Square guaranteed refunds? I'm a customer buying a large ticket item.

I am buying a large ticket item from a seller that could be trying to scam me. The seller claims in the invoice that after 90 days, if I don't receive the product, square will guarantee a refund and he will have no say in the matter. Is this true?

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@JamesE2 sounds like a scam...and that is not square's policy.  Refund policies are up to the individual merchant but I can refund someone If I choose To within 1 year.  You would need to contact your credit card company for a chargeback and they would initiate from their side a refund.  Debit cards are similar except you contact the bank.  It would be up to your financial institution their policy.

 

More than likely, a large transaction on a new square account could get held up by square, but you would know nothing about that.  Square sometimes freezes funds on sellers with dubious transaction history or a new account trying to process large not in person payments.

 

The only real protection for a square merchant is in person chip or tap transactions, those you would have a much harder time doing a chargeback if at all.

 

I would do what you are doing and look at the return policy, but anyone who is saying square is guaranteeing a refund is probably in violation of the terms of service.

Donnie
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Order Up Cafe/Tombras Cafe/Riverview Cafe/City County Cafe
Roddy Vending Company, Inc.
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Thank you-You probably just saved me a lot of money. 

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