alt Hacker NewsConsidering they explicitly said they had some photos of yours ("You shared them. We protected them."), this seems like chargeback territory.
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dkuntz2 • today at 1:50 PM
100% issue a chargeback
StrLght • today at 1:37 PM
Fully agree, that's just straight up fraud and it's covered by chargebacks.
dawnerd • today at 3:05 PM
And for an amount that low it would be automatically approved and cost photobucket a lot more. Only real way to punish companies for doing this is
sneak • today at 1:44 PM
The ToS is what binds. Good luck getting most card companies to allow you to do a chargeback these days.
I’ve been sold counterfeit or defective merchandise on eBay thrice in the last year. eBay’s guarantees are totally worthless even with evidence, and it was like pulling teeth to get my bank to do a chargeback. In one case they wouldn’t at all.
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luisf_mc • today at 2:24 PM
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Right?? I mean again, I could have gotten a refund in 48 hours, per the smallprint... But I noticed it about ~3 months too late, while writing about this.
But it's okay. Getting those $5 back would make Photobucket look slightly better in my mind, and I don't want that.