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I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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I'm not surprised, I burn (on purpose) more than 15k$/month on Anthropic tokens and I've never been able to talk to any of their sales despite filling the contact form every week for the past 4 months :')

What do you want to buy?

If it’s cheaper tokens…don’t expect a call…

at least, until your monthly usage slips.

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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Issue a chargeback.

It's important to remember that a chargeback should be considered the nuclear option, and, when using it, one should be comfortable with the possibility that one might never do business with this company again, since it could result in being blacklisted (even if one is, in fact, in the right). I'm not saying not to do it, but one should keep in mind the potential repercussions.

This is, yes you were robbed, but what if you want to partner with the bandit later?

They'll just rob you in your future interactions too.

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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> Anthropic is an AI company that builds one of the most capable AI assistants in the world. Their support system is a Fin AI chatbot that can’t actually help you. This really cuts to the reality of AI hype: no, agents are not nearly as capable as OpenAI, Anthropic, etc. need you (or rather your C-suite, itching to fire you) to believe. They really, really need you to believe the hype. How can you tell? Cases like th…

What if they built their company with poor support, so they don’t have to hold up to any standard ? But others companies have historically good reputation for good customer support, and maybe AI can help them automate easily 80% of easiest requests

Hear me out: what if a lot of the hype they are selling you is performative marketing that they absolutely need your C-suite to believe so they can cut more headcount? Then spend a bunch of time generating piles of code that is human unmaintainable because now you're using AI code reviewers, AI testers, AI QA. Then thrash around using more tokens when it invariably causes production issues and no one can read the code anymore except for their latest and greatest models with 1m context window.

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If a business attempts to steal from me I instantly charge back and the onus is on them to prove that I owe them money. I do this all the time and have never been blacklisted.

Yeah that kind of seems like antiquated fear-mongering. Next they should call the BBB and leave a strongly-worded review!

You joke but I got bbb involved with a scammy business insurance company that is easy to sign up for but you can't cancel or stop renewal or change billing info. Company has an infinite hold line and never responds to anything. Filed a complaint on BBB and it was responded to next business day.

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if they built their company with poor support, so they don’t have to hold up to any standard ? But others companies have historically good reputation for good customer support, and maybe AI can help them automate easily 80% of easiest requests

Hear me out: what if a lot of the hype they are selling you is performative marketing that they absolutely need your C-suite to believe so they can cut more headcount? Then spend a bunch of time generating piles of code that is human unmaintainable because now you're using AI code reviewers, AI testers, AI QA. Then thrash around using more tokens when it invariably causes production issues and no one can read the cod…

Congrats. Thats the strategy of OAi and Anthropic.

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

#97
> AI-only support that serves as a wall between customers and anyone who can actually resolve their issue

My god. Anthropic has done it. Those crazy bastards have gone ahead and done it!

They've achieved AGI for customer service. It's just like the real thing!

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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I tried their Pro plan on March 1 and immediately noticed how bad their usage limits were, so I asked for a refund that same evening. Their chatbot accepted the request, I was downgraded to the free plan immediately, and since then I have been waiting for the money.

Yikes. That's unacceptable. Crazy that it has been over a month and you still haven't gotten the refund.

In 2018 I made a reservation with Tesla for a Powerwall by "paying" 500 EUR. After being ignored for months (someone was supposed to contact us regarding the installation), we started asking for the money back. Didn't hear anything. Started sending an email once a year, in 2025 they finally replied asking for bank account details to send back the money.

Re: I've been waiting over a month for Anthropic to respond to my billing issue

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TBF, I think Anthropic is a victim of their own success right now. We've had clients reach out to their sales team and be unable to reach anyone. I think they are just busier than they can actually handle.

I had a very mediocre experience with their sales team when I was trying to understand how my company could sign up for their enterprise plan. I could barely get the time of day from them and once I finally got a response, the rep knew very little and never responded to my follow up questions. At that time, enterprise plans started at a $250,000 minimum spend/year, which we would've been well over.
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