App Store Gift Card Refund

Apple may have issued a refund but the credit may not be available for several business days.

Not the card itself but any purchases made from redeeming that card, yes.

If the credit does not appear within three business days, contact Apple > Apple - How to Contact Us

Once a gift card has been redeemed, you cannot requrest the funds back for the card itself, only apps.

I had to ask for a refund for an App that no longer worked. The designer seemed to disappear! Apparently amount is credited to your Apple Account and not back to your original payment account, bank etc. As I felt the App was sold 'not fit for purpose', fraudulently really, I felt I should be entitled to full refund and not a 'credit note'. At £19.99 it was not cheap! They have agreed to refund £15 of it and crediting me with rest. This isn't good enough so am working to get full refund. So, if App was faulty, or 'not fit for use' just contact Apple and ask for proper refund, not credit to account.

I had to ask for a refund for an App that no longer worked.

An app that no longer worked implies that the app worked when you downloaded it. So how is that a fraudulent sale of an app not fit for purpose?

That it no longer works could be any number of issues not related to Apple but the developer. I think that you were lucky to get any refund and you post here that you are fighting for more.

The App worked to begin with but within a couple of weeks it was then no longer available, the support was no longer available either, and even the web page was taken down. It came up as Forbidden on the Server. So it wasn't working anywhere, so yes, it appeared to me to be a fraudulent App which got people to pay money for it which was then useless. Am not fighting for more. Where did I say that. It cost £19.99 and I expect to have a refund for that amount, not part of it. Not a Credit to my Account either. If you buy something in a shop (UK) that doesn't work you are entitled to a refund not a credit note. Classed as 'not fit for the purpose intended'!

Perhaps here in the UK we have better and clearer consumer rights than in the US.

And what happened to your Mac in the few weeks between when the app functioned properly and the app stopped functioning? Unless that app had a time-bomb in it, somethig about your Mac changed or the app won't cease to function.

Did you upgrade your Mac from one version of OS X, say Mt Lion, to the newest version, Mavericks? Because that would explain why the app ceased functioning and why it would disappear from the Mac App Store, the developer was unable to continue developing the app for a changing operating system. Which isn't anything to do with Apple and again, you are lucky to get any kind of a refund.