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REFUND

Customer pays for premium resume help but gets a bad resume and a refused refund. Can he escape the loan and get his $575 back?

Help! I paid $575 for a useless resume — what now?

October 3, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Justin Czerniawski pays $575 for premium resume help from TopResume, but he’s unhappy with the results. When TopResume refuses a refund, he turns to a consumer advocate for help.

Categories Problem Solved
FlightHub's booking mistake led to unusable tickets and a family stranded in Argentina, forced to pay twice. The fight for a refund.

Stranded in Buenos Aires: How a FlightHub booking error forced a family to pay twice for their tickets

October 1, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Emily Day’s family vacation nearly collapses when FlightHub’s system assigns random passport numbers to their tickets, forcing them to buy new flights. Why won’t the airline refund the tickets they couldn’t use?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Customer prepays Sears for washer installation that never happens and struggles to get the labor charges refunded.

Sears didn’t install my washer. Why won’t it refund the labor charges?

September 26, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Sears can’t install James King’s washer, and it won’t refund him. How can he get the company to honor its obligations?

Categories Problem Solved
Bereaved traveler cancels a tour but their travel insurance refuses to pay, citing a technicality. What went wrong and can they get a refund?

Help! I canceled my trip, but my travel insurance won’t pay my claim

September 24, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

When Amy Sparks’ father-in-law passes away, she cancels a planned tour of Utah and files a claim with Tin Leg, her travel insurance company. But the company denies her claim. Is she going to lose the $4,098 she paid?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Customer's Groupon for a now-closed restaurant isn't being refunded in cash, only in-store credit. Is this fair?

Why won’t Groupon refund me? The restaurant closed!

September 19, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Sofya Mumford’s $65 Groupon voucher is worthless after the restaurant goes out of business. Why won’t the company refund her money?

Categories Problem Solved
Customer thought he booked a refundable Hyatt room, but Getaroom made it nonrefundable and kept $3228. The fight for a refund.

My Getaroom reservation became nonrefundable — but I want my $3,228 back!

September 15, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

William Farrer thought he’d booked two rooms at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans directly through the hotel’s website. Minutes later, he discovered he’d actually paid $3,228 to a third-party booking site — and the reservation was suddenly “nonrefundable.” 

Categories Advocacy
Iberia downgraded passengers and shortchanged their refund based on a questionable loyalty program requirement. Learn your rights under EC 261.

Iberia downgraded me to economy class on a flight to Madrid. Where’s my refund?

September 10, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Iberia downgrades Christopher Long and his husband to economy class on a flight from Chicago to Madrid. Under European regulations, he’s entitled to a refund of 75 percent of his fare. So why is he only getting a fraction of that?

Categories The Travel Troubleshooter
Vacation ruined by toxic mold in a Vrbo rental. See the extreme steps taken to fight for a full refund and expose platform risks.

They found toxic mold in their Vrbo rental — can they get $19,500 back? 

September 8, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Cindy Bonde expected a peaceful getaway in the Vrbo rental she’d booked in Park Rapids, Minn. Instead, she and her family stepped into a conflict that featured rampant mold, an uncooperative host and a tone-deaf booking platform — and left them fighting for a $19,500 refund. 

Categories Advocacy
After a merger, Victoria Broer lost key-holding service at her Denver airport parking lot. Can companies change policies post-payment? Know your rights and next steps

I paid for unlimited airport parking. Then the company changed its rules.

September 1, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Victoria Broer has parked her family van at USAirport Parking near Denver International Airport for a decade. The company held her keys for her in its office, and she felt safe — so safe that she paid $1,825 every year for unlimited parking privileges.

Categories Advocacy
First-time eBay buyer gets suspended immediately after a purchase, receives wrong item, and is denied a refund.

Help! eBay suspended me after my first purchase – and kept my $438

August 29, 2025 by Christopher Elliott

Ken Sours buys a watch on eBay, but the company suspends his account immediately after the purchase. Then he receives a magazine instead of the watch. Now he can’t get a refund. What should he do?

Categories Problem Solved
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