, I think its a site issue and not on our end.
    Lüc - Argonian Necromancer Healer
    PC-NA
  • Ciovala
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    I have the same problem!
    Looking for a mature and helpful social guild - play PvE, PvP, and like crafting.
  • evacsdb14_ESO
    I'm having the same issue the option to cancel membership is missing from the Manage Membership page. I've even tried to call them but all I get is a recording the number is no longer valid.
  • evacsdb14_ESO
    The number listed will only tell you to go to the forums .
  • ZOS_JessicaFolsom
    ZOS_JessicaFolsom
    Community Manager
    We're looking into this, everyone. There should be a button there that isn't. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
    Jessica Folsom
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  • Twilanthe
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    We're looking into this, everyone. There should be a button there that isn't. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

    Thanks!

    If its not fixed before my sub renews can I get a refund? I really don't want to be charged for another month I'm not going to use.
    Lüc - Argonian Necromancer Healer
    PC-NA
  • LrdRahvin
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    We're looking into this, everyone. There should be a button there that isn't. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

    This is a novel form of customer retention. :p
  • Ciovala
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    Yes, please let us know when it's fixed, please. Not cool to be renewing us when such a bug exists.
    Looking for a mature and helpful social guild - play PvE, PvP, and like crafting.
  • ZOS_JessicaFolsom
    ZOS_JessicaFolsom
    Community Manager
    Small update on this for everyone: It looks like the "Cancel" button went missing off the page within the last 24 hours. This is a bug and should be fixed within a day. In the meantime, if you have an immediate need to cancel your recurring ESO Plus membership, please contact our Support team.
    Jessica Folsom
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  • nick59349b14_ESO
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    How convenient.....
  • CHIMCHIMCheree
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    If you urgently want to cancel your subscription, my immediate impression is that this page styling/script issue rather than the functionality being removed. Anyone vaguely comfortable with HTML should be able to access the functionality still. I haven't tested it to completion because I don't want to cancel my sub and am not sure at which point it stops being reversible.

    These instructions are applicable to Google Chrome but will be relatively similar for other browsers.

    If you right click on the page and select "Inspect Element" you can view the source code for the page. If you do this on the part that says "Account Status" you will see the HTML
    <p class="key">Account Status</p>
    

    Scroll down to the line that begins:
    <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/account/billing/cancel-subscription" id="cancel-subscription" method="post">
    

    And modify this to remove the "id" part so instead it reads:
    <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/account/billing/cancel-subscription" method="post">
    

    This should unhide the "Cancel Subscription" interface and allow you to interact with it.

    EDIT: Alternatively, using the JavaScript console to say something like:
    document.getElementById("cancel-subscription").style.display = "block"
    
    will also do the trick.
    Edited by CHIMCHIMCheree on August 12, 2016 1:42AM
  • LazerusKI
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    *snip*

    there is no need to even edit the code.
    you just need to highlight the
    <form accept-charset="UTF-8" action="/account/billing/cancel-subscription" id="cancel-subscription" method="post">
    
    part and uncheck the
    "display: none" in the stylesheet.

    press f12 in chrome
    press strg+f in the code-part to open the searchbar
    search for "cancel"
    click on that code snippet mentioned above, there is only one
    select the "styles" tab (its either right next to the code window or below it, based on your resolution)
    right on top of it is a checkbox with "display: none"
    uncheck it
    done.
    no need to change a single line of code

    e5nnr4g9ac4w.png
    Edited by LazerusKI on August 12, 2016 7:56AM
  • Twilanthe
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    This worked! I have successfully cancelled my account!

    I am so glad that really smart and helpful people come to these support forums. Without people like you, people like me would be yelling, screaming and throwing stuff at our monitors while we wait for company support.

    Thank you!
    Lüc - Argonian Necromancer Healer
    PC-NA
  • LazerusKI
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    Twilanthe wrote: »
    This worked! I have successfully cancelled my account!

    I am so glad that really smart and helpful people come to these support forums. Without people like you, people like me would be yelling, screaming and throwing stuff at our monitors while we wait for company support.

    Thank you!

    you can access the subscription menu the same way btw.
    those are the two code snippets right above the cancel-one i mentioned
  • Egonieser
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    Now this looks dodgy as hell. Why would ZoS hide the cancel button on the website? It's not an error, it's deliberate - a fix could be made in less than 30 seconds for this, yet it's not.
    Something like this is just flat-out illegal in most if not all EU countries (maybe it's legal in the USA?).

    This is very fishy and unprofessional and outright wrong.
    Sometimes, I dream about...cheese...

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  • Twilanthe
    Twilanthe
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    Egonieser wrote: »
    Now this looks dodgy as hell. Why would ZoS hide the cancel button on the website? It's not an error, it's deliberate - a fix could be made in less than 30 seconds for this, yet it's not.
    Something like this is just flat-out illegal in most if not all EU countries (maybe it's legal in the USA?).

    This is very fishy and unprofessional and outright wrong.

    I agree Ego, this does seem really fishy. The fact that it's there, but just somehow hidden? And that they are "aware of it" but need to "fix it"? I'm clearly no coding expert, but I feel like if I can follow those instructions to enable this myself, then a website developer could do this just as easily.

    Also, the fact that they directed me again to the the "support team" in that link above that just goes to a page with a broken email support form, and the fact that their support phone line doesn't work but also directs to the help page, all just points to really poor customer service and kind of sketchy/fishy tactics.

    I've decided to go back to World of Warcraft. Blizzard may take three years to respond to a help ticket, but at least they don't do dodgy stuff like this.
    Lüc - Argonian Necromancer Healer
    PC-NA
  • ZOS_CoriJ
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    It looks like you guys have found a workaround, however, if any of you are still having any issues and do contact customer support please leave the ticket number here if you have not received a timely response. For any subscriptions that do complete before you can cancel, a refund can be requested.
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  • ZOS_JessicaFolsom
    ZOS_JessicaFolsom
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    This issue is now resolved. Thank you!
    Jessica Folsom
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