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abumarkba: an accidental credit purchase and a refund request.
abumarkba (@abumarkba) tells Cloudflare he accidentally purchased some credit, found no refund option in the billing settings, and asks for a refund.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- Date not recorded
- First reported
- 2026-10-03 18:13 UTC
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author requests a refund and says he is waiting for a reply.
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Author reports the charge
Read on 𝕏The author says he accidentally purchased some credit, checked the billing options but found no way to request a refund, and asks Cloudflare to process one.
abumarkba
@abumarkba · Original 𝕏 post
@Cloudflare @zatlyn Hi Cloudflare, I accidentally purchased some credit and I'm requesting a refund, I've checked the billing options but there is no option available to request a refund, can you pls help me to process a refund. I'm waiting for your feedback. Thank you
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