Business ProfileforThe Athletic Media Company

I clicked on a banner in "The Athletic" app which advertised 70% off an annual subscription, a price that was enticing to me. Without this promotion, I would not have purchased the service. I clicked on this link directly, and was shown an invoice for $21 before taxes and fees. I clicked purchase on this, only after it completed did it show my ****** account had been charged the full $75 with no discount applied. At no point did anything indicate that I was not eligible for the promotion. At no point until the sale was complete was the $75 total shown.Assuming this had been an honest technical error, I contacted their support immediately and asked them to honor their sale price. Support from The Athletic told me that I was never eligible for any sale, that there are no refunds available, and that The Athletic will not honor anything relating to the price reduction, effectively calling me a liar multiple times and saying unless it pops back up on my app that the 70% sale is available, they will do nothing (it won't pop back up because now I'm a subscriber). I asked multiple times to be escalated to her manager and she refused. It looks like I am far from the only consumer to be scammed by The Athletic this way. The business is clearly engaged in fraudulent promotions as a sales tactic and should be investigated for such.