The Boston Globe was catalogued by the UXP2 Lab over a subscription banner. According to the entry, a non-removable banner appears on every page advertising a subscription for only 99 cents per week, but a user who follows the sign-up process discovers that this price lasts for only four weeks.
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Boston Globe: Misleading Subscription Cost.
“On any page, there is a non-removable banner that claims the user can subscribe for only 99 cents per week, but if you follow the process to subscribe, the user finds out that this price only lasts for 4 weeks”
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