“EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DO NOT REFUND OR CREDIT FOR PARTIALLY USED SUBSCRIPTION TERMS AND/OR BILLING PERIODS, ALTHOUGH WE MAY PROVIDE SUCH REFUNDS OR CREDITS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IN OUR SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.”
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Users have no contractual right to a refund for partial periods; any such refund is entirely at Hulu's sole and absolute discretion, except where law mandates otherwise.
The reader is not entitled to a refund or credit for a partially used subscription term or billing period, except as required by applicable law; any such refund or credit is at Hulu's sole and absolute discretion.
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"EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DO NOT REFUND OR CREDIT FOR PARTIALLY USED SUBSCRIPTION TERMS AND/OR BILLING PERIODS, ALTHOUGH WE MAY PROVIDE SUCH REFUNDS OR CREDITS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS IN OUR SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION.Excerpt from Hulu's Terms of Use (Site Terms)
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Users have no contractual right to a refund for partial periods; any such refund is entirely at Hulu's sole and absolute discretion, except where law mandates otherwise.
The reader is not entitled to a refund or credit for a partially used subscription term or billing period, except as required by applicable law; any such refund or credit is at Hulu's sole and absolute discretion.
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