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AI Subscription Refund Rights in the UK and EU

Your statutory rights when an operator refuses a refund.

A no-refund clause does not override the law

Several operators in this category state that all purchases are final and non-refundable under any circumstances. If you are a UK or EU consumer, that clause cannot remove your statutory rights, however clearly it is written.

UK: the two laws that matter

The Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013 give a 14 day cancellation right on most distance contracts, though this can be waived for digital content you agreed to access immediately. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 entitles you to a repair, replacement or refund if a digital service is not as described or not of satisfactory quality.

EU: equivalent protection

The Consumer Rights Directive provides a comparable 14 day withdrawal period, with the same carve-out for immediately-supplied digital content you explicitly consented to.

The practical route

Put the request in writing and keep the reply. Give a clear deadline. If they refuse, raise a chargeback with your card issuer and attach your evidence. Issuers routinely side with the customer where there is a written cancellation predating the charge.

Continuous payment authority

In the UK you can instruct your bank to stop a recurring card payment directly, and they are required to do it. That stops future charges but does not recover past ones.

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Andy Smith is Principal Research Analyst at CompanionRank. He has spent the last two years taking apart AI companion platforms, reading their shipped client code, their public API responses and the company filings behind them, because almost nothing in this category can be taken at face value.

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