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Legitimate disputes won’t kill your score.
If their policy indicates no refunds, how is that a legitimate dispute?
If I buy a sandwich from you and you take my money, the transaction isn't complete until you give me the sandwich ordered, regardless of your refund policy.
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Legitimate disputes won’t kill your score.
If their policy indicates no refunds, how is that a legitimate dispute?
Why not just charge back and move on with your life? If SXSW wants to have a dumb policy, they can deal with convincing the bank.
This is a good way to kill your credit score...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_score_in_the_United_Sta...
It sucks for the people who are losing money over this, but the policy is pretty clear, so it's harsh but fair. I think before we are done with the coronavirus, there will be a lot more economic losses spread around.
This person needs to spend less time using childish turns of phrase on the internet and more time understanding the contracts he enters his business into.
If the screenshot of SXSW's force majeure language is real, his attitude has evaporated any sympathy I otherwise had.
It sucks for the people who are losing money over this, but the policy is pretty clear, so it's harsh but fair. I think before we are done with the coronavirus, there will be a lot more economic losses spread around.
Just because the fine-print of a TOS or agreement says one thing about liability does not always make the terms enforceable. Many consumer protection laws are written to address the one-sided nature of agreements like this as the consumer typically cannot negotiate like they can with a normal contract.
Why not just charge back and move on with your life? If SXSW wants to have a dumb policy, they can deal with convincing the bank.
>What in the actual fuck This person needs to spend less time using childish turns of phrase on the internet and more time understanding the contracts he enters his business into. If the screenshot of SXSW's force majeure language is real, his attitude has evaporated any sympathy I otherwise had.
It is just one guy's Twitter feed.
> more time understanding the contracts he enters his business into
Sure, he is in no way going to get his money, but I would have expected a refund without reading the fine print. Some Fyre Festival goers got money back, and that event did actually happen (in some sense of the word).
It is surprising that SXSW did not have insurance to cover refunds, but if you never give refunds you probably don't need insurance and get to walk away with some profit.
Their insurance won't cover them.
And I don't think you can blame SXSW for not having Pandemic or War etc etc insurance, that seems pretty normal.
"South by Southwest's cancellation this year will not be covered by insurance, founders Nick Barbaro and co-founder and managing director Roland Swenson confirmed to the Austin Chronicle Friday. (Barbaro is publisher the paper's publisher.)
On Friday, Austin Mayor Steve Adler announced the March 13-22 interactive, film and music festival that takes place throughout Austin was being canceled by city and county officials over concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. After the announcement, Barbaro told the paper that the SXSW organization does not have event cancellation insurance that covers disease outbreaks or city-wide emergency declarations."
https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/touring/9330212/...