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yoshino.toru: an accidental annual Pro purchase of US$240.
Community user yoshino.toru says an annual Pro plan for miqjapan.net was purchased by mistake and US$240 was charged, and asks for a refund.
What happened
- Reported cause
- Unknown
- Incident date
- 2026-07-30
- First reported
- 2026-08-12
- Billing outcome
- Request submittedAuthor-reported
- Case progress
- Not established
- Public Cloudflare reply
- Not linked
Latest reported outcome
The author requests a refund of the US$240 annual charge. No outcome is reported in the thread.
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Case timeline
Author reports the disputed charge
Open original sourceThe author says the upgrade happened on July 30, 2026 and was downgraded the same day, with no Pro-only features used; billing@ email now auto-replies that billing issues are not accepted there. A community MVP explains how to reveal the ticket button.
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