App Purchase Receipts With Incorrect Purchase Date

So, I had put in my request for refund under “other” and wrote that I make this purchase a lot but did not make one on sept 8th. I haven’t made this purchase in at least a week. If this is the incorrect purchase date, please let me know the correct date.

today, I just looked in claims and I was refunded. This leaves so many questions now…

did they actually over charge me because I always make those purchases? was I correct that maybe I really didn’t make that purchase in a month? A lot has been going on, so times been messed up lately.

or did they just refund me because it was so small and the timeframe was really off?

I had to make the same purchase last night, however I took a screenshot of the purchase so it’s time stamped.

Thank you so much for your insight in all this, it has been very useful information.

If you make a purchase from the App Store / iTunes Store you wil always get an invoice from Apple, check your mail box.

When it’s small purchases, To my understanding, they do not send an invoice right away due to them accumulating them to avoid extra charges. Which is reasonable.

Apple knows that if you've bought one thing, you're likely to buy another—often pretty soon after. So, Apple waits to bill your card for a day or two in case you make more purchases that it can group together.

I am not thinking changes can be made on here, I am just voicing my opinion and wondering if others are having the same issue.

But it would be very helpful to be billed no longer than 48 hrs and have actual purchase date, so you can confirm the claim.

I do see in “report a claim” that my purchase from last night is pending

Hi again, so remember my purchase on Sept 9th?

I finally got billed for it on Sept 19th and it says purchased on Sept 19th.

this is what I was talking about. Why are they waiting soooo long to bill?

i can’t keep track that way.

I have the money, but what if I didn’t? What if a week and a half later I spend the money I had for the purchase on something else, because I figured the money was taken already or just totally forgot about that purchase?

For me, It’s due to me making the same purchase every once in a while, I want to keep track of which and how many they are billing me for in case there is a glitch in the computer or something, and I get over charged. Plus it’s a matter of principle, billing should be no later then 48 hrs of purchase.

Thanks for the response

I do know how to request a refund, but i believe they may just have the wrong date of purchase. I did make that same purchase I believe it was a week or two ago, but in purchase history, there isn’t a purchase like that for over a month. As I mentioned, I have made the same purchase every once in awhile.

So it is possible the date is incorrect for date of purchase. I don’t feel right asking for a refund that I made but just on a different date, a week or two ago, but it could have been as long as a month ago that I did make that purchase, which the history for a month ago would be correct and this new one extra charge.

i will request a refund to see what the response is, however I believe they will say they only put bill date not actual purchase date or something along those lines, which is wrong in my books. They should have both dates if that is the case.

once I receive a response, I will update my post.

It is nice to know that apple will refund, I just wish I knew if it was because they were in the wrong over charging me or the purchase date was off and I was billed over a week later.

if they do only put bill date, (which I still don’t believe is right) and they are accumulating small purchases over the course of 48 hrs max, I should get a bill soon for this purchase I made last night.

I am going to pay closer attention this time.

So it’s probable, since it was way longer than 48 hrs , including only business days, that it was an incorrect charge.

since it is the same purchase I make “sm gem pack” and I receive a bill really late, it’s hard to tell if those are actual purchases or incorrect ones.

I don’t make purchases for music, does it show what songs you purchased by title or just that you bought a song from iTunes and the price?

So they are very detailed. they are for what you bought exactly in which game as well. which is really great.

However, I still have the issue of mine being the exact same purchase, every once in awhile. I can’t agree or disagree. If it was a one time buy and I never got charged for it in the past, then it’s simple, I made that purchase.

but being the same, I can’t tell which purchases I were billed for and which ones weren’t if it was just billed really late.

I just feel really bad if they refunded me for a purchase I had made just they billed me really late or if it was an extra charge. I can’t say for sure. All I know is I hadn’t made that purchase in over a week.

hi Raicya I know apple is not here, I am just updating and ranting.

I don’t have money in my apple (wallet) account, any purchases I make in apps is being taken directly from my bank. (Debit VISA) which is also why it is more important that they don’t wait forever to bill.

maybe that’s the difference as to why you are billed right away and mine takes a bit. Maybe I should just buy a card for my wallet, that way I can get charged ASAP.

cause my way is nuts for billing.