Skip to main content
December 13, 2022
Question

Quickbooks notified us of a chargeback from a customer, but hasn't provided any additional information

  • December 13, 2022
  • 3 replies
  • 0 views
We were notified by Quickbooks that "The Cardholder has provided proof that the merchandise was returned."
We do not allow returns, and we know with certainty that the customer did not return the merchandise. We reached out to Quickbooks customer support for assistance in responding to this chargeback, and asked for additional information regarding the customer claim/dispute, including the referenced "proof that the merchandise was returned."
Quickbooks support reps advised us to just submit documentation regarding the original sale, proof of delivery and terms, and said that they couldn't assist with any further details regarding the cardholder claim. They the told us to call American Express to see if they could assist (since the customer had paid with American Express). Of course when we reached out to Amex, they said that we don't have a merchant account with them, and the wouldn't be able to provide us with information, but Intuit/Quickbooks should have all of the information and any evidence submitted by the cardholder, and that Intuit should be provided us (the merchant) with this information. We reached out to Intuit again, but they were still completely unresponsive to our request. With the deadline for our response looming, we submitted all of the information that we could regarding the original sale, proof of delivery, and no-returns policy, and a week later we received a notification from Intuit that our request for a reversal was denied.  
Knowing that the cardholder's dispute is entirely fraudulent has made this experience even more frustrating. We reached out to Intuit several more times, asking them to assist by obtaining/providing us with additional information regarding the claim, and the representatives that we spoke with either didn't understand or weren't interested in assisting at all. We asked to speak with supervisors and were told that they would escalate the case, and call us back, but several days have passed and we still haven't received a callback or any of the requested information. 
At this point, we are out a very significant sum of money as a result of this fraudulent chargeback, and although Intuit is supposed to assist the merchant with responding to the chargeback, they have actually only assisted the cardholder in his fraud, by refusing to provide us with any details or evidence regarding the claim.
How can we get Intuit to actually assist with this claim, or at least provide us with the details regarding the claim, so that we can respond properly?

3 replies

Daniela_A
December 14, 2022

I can imagine what you must be going through, info1856.

 

We will make sure to have our QuickBooks Payments Tier 2 Team to take a further look at your case. Rest assured, we'll contact you with next steps via phone call or email within the next 1-2 business days.

 

I just want you to know that you are always free to visit us here in the Community for further assistance. Stay safe and have a good one!

info1865Author
December 15, 2022

While I appreciate your response, it's been over three weeks since I initially reached out to Intuit and requested assistance/information so that we would be able to respond properly to this chargeback. Since that time, I've communicated 10-15 times with Intuit representatives, and spoke to numerous representatives from Intuit's Payments Team/Department, including both representatives overseas (who have responded mostly "robotically" and possibly without even understanding the concerns being raised), and US representatives, who have been more understanding, but equally unhelpful. I've come to understand that since your department that works directly with chargeback issues is not "customer facing," a merchant in my position cannot actually communicate with any individual at Intuit who would even be in a position to assist, and even after escalating this matter several times and opening several "cases" in an effort to obtain some basic information and assistance from Intuit, I have still received zero information.

 

Instead, Intuit has repeatedly reopened the chargeback claim multiple times and directed us to respond again and again with same information. By continuously reopening the case without providing us with any of the requested information regarding the customer's claim, Intuit is likely further adversely affecting our ability to recover our funds, by initiating multiple appeal processes while we've clearly stated that we have no ability to respond with any further information until we received the requested information regarding the customer's claims.

 

Based on our experience thus far, it appears that Intuit's policies and processes are systematically structured to prevent merchant account-holders from receiving necessary information in order to respond to chargebacks. Even after repeated requests, the representatives whom I have spoken with are generally apathetic or if not, apologetic that they are equipped to respond to matters like this.

 

These practices by Intuit may be palatable to large companies with the ability to absorb these losses, or for smaller chargeback amounts. However, we are a small business, and the chargeback amount which is in excess of six thousand dollars will have a significant impact on our business. It is unconscionable that Intuit continues to enable a customer claim that is clearly fraudulent by withholding basic information from the merchant and impeding our ability to respond properly. Is this Intuit's standard practice in all chargeback cases?

 

Thank you again for your response, and I look forward to your further assistance.

June 20, 2023

My situation is also just as unbelievable.  Here we are paying for a service and they are the first to turn on you and can not be trusted.  I had a customer pay us a significant amount of money for a contracted job that he owed.  He simply went into Quickbooks and complained after weeks had gone by and wanted to revoke his payment.  I never thought after that amount of time that was possible.  But it happened we were charged back the payment and that was after I sent all the proof that the customer owed it.  In other words that can happen at any time for any amount of money.  I will never use there service for receiving payments ever again.  I wish I could just get rid of Quickbooks all together.  Not my call.  

April 5, 2024

Mabe a class action lawsuit will straighten them out.

September 10, 2024

My situation as well. In addition to the fradulent chargeback, quickbooks payments closed my merchant services account and is still holding $3K from invoices that aren't even connected to the customer that fraudulently did the chargeback. I've been told that there's nothing else they can do because their risk management team isn't within Intuit and they have no contact information they can give to me to speak with risk management because they are a back office team and are not client facing. Imagine being a 10 year customer, being given the run around and.or no help at all even with multiple case numbers that were "escalated", being promised callbacks from supervisors that you never get, and when you get one agent whos bold enough to get a supervisor on the call with them, the supervisor "doesn't troubleshoot and is only there for feedback" and ultimately, your payments account is closed without Intuit even contacting you about the chargeback because it was a "business decision" to close my account due to "high risk"........I'm definitely taking my money elsewhere. This is unacceptable.