Have credit card cancel these accounts as being bogus as you never signed up for them, only the one you cancelled. I have never heard of this practice with Audible and have been a member for years.
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The fact that you've "have been a member for years" is the main reason why you didn't have to deal with this crap. They'll get your money either way, so if you're a willing subscriber at least you're getting what you're paying for. The problem starts when you want to end your subscription or trialware.
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It would probably be a good idea to remain vigilant for unexpected charges to your credit card, as this company has a tendency to register trial members with other Audible sister companies. At the very least I would suggest that you search your mailbox for "Audible" and see if there are any emails from their non-US sister companies. In my case I discovered that I received emails from both Audible.com and Audible.com.au, but until I saw the credit card charge I didn't give it any thought. I expected that if I registered in one place and ed-registered in the same place it would be the end of it...
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Just throwing an alternative out there. You don't have to use it if you don't want to. For my use DRM-free does matter.
As for business practices, from my point of view if it's under Amazon then Amazon should provide support and in my experience they've always provided good support. I did have an Audible trial some years ago and don't remember having problems cancelling it. (Well, I vaguely remember contacting Amazon about it, so maybe I did.)
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I looked at Downpour again, and their offering is appealing. Other than the lack of DRM (which is obviously a plus to anyone), subscription is a couple of bucks cheaper, and a single credit seems to be good for most books. However, unlike Audible, some books cost two credits, which makes them a bit too expensive. Still, if their business practices are better than Audible then I would at least consider subscribing. I don't want to ever deal with Audible again.
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I registered for trial with Audible US and after cancelling (on time of course) I see charges from Audible AU. It turns out that this is a common way for the site to scam users (see here, here and here). Users register for trial with Audible and the site automatically registers them to multiple sister-companies in other countries (not clear how many). Cancelling from where one originally registered still leaves other registrations active and the charges start to come. According to some, this company sometimes re-activates an account month after cancellation and starts charging users.
Has anyone dealt with them and can suggest how to find how many other such sister companies they use, and what is there to do other than ask the credit card company to cancel the transaction (and possibly cancel the card altogether)?
Update: I eventually managed to contact Audible AU support and they promised to cancel my account and refund the charge. We'll see. Now I need to do the same with each of their other sister companies. Yay.
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