neginshopper
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They took our funds, we don't have enough funds to be able to afford the full lawsuit
Their support is not answering anymore. I contacted them everyday for last 30 days. Plus $159k stuck in my account is very important topic
We collected application fee from each sale connected accounts made. But due to this, charges are on connected accounts not under platform. And platform that uses Stripe Standard Connect with direct charges is not responsible for refunds/disputes of connected accounts. If they refund all transactions of connected accounts, that doesn't affect our balance as charges are not under us and we are not responsible. You can read about this here: stripe.com/connect/pricing
They flagged it for writing this as Show HN instead of Tell HN
I really hope Patrick joins and helps, I would be very surprised ! We collected application fee from each sale connected accounts made. But due to this, charges are on connected accounts not under platform. And platform that uses Stripe Standard Connect with direct charges is not responsible for refunds/disputes of connected accounts. If they refund all transactions of connected accounts, that doesn't affect our balance as charges are not under us and we are not responsible. You can read about this here: stripe.com/connect/pricing
Does it mean they have the full right never pay me ans I can't sue and get my funds? My lawyer is suggesting sueing card brands in federal court for allowing Stripe holding our funds for no reason
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neginshopper on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:23PM
from the self-post dept.
We created a marketplace called bringshopper.com where we bring shoppers to newly started businesses. We had a call with their sales team and as they suggested we used Stripe Standard Connect and direct charges. When we bring shoppers successfully we charged higher application fees to cover our costs and there was no upfront costs
We even built feature to cover negative balances of connected...