So, it turns out that any customer who wants to screw over a developer, either as a prank or as some sort of vindictive revenge, can easily do so. All they have to do is dispute your purchase and their credit card company will ask Google to politely fine you, the developer, three bucks...then Google won't even consult you about it. They'll just take your money! This customer never contacted me for a refund, I have no idea who they are, they're just a quiet transaction that occurred without incident over a month ago. He simply saw a loophole that would screw me over with no opportunity to defend myself and apparently Google won't do anything about it. In fact, they're the ones who charged me the $3 "fine" even though THERE IS NO LOGICAL ARGUMENT THAT I DID ANYTHING WRONG AT ALL since no contact was made and no refund was ever requested.
So I didn't simply lose the money on the purchase, breaking even as it were, which I have no problem with since I would have happily issued a refund if requested. No, in actuality, this transaction fully negated one other transaction since the chargeback fee undoes another one additional purchase (my app costing about $3 at the time this customer bought it). Beware Android developers. This loophole provides an easy means to financially hurt you with fines automatically charged to your account by Google without any consultation and apparently with no channel for dispute or defense. It's simply done, and you're screwed, and that's the end of it. Yeah, it's in the TOS, but that doesn't justify it. It's still a disgusting thing to do to us. It's B.S. like this that made me never go within a hundred miles of the iPhone. Do I have to abandon Android out of fear that it might actually cost me money to sell apps for this system when I've clearly done nothing wrong? This is totally, completely inexcusable. Just another gigantic company ripping off individuals making peanuts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
