I agree, Al--- I found this TOS to be overtly harsh. I'm extremely skeptical. I will release one paid app and observe. If there is abuse, I will develop on other mobile platforms.
48 hours refund is already pretty ridiculous. -$10 fee for a challenged account is just stupid. On Feb 11, 9:32 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
