Can a business charge you a fee for initiating a chargeback on your credit card?
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Can a business charge you a fee for initiating a chargeback on your credit card?
I simply want to return a defective product but this company refuses to accept returns. I initiated a chargeback through my card and the company. I am simply trying to return the item but just was sent a $50 invoice for a chargeback fee.
Asked on September 2, 2015 under Business Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Legally, they can only do this if the chargeback was unjustified or unsupported--i.e. not due to, for example, the company shipping a defective product and refusing to take a return or ship a replacement. Since that is what seems to have occured here--the chargebook seems justified by the company's actions--you should have grounds to dispute the chargeback, too with your credit card company.
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