{"id":1138,"date":"2014-12-31T07:41:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmtechblog.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2014-12-31T07:41:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T15:41:30","slug":"apple-intros-14-day-return-policy-for-app-store-itunes-in-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Apple Intros 14-Day Return Policy For App Store, iTunes in EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple recently introduced a 14-day \u201cno questions asked\u201d return policy in the European Union, according to\u00a0<em>iFun.de<\/em>. The new policy will allow folks who decide they don\u2019t like an app or other digital content purchased either through the App Store, iBooks or iTunes to receive a full refund for their purchase. The change meets European Union consumer rights policies,\u00a0<em>9to5Mac<\/em> explained.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Google Play Store also allows users to request refunds for apps they decide they don\u2019t want, and in August it extended its refund window to two hours. By comparison, consumers in the United States who buy apps and content through iTunes don\u2019t have the option to request a refund automatically, and instead require a discussion with Apple support and an explanation as to why a refund might be deserved.<\/p>\n<p>The new policy has been updated in Apple\u2019s user terms, which specifically state a user\u2019s right of cancellation is as follows: \u201cIf you choose to cancel your order, you may do so within 14 days from when your received your receipt without giving any reason, except iTunes Gifts which cannot be refunded once you have redeemed the code.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The changes apply to Germany, Italy, France the United Kingdom and \u201cmany other EU countries,\u201d\u00a0<em>9to5Mac<\/em> said.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sourcevia-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sourcevia fCaps fLS0\"><span class=\"label fLS1\">SOURCE<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2014\/12\/29\/app-store-itunes-refunds-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">9TO5MAC<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifun.de\/apple-raeumt-14-taegiges-widerrufsrecht-fuer-itunes-kaeufe-ein-71107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFUN.DE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple recently introduced a 14-day \u201cno questions asked\u201d return policy in the European Union, according to\u00a0iFun.de. The new policy will allow folks who decide they don\u2019t like an app or other digital content purchased either through the App Store, iBooks or iTunes to receive a full refund for their purchase. The change meets European Union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-1138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps","category-mobile","tag-apple","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmtech.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}