Ask HN: Can you guys please help me get my U$ 300 back from Yahoo

5 pointsjosefonseca13y ago2 comments

Dear HN, yesterday I posted my issue here but it was a hectic day(first after Faceboo IPO I guess) and my issue is admittedly of little popular relevance.

I'd like to ask you for your help in recovering U$ 300 that Yahoo! incorrectly took from me.

My problem is described here: http://zefonseca.com/blogs/zen/yuckhoo/

Essentially Yahoo! charged me U$ 300 for a "review" of a website that no longer exists. This is a scam, because they claim something absurd... that they actually reviewed a website that doesn't exist and that it met their quality standards!

I'm not doing it so much for the U$ 300, though that money isn't growing in trees, this is mostly about Yahoo!'s arrogance, they don't reply emails, they simply don't care.

I could just wait for the chargeback(it's been 2 months now), but I think others should know about this as well. Maybe this will cause Yahoo! to shift their practices and go back to being a great company, one which pioneered web search and has now severely declined.

2 comments

yashchandra13y ago

If it was charged on a credit card, can you call your cc company and dispute the charge ? They usually do that without much trouble.

josefonsecaOP13y ago

Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I have been trying with the bank for the past 2 months. Apparently it takes a while.

The intuit here is not only to try to receive the U$ 300 back but also to let Yahoo! and others here on HN know that this shouldn't be happening.

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