Chargebacks — start here

Modified on Sat, Sep 12 at 6:08 PM

A customer has asked their bank to reverse a payment. Find the line that matches where you are.

The money is already gone. A chargeback is debited from your account when it is filed, not when it is decided, and it is only returned if you win. DealerWorks does not absorb that cost on your behalf.

Working a chargeback

WHAT YOU NEEDWHERE TO GO
See what has been raised against youFind a chargeback
Work out whether anything is required from youWhat the chargeback statuses mean
Send your evidenceRespond to a chargeback
Know what evidence is worth sendingWhat evidence wins a chargeback
Decide not to fight oneAccept a chargeback instead of fighting it

Getting fewer of them

WHAT YOU NEEDWHERE TO GO
Stop the avoidable ones happeningReduce the chargebacks you get

The two things that decide most outcomes

The deadlineMiss it and the chargeback is lost by default, however good your paperwork. Warnings arrive as it approaches, but somebody has to be watching the screen.
Matching the evidence to the claimRead what the customer actually told their bank, then send what disproves that. A general bundle sent for every dispute does not work.

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