do you even reference to what other’s write before you respond or are you just here for trolling?
In my opinion, what made the old pricing so good was not the 500 requests It was the slow queue.
Most of the time was just as fast as premium requests
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Of course, you’re right I used it endlessly for countless requests, and it was a big blow when they shut it off for me.
But for the same reason I was so disappointed, that’s also why they had to do it. I have no idea how they planned to handle that financially.
That’s my idea for how to do something similar and still have it be financially viable.
they never planned to handle that financially.
read about market-entry strategies.
But they want it now.
A previous commenter pointed out that most users don’t regularly visit this forum, which I believe is the fundamental problem. The company doesn’t send email notifications about pricing updates, forcing users to actively monitor the forum or blog multiple times per month to stay current and avoid unexpected billing changes.
I’ve never received any communication from Cursor regarding pricing changes. However, when I began the upgrade process but abandoned it, I immediately received an email saying “We noticed you started the process to upgrade to Cursor Pro but didn’t complete it.”
This demonstrates they clearly possess both the technical capability and email infrastructure to communicate transparently with users, yet they deliberately choose not to inform customers about pricing changes. This appears to be an intentional strategy, as they likely understand that most users will only discover the changes after they’ve already been charged for another month.
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Unfortunately, the fact that updates are only in the forum on many topics! is a reality I’ve encountered. In my opinion, that’s the symptom, not the disease. The bigger problem there is their public relations system, which ranges from poor to nonexistent. I’m waiting for them to get their act together.
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Describe the Bug
As a finance student from China, I rely on Cursor to build quantitative trading systems. On July 2, 2025, I subscribed to the Basic Plan ($40/2 seats). At that time, the policy allowed inviting multiple collaborators freely (no extra charges). I devoted myself to research and didn’t notice Cursor’s stealth policy change until today:
$300 Forcibly Charged (≈¥2500) → My entire Alipay balance (student living expenses) was emptied without warning.
Team Disbanded Over $40 Error → Added onezero-usage member. Instead of blocking the action due to insufficient seats/funds, Cursor immediately terminated my account!
Steps to Reproduce
July 2025:
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Subscribed to Basic Plan (2 seats).
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Invited 3 classmates to co-develop trading models → No extra fees charged.
Sept 2025 (Undisclosed Policy Change):
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Added 1 new member today → Account charged $40 instantly (no approval prompt).
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New member: 0 requests, 0 usage (Proof Attached).
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Result: Full team disbandment & subscription cancelation.
Impact
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I lost 3 months of quant research data.
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¥2500 = 4 months’ food budget for Chinese students. This violates Cursor’s claimed mission of “democratizing coding access.”
Request to Cursor
Refund $300 for undisclosed policy change damages.
Restore my team/data immediately under July 2025 terms ($40/2 seats).
Fix seat enforcement logic → Block additions if exceeding plan limits!
To the Community
As a self-taught quant developer, I welcome any advice:
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How to rebuild trading strategies efficiently?
•
Legal recourse against predatory billing?
Attachments:
July 2025 subscription confirmation
2Describe the Bug
As a finance student from China, I rely on Cursor to build quantitative trading systems. On July 2, 2025, I subscribed to the Basic Plan ($40/2 seats). At that time, the policy allowed inviting multiple collaborators freely (no extra charges). I devoted myself to research and didn’t notice Cursor’s stealth policy change until today:
$300 Forcibly Charged (≈¥2500) → My entire Alipay balance (student living expenses) was emptied without warning.
Team Disbanded Over $40 Error → Added onezero-usage member. Instead of blocking the action due to insufficient seats/funds, Cursor immediately terminated my account!
Steps to Reproduce
July 2025:
•
Subscribed to Basic Plan (2 seats).
•
Invited 3 classmates to co-develop trading models → No extra fees charged.
Sept 2025 (Undisclosed Policy Change):
•
Added 1 new member today → Account charged $40 instantly (no approval prompt).
•
New member: 0 requests, 0 usage (Proof Attached).
•
Result: Full team disbandment & subscription cancelation.
Impact
•
I lost 3 months of quant research data.
•
¥2500 = 4 months’ food budget for Chinese students. This violates Cursor’s claimed mission of “democratizing coding access.”
Request to Cursor
Refund $300 for undisclosed policy change damages.
Restore my team/data immediately under July 2025 terms ($40/2 seats).
Fix seat enforcement logic → Block additions if exceeding plan limits!
To the Community
As a self-taught quant developer, I welcome any advice:
•
How to rebuild trading strategies efficiently?
•
Legal recourse against predatory billing?
Attachments:
July 2025 subscription confirmation
Sept usage logs (new member: 0 activity)
Alipay charge record.
Sept usage logs (new member: 0 activity)
Alipay charge record
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Your post has some formatting issues that make it difficult to read. That said, you’ve hit on exactly the point I was making, they need to notify us about these changes via email at minimum, so we don’t have to constantly monitor forums and blogs for pricing updates
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Because i am a student from China, my english is not as good.I have spent too much money.I don’t know how to do.It cost my about Three hundred fifty dollars.I lost my money.It didn’t.Solve my problem, even that i have sent an email to them。The problem is very serious.Can you help me toMake my money back？My email address is [email protected]，help me please
You know that a ■■■■ problem today happen.I start a new account in the noon.I thinkThe way to join a team just like before you start an account paid for fourteen dollars a month and you can invite a lot of thanks to your team.But i find That In need.Fourteen dollars per member.But i didn’t realize what happened.So, i Share the Address and Tell my friend.It deleted my team and suspend my account！It is unacceptable.！ If my team do not have Access to invite another member to team.You just tell me my account is limit, you can’t invite another member to your team.You can’t just Cost my bank account and find there is not enough money to cost.So you suspend my team and delete the billing。I think that is an Unacceptable way to do with me😭I think i was cheated by cursor。It is so rude.
You know.When i start my account on 2025.07.02，And pricing Strategy Change，It didn’t send any email to Tell me.That’s so Unacceptable！
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Hi. This is not Claude Sonnet 4. It’s Claude Sonnet 3.5 with the latest update. It was updated after Sonnet 4 was released, which is why it sometimes gets confused and refers to itself that way.
That was way too long 
Are you sure this belongs here and not in the bugs section?
It’s not a problem — did you send them an email?
嗯，if you can help me，please contact with me，i don’t know how to do the money is very important for me，i am a student without any work ability。I couldn’t feed myself, my Family members, my grandma has cancer. need a lot money
Yes, of course, but they think it’s valid。they don’t give my money back ，so rude。I am so😭，I don’t know how to do
I even sent email to ftc and stripe
Who did you talk to by email?
Because the bot won’t give a refund — ask for a human representative.