I donated 25, paid the fees, etc. so the total was $28. My refund was for $22. Just an FYI. I plan to try to contact them but am not optimistic.
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The Great Awakening @Robert55· Canada News http:// GOFUNDME.COM USERS PLEASE READ THIS: ❗️❗️❗️❗️Do not use the http://gofundme.com refund form. Issue a charge-back/open a dispute with your bank, this way, gofundme will have to pay 15USD, or more, for each charge-back request, plus the refund value. This is how all banks work.
Please share this as much as possible. If we're successful, gofundme will regret doing this because they'll lose tons of money.
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Do a chargeback for the $6.
This. They should have to refund all of it.
You could also file for arbitration and pay $200 and gofundme have to cover the rest. If more people do this they go further down the hole. This happened to Patreon with Owen Benjmin's followers.
What?? Theft! Did you do the charge back to your bank so GFM would cop a $15 fee??
Not sure what you mean - it was a direct deposit to the bank
You can't chargeback an ACH transfer unfortunately. You may be able to do a stop payment on what they didn't refund you. You would have to call your bank to see if it's even an option.
Give me a sec. I’ll find the link.
Thanks
I think you should just cut and run. We now know they really are deep state. Before we were unsure. We’ll probably find out you were one of the lucky ones to get what you did back. It sure is typical in how these mongrels work. We must remember it the next time someone is in dire need of funding and get the word out that MAGA does not give to GFM.
It is a lot of money we are talking about. You have to remember we are dealing with criminals of the worse kind. They want division and will do anything at this time to cause issues. They would escalate this to a fight - they will use lies and fake news and a multiple other arrows they have in their quiver. They are cornered and desperate- especially for money. Save your anger and retribution for another day. I admire your principles, but now is the time to be on guard against any FF of the enemy.
Commie Fuckers!!!
Do a charge back.
They must refund the entire amount. They were the ones who decided to freeze the funds and return the funds. They should not take the cost of the return by them out of the donated amount. If they don’t return the amount, it should be considered fraud.
FYI. I got my refund today and it was the full amount.
Did you pay with a credit card? I have a feeling they did a full refund to anyone who did because they’d risk a chargeback but it sounds like this person can’t so they are playing games. I hope they join a class action!
I did pay with a credit card.
Yup that’s got to be the reason.I know if you pay with a debit it is much more difficult to dispute things. GFM is taking their chances that people who can’t do a chargeback will just lay down and let them take the fee. So wrong!