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A blanket no-refund policy means merchants have no contractual basis to recover any fees paid to Shopify, regardless of circumstances.
Merchants cannot obtain a refund from Shopify for any fees paid.
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Seller will bear the financial costs and responsibilities of issuing refunds to Buyers, and Whatnot is not responsible or liable to the applicable Buyers or any third party for any such refunds.
Marketplace Products purchased from a Marketplace Seller can be returned to the Marketplace Seller, subject to the Marketplace Seller's return policy or, for certain products, to Best Buy, subject to Best Buy's Return and Exchange Policy.
Refunds given by Google for billing inaccuracies under this Section will only be in the form of credit for the Services.
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A blanket no-refund policy means merchants have no contractual basis to recover any fees paid to Shopify, regardless of circumstances.
Merchants cannot obtain a refund from Shopify for any fees paid.
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