So I got a creditcard chargeback on my account today. Not only does it refund the purchase but Google charges me a $3.00 fine, which effectively negates a second purchase of my app as well. This customer never contacted me with a problem and never asked for a refund. Their transaction was over a month ago and went perfectly smoothly. Then, out of the blue, Google charges me $3.00 and even spells out that I have no recourse in the matter.
This can happen to any of us anytime and as the hard-working developers we have absolutely no defense against it. By any reasonable logic I didn't do anything wrong, think about it. It's just stealing from me plain and simple. There is no other way to describe what happened. I was stolen from, period. Yeah, it's the TOS. So what? That makes it okay? Random unjustified fines and fees when I haven't do anything wrong? Come on, TOS makes it legal, by no means does it make it ethical! Just to point out, this is the kind of stuff that motivated me to never go anywhere near the iPhone. Now I have to deal with it with Android as well? I really expected better. It could happen to you, tomorrow, out of the blue. Just wait, just see. If anyone knows of any way to dispute this or any way to defend against it, if anyone here works for Google and knows who I should contact, please share! I have no ideas at all about what to do about this. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
