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Users have no general right to a refund, and any exception depends entirely on Patreon's sole discretion, leaving users with no reliable basis to expect one.
You are generally not entitled to a refund from Patreon, including if you lose access to offerings or membership subscription benefits; any refund is an exception granted at Patreon's sole discretion.
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For subscribers residing in Germany: You may terminate your subscription after it has renewed with a notice period of one month. Your right to terminate for cause remains unaffected.
If our mobile application fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price of the mobile application to you.
The cancellation will take effect at the end of the billing period. You can see when your subscription will end on the "Account" page.
"Our policy is not to provide refunds, including if you lose access to offerings and/or membership subscription benefits as described above, though we may allow for some exceptions where refunds are granted at our sole discretion.Excerpt from Patreon's Terms of Use
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Users have no general right to a refund, and any exception depends entirely on Patreon's sole discretion, leaving users with no reliable basis to expect one.
You are generally not entitled to a refund from Patreon, including if you lose access to offerings or membership subscription benefits; any refund is an exception granted at Patreon's sole discretion.
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