By James Woolley
The trouble with many forex products and services is that they can be really expensive. Some courses alone can cost several thousand dollars, and even regular membership sites can cost upwards of $100 per month. So it is easy to see why companies are increasingly offering free trials when promoting their products and services.
Free trials allow a potential customer to try out a product or service for a certain period of time. Once that trial period is over they can either pay for the full product or service, or decide that it’s not for them. So it really is a no-lose situation.
That’s what you might assume anyway. The trouble is that there are some very dodgy companies out there, and they have been known to employ some dubious practices. One of these is to automatically deduct the payment when the trial period is over. In some cases this may be legitimate if they state that they will do this in their customer agreement, but in some cases they will not mention this at all when you sign up for the trial.
Luckily these companies are in the minority, but it can happen. That’s why you should always do your research before signing up to one of these free trials.
You certainly should not discount them altogether because this can be a great way to find out whether or not a product is worth buying. For example there is one forex training course that I am aware of where you can download the first three chapters for free for 14 days, before deciding whether or not you want to go ahead and pay for the full course. Indeed I know of at least one other really good forex course that has a similar arrangement.
You can also get free trials to various different signal providers, which is a real benefit. That’s because many signal providers claim to be profitable, but it is only when you sign up and get live signals, that you can really assess how good they are for yourself.
It was always the case that you had to sign up for at least a month to check them out for yourself, but luckily there are now plenty of opportunities to get free trials to these services. Therefore what this means is that you can find profitable forex signal providers without actually having to make any payments.
So the point is that you should certainly take full advantage of products and services that offer free trials because you may uncover a few gems. However you should be aware that a small number of companies will automatically charge your credit card at the end of the trial period, so always do some thorough research before committing yourself.
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