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Re:UberEats took unauthorized amount (and not willing to pay... by klipklop on Saturday December 18, 2021 @06:54PM (#29609948)
Yup I made the mistake of doing this with oculus sending me 4(!) quest 2 unit's when I only ordered 1.

They essentially ghosted me support wise so I did a chargeback. They then banned me from buying games. It took > 100 days to resolve it. Never buy hardware from oculus/facebook directly.

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Re:UberEats took unauthorized amount (and not willing to pay... by vkou on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:00PM (#29609996)
A chargeback is a nuclear option, and pretty much every company you will ever deal with will burn you as a customer if you exercise it.
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Re:UberEats took unauthorized amount (and not willing to pay... by MaxBarraclough on Sunday December 19, 2021 @06:07AM (#29613022)
Apparently Steam used to have a policy of shutting down the accounts of people who did too many chargebacks, locking them out of whatever else they'd bought before. [0] I'm not sure whether they still do, although their refund policy has changed since [0]. I'm also unsure if it's even legal to do this, especially in countries with consumer protection laws.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14545053

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Re:UberEats took unauthorized amount (and not willing to pay... by ipaddr on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:22PM (#29610131)
If you have to do a chargeback you should never give that company access to your credit card again.
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Re:UberEats took unauthorized amount (and not willing to pay... by perl4ever on Saturday December 18, 2021 @08:09PM (#29610407)
Yes indeed, so, companies that you can't trust, but can't afford to piss off, should be the definition of anti-trust targets.

In an ideal world.

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