As I understand charge backs you can contest them, but with the Google T&Cs developers don't get the chance.
I can see this and the 48 hour refund rule potentially doing a lot of damage to developers who want to release simple fun apps in the sub $10 price range, which, in the end, will do more harm to Android adoption than good. Al. Shane Isbell wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Al Sutton <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > On top of the 48 hour refund period I've just noticed the following in > section 3.5 of the developer distribution agreement > (http://www.android.com/us/developer-distribution-agreement.html); > > "...billing disputes received by Payment Processor for Products > sold for > less than $10 may be automatically charged back to the Developer, in > addition to any handling fees charged by the Payment Processor..." > > I'd be interested in what the handling fees are. If the user calls > Google support (or whoever handles this), and they issue a refund, > likely the fees will be less than $1. If the user calls their credit > card company and does a charge back, it will be $10 according to the > T&C. The difficultly here is that if a developer get's $1 for their > app, then a chargeback, they owe $9+ dollars. If they get a lot of > these, the developer is going to take a big hit. I'd also be > interested in whether Google's 30% transaction fee is also refunded or > kept in pocket > > I'm not sure of Google's policy. At SlideME we have the same problem, > and will pass back these costs to the developer, but we also have > policies in place to limit this type of abuse, as well as general > fraud detection. > > Shane > > > > > -- ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
