> [...] believing they would remain free until their general release in August. Heroku’s blog post indicated they would notify users prior to billing them.
OP then proceeds to cite the email which verifies just that:
"We will also begin billing for the paid plans as of August 1st"
Regarding opt-in, he has already supplied his payment info as an existing customer.
Since OP expected this, and did not check in August, I can't help but feel this rant is a bit unmerited. Blaming Heroku is not entirely justified here.
The email was a newsletter which contained many announcements unrelated to the impending charges. I felt they should have made the notice much more prominent and so I'm alerting other Heroku customers to be more vigilant.
OP then proceeds to cite the email which verifies just that: "We will also begin billing for the paid plans as of August 1st"
Regarding opt-in, he has already supplied his payment info as an existing customer.
Since OP expected this, and did not check in August, I can't help but feel this rant is a bit unmerited. Blaming Heroku is not entirely justified here.