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"If you return or otherwise receive a refund for which you have already received a cashback reward, we reserve the right to debit any related cashback rewards you have already received or withhold future cashback rewards to offset that amount.Excerpt from Venmo's User Agreement
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The clause states: “If you return or otherwise receive a refund for which you have already received a cashback reward, we reserve the right to debit any related cashback rewards you have already received or withhold future cashback rewards to offset that amount.”
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