$19.99 "subscription" charge that I didn't authorize
I ordered a t-shirt for my boyfriend in November 2024. He loved the design and it held up well...until I ruined it via a laundry mishap. (Chapstick in the dryer. Don't recommend.) He was sad about it, so I headed back over to Viking Goods to buy a replacement. That's when the trouble started.
I put the shirt in my cart, along with another shirt for myself to get free shipping. When I checked out, my browser extension automatically applied coupon codes to get me the best deal. When I saw the low price after the coupon was applied (now waaaaaaay below the free shipping threshold), I figured I may as well get another shirt and bring the order total up high enough for free shipping. Great, right?
Nope. The price was shockingly low, the shirts came, and everything was fine...until it wasn't.
Exactly one month after I ordered, I just happened to be looking at my credit card transactions and saw Viking Goods had charged me $19.99 earlier that day. What the heck? I hadn't ordered anything else.
I checked my order confirmation to make sure I hadn't forgotten about anything. Nope. But I did see something I'd forgotten about: "Threadheads x1" and the price was listed as "free." I remember being a little confused when I initially got the confirmation, but figured it was some kind of free gift that would be included with my order...a sticker or something.
Uh...nope. I emailed customer service about the weird charge. They replied a few days later, saying it was my "monthly subscription." What? Subscription?
Yeah...you can buy a subscription for $19.99/month to get 50% off at their website. Why would anyone do that? Who is buying t-shirts often enough and in large enough quantities that this makes sense?
Apparently Viking Goods thought this was something I wanted, and added it to my order. My order summary says *nothing* beyond "free." Nothing about how a monthly charge will kick in later on, nothing about how to opt out, NOTHING. I was just signed up for this without my knowledge or consent.
Super shady. We like the shirts, but we will never buy anything from this company again because of the shady practices that








