“Charges are non-cancelable and non-refundable, except as expressly stated in this Agreement.”
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The customer has no general right to cancel committed charges or obtain refunds, limiting financial recourse if the customer's needs change or the service underperforms.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references exceptions 'expressly stated in this Agreement' without identifying them; those exceptions are not captured in the canonical claim.
The customer is bound to pay all charges as incurred and cannot recover them unless a specific exception is written into the agreement.
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"Charges are non-cancelable and non-refundable, except as expressly stated in this Agreement.Excerpt from Zendesk's Terms of Service
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The customer has no general right to cancel committed charges or obtain refunds, limiting financial recourse if the customer's needs change or the service underperforms.
The customer is bound to pay all charges as incurred and cannot recover them unless a specific exception is written into the agreement.
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