Get an $800 refund for unwanted post-trial streaming charges with a ChatGPT-drafted legal notice
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After a video streaming service kept charging him for months once a free trial ended, without sending receipts or payment alerts, an India-based poster says ChatGPT helped him draft a legal notice and he got an $800 refund.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Draft a firm complaint (escalating to a formal notice) asking a company to refund charges I didn't knowingly agree to. Fill in before running: - Company and service: [NAME] - Charges: dates and amounts: [LIST] - What happened (trial ended, no receipts or alerts): [DETAILS] - Country (for consumer law): [COUNTRY] - What I want: [full refund / cancellation] Rules: - Start with a firm complaint to the company; prepare the formal notice as the next step. - Cite consumer rules for my country only from official sources, and say if you're unsure. - List every charge with dates and the total claimed. - Set a clear deadline for response and say what I'll do next (regulator, consumer forum, card dispute). - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: A complaint email, a formal notice draft, and a list of evidence to attach. You'll know it worked when: the company has a clear, documented demand with a deadline, and I know my next step if they ignore it.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Draft a firm complaint (escalating to a formal notice) asking a company to refund charges I didn't knowingly agree to. Fill in before running: - Company and service: [NAME] - Charges: dates and amounts: [LIST] - What happened (trial ended, no receipts or alerts): [DETAILS] - Country (for consumer law): [COUNTRY] - What I want: [full refund / cancellation] Rules: - Start with a firm complaint to the company; prepare the formal notice as the next step. - Cite consumer rules for my country only from official sources, and say if you're unsure. - List every charge with dates and the total claimed. - Set a clear deadline for response and say what I'll do next (regulator, consumer forum, card dispute). - If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me. - Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. - Remind me to cancel the subscription and ask my bank about a chargeback in parallel. Output: A complaint email, a formal notice draft, and a list of evidence to attach. You'll know it worked when: the company has a clear, documented demand with a deadline, and I know my next step if they ignore it. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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https://x.com/641947jeet/status/1912657499775246696
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