Card issuers deny disputes on filing-date technicalities without merits review
A business cardholder's dispute over undelivered services was denied solely because the claim was filed more than 60 days after the original transaction date, even though the contracted delivery timeline made an earlier filing impossible to justify. The bank declined to investigate whether the merchant actually delivered the services, while another institution reviewing the same merchant and similar facts ruled in the cardholder's favor.
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Card issuers investigate the wrong dispute claim, missing the actual complaint
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