“Charges paid by you for completed and delivered orders, or for orders confirmed by a Merchant, are final and non-refundable. DoorDash has no obligation to provide refunds or credits but may grant them gratuitously at DoorDash's sole discretion”
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Users have no contractual right to a refund for completed orders, meaning disputes about order quality or accuracy after delivery may not result in any monetary remedy.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains two additional independent propositions—no obligation to refund and discretionary gratuitous refunds—that are omitted from the canonical claim per the single-proposition rule.
The reader has no contractual right to a refund for charges on completed, delivered, or merchant-confirmed orders.
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"Charges paid by you for completed and delivered orders, or for orders confirmed by a Merchant, are final and non-refundable. DoorDash has no obligation to provide refunds or credits but may grant them gratuitously at DoorDash's sole discretionExcerpt from DoorDash's Terms of Service
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Users have no contractual right to a refund for completed orders, meaning disputes about order quality or accuracy after delivery may not result in any monetary remedy.
The reader has no contractual right to a refund for charges on completed, delivered, or merchant-confirmed orders.
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