Card issuers close purchase disputes without real merchant investigation
When cardholders dispute a purchase for being misrepresented or defective, banks sometimes accept a generic, non-responsive merchant reply and close the case without evaluating the actual evidence submitted. This leaves properly documented disputes denied on process technicalities rather than the merits.
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