Refund Escalation

Discus and support Refund Escalation in XBoX on Consoles to solve the problem; My 5 year old son got ahold of the xbox controller and purchased $75 worth of robux currency (4 purchases for $9.99, $9.99, $4.99, and $49.99) on my... Discussion in 'XBoX on Consoles' started by Shame on you Microsoft, Apr 15, 2019.

  1. Refund Escalation


    My 5 year old son got ahold of the xbox controller and purchased $75 worth of robux currency (4 purchases for $9.99, $9.99, $4.99, and $49.99) on my older son’s Roblox account. He can’t read and was simply hitting buttons on the controller. I upon discovering
    the purchases on my bank statement I immediately had my older son remove my card from the Xbox and called Roblox. Roblox said in order to get a regund they would have to suspend my son’s Roblox acount because the unauthorized purchases violated their terms
    of use. In order to get the refund I agreeed and his account was suspended, meaning none of the purchased content was ever used. Within a week I got an email from Roblox that they cannot proccess the refund because they were made through Xbox.

    I then contacted Xbox amd was told to submit a refund request for all 4 purchases, which I did. As a result, the 2 $9.99 purchases were refinded but the other 2 were “not found” even though the order numbers and dates were correct. Again i called in and
    was instructed to resubmit the refund request for only the $49.99 purchase which i did again. It was denied without explanation and my replies asking for escalation were ignored. I have since spent hours over the last several months on the phone with representatives
    and filling out forms to no avail. No one can explain why the $49.99 was denied despite being the same circumstances and same content being purchased.

    I have requested repeatedly to have this escalated. I originally made the refund request on 1/9/19 which was well within the 90 day limit. On my last call to xbox I was most recently told it was denied because it’s past the 90 days (the first time i got
    any kind of a reason) but I requested the refund originally back in January and have since requested the refund several more times within the 90 days. The 4 purchases made by my 5 year old were all for the same content and in the same game. All of the purchases
    were for Robux currency, 2 of the purchases were refunded but the purchase of $49.99 was not refunded. The circumstances of the purchase were the same in all 3 cases and the content purchased (Robux) was the same. Why were 2 of them ($9.99 each) refunded and
    the 3rd one ($49) not refunded? I have not received any explanation for this.

    I have requested an escalation and attempted to disputed this decision multiple times which have all been ignored. It is my right as a consumer to have this reviewed and escalated. My next step is filing a complaint here on your website and a complaint
    through the Better Business Borough. By ignoring my repeated requests for escalation and review, you are violating my rights as a consumer. In addition to that this is just plain wrong. All 4 of my kids are no loner allowed to purchase any games or content
    through Xbox as I refuse to continue to contribute to a company that treats its customers in this way.

    I have had to deal with customer service with many other companies much smaller than Microsoft Xbox and they are still able to provide billing support over the phone to help explain and assist customers with billing issues. Xbox is the only company I have
    ever had to deal with who takes the right away from customers to speak with someone to get a resolution on a purchase or billing issue. For a company this big this is just unacceptable and a clear way to deny customers refunds simply by making it impossible
    for the, to dispute or explain. It is wrong and I suspect in violation of consumer protection laws (which I wil; be diligently looking into further). Microsoft most definitely has the resources to provide phone support for refund and billing but chooses not
    to so that it’s easier to deny refunds without reason or explanation and to deny customers their rights to escalate or dispute issues. This is a horrible business practice and for sure will never be purchasing another Microsoft product, Period.

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    Shame on you Microsoft, Apr 15, 2019
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  2. Njal the Blue Win User

    Refund Escalation

    you can respond to the emails that deny the refund, giving further evidence etc.
  3. Shame on you Microso Win User

    Refund Escalation

    Thank you for the quick reply, however as you can see above I have already pursued both of those options multiple times.

    My frustration comes from a lack of recourse or ability to dispute their decision. Every xbox respresentative I speak with has agreed with my position, however they say they cannot proccess a refund themselves. My only option is to continue submitting requests
    which are always denied without even reading any of the details of my request and my replies are always ignored. How is that right? How can they just uniformly deny it without an explanation or possibility to escalate or dispute it? Ive never had that experience
    with any other company... big or small. There is always an opportunity to speak with a representative over the phone who can help resolve the issue with any other company. In xbox’s case the only people who can handle refunds are not reachable by phone at
    all. This is inexcusable for a large company like Microsoft who can clearly afford to provide refund support over the phone but choose not to.
  4. Njal the Blue Win User

    Refund Escalation

  5. XBF Brad A Win User

    Refund Escalation

    Hello Fellow gamer,

    Sorry for the issue with the refund. Not sure why a supervisor told you to post here, as we don't have any tools to handle these situations. You will need to follow up with the emails, or contact support again. As stated there is nothing we here on the forums
    can do for anything related to a profile. We are here to guide people to troubleshooting steps and provide assistance in that manner. As you will need to get a hold of support for this issue, I will be locking this thread, as there is nothing more we can do
    here on the forums.

    Also, as you mentioned filing a complaint you can contact the Legal and Corporate Affairs page.

    Thanks,

    Brad
  6. Shame on you Microso Win User

    Refund Escalation

    you can respond to the emails that deny the refund, giving further evidence etc.
    I have always replied as instructed and never get a response from them. Again this is been ongoing since January and I am at my witt’s end.
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