{"id":2172,"date":"2015-02-16T22:59:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/giles-coren-declares-war-on-amazon-prime-over-free-trial\/"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:41:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T04:41:27","slug":"giles-coren-declares-war-on-amazon-prime-over-free-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/giles-coren-declares-war-on-amazon-prime-over-free-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Giles Coren declares war on Amazon Prime over free trial"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRestaurant critic, not known for restraint, gets upset over yearly \u00a379 subscription to Prime, appearing to think free trial lasted indefinitelyGiles Coren has savaged restaurants with excoriating reviews, waged war against subeditors who mangle his columns, and now turned his ire against Amazon, accusing it of \u201ccynical corporate rape\u201d and comparing it to a \u201csicko porn site\u201d in an extraordinary tirade on Twitter. Coren unleashed his attack against Amazon \u2013 and encouraged his 164,000 followers to engage as well \u2013 after he discovered the site had been charging him \u00a379 a year without his knowledge for its Amazon Prime service. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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