Amazon Sued by Prime Members Over Unwanted Audible Subscriptions

An Amazon Prime member who claims the online retail giant duped her into paying for unwanted Audible subscriptions filed a proposed class action in a federal court in New York.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, alleges that Amazon advertises access to free titles on Audible as a feature of a Prime membership only to “surreptitiously” enroll members in a paid monthly subscription for the then-difficult-to-cancel audio book service.

There have been “thousands of complaints about this deceptive practice,” the lawsuit claims, citing posts on Amazonforum.com and Reddit.

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