Credit Card Chargebacks

This cluster focuses on the risks, costs, and handling of chargebacks for merchants in online payments, including penalties from processors like Stripe and PayPal, fraud concerns, and strategies to mitigate them.

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Natanael_L Apr 29, 2016 View on HN

Credit card chargeback fraud isn't that rare, and the merchants usually take the hit.

taf2 Jan 22, 2014 View on HN

how did they handle the chargebacks? These typically can cost between say 15 and 25 per chargeback immediately to the merchant regardless of resolution?

amalhotra Oct 1, 2013 View on HN

have you had to deal with chargebacks?

whatevaa Aug 26, 2025 View on HN

There is a big penalty for chargebacks, so not presumably, definitely.

jimrandomh Mar 18, 2022 View on HN

Chargebacks aren't free; the payment processors charge a substantial penalty.

ummonk Feb 5, 2022 View on HN

What would happen if people performed chargebacks?

olalonde Oct 20, 2012 View on HN

How will you deal with chargebacks?

CodesInChaos Oct 31, 2019 View on HN

It's largely the card issues fault. They charge a fee for each chargeback and punish or increase the fees for merchants who receive many chargebacks, so merchants try to avoid chargebacks, which includes banning everybody who uses them.

asddubs Jul 30, 2020 View on HN

this would happen to you with paypal and credit card chargebacks, no idea if this is still the case (but it wouldn't surprise me). you lose the money and an additional 10$ fee, for every transaction. so someone could send you 5$ in 5 transactions, chargeback and you'd be out of 55 dollars.

pkaye Nov 15, 2019 View on HN

How much is it a issue of chargebacks?