All you have to do is pay…

I kid you not: there is apparently a one month free trial period for Yuku Supporter - basically a way to hide adverts from Yuku message boards if you pay $7 for six months:

“Become a Yuku Supporter!

Welcome to the Yuku Supporter purchase screen. Here you can upgrade to or renew your Yuku Supporter account for your username, giving your username premium status including no ads and special features.
As a new Yuku Supporter subscriber, you are qualified for a one month free trial period.”

Great! So where’s the option to select the free one month trial? You can only select $7 for six months or $12 for 12 months.

It must be on the next screen. Check the box that says you agree to the Yuku T&Cs and on we go.

“Selected Subscription Options

You have selected:

Six months subscription for $7 USD without Automatic Renewal.

You are qualified for a one month free trial period.”

Woohoo! On we go. We’re now taken to PayPal and for some reason they want to charge me $7 still.

Where’s my one month free trial period?

Oh and you know the bit where it says “giving your username premium status including no ads”? Well that’s not strictly accurate either:

http://support.yuku.com/topic/4922/t/Gold-community-and-yuku-supporter.html?page=-1

“Yuku supporters will not see yuku placed ads, but they will see any ads placed by board admins.”

So “no ads” means “ads”. Ah I see.

So then. Back to the question of the supposed one month free trial. How do we sign up for free?

http://support.yuku.com/topic/4904/t/One-month-yuku-supporter-free-trial.html

“if you pay for it, you get a month free thrown in. You don’t get a free month to try it first. The free month is a reward for paying.”

Oh I see! So the one month free trial isn’t a one month free trial after all. It’s a one month subscription extension once you’ve paid.

More creative use of language or misleading information depending on whether you’re ezboard, Inc. or the rest of the world…