Question:
I didn't know I still had an active subscription, and it automatically renewed. Can I please get a refund?
Answer:
DataCamp is a subscription service. By signing up you agree to our Terms of Use and your account will automatically renew at either a monthly or yearly interval, unless you cancel or stop auto-billing.
Your subscription plan may be canceled at any time. However, we do not refund or prorate unused portions of a subscription. This means that if you cancel your subscription, it will no longer auto-renew, but you will retain access until the end of your subscription, and the subscription amount will not be automatically awarded.
More information can be found in our Terms of Use. If you are a monthly subscriber, you can also find information on the renewal policy in the initial email you receive from DataCamp. Yearly subscribers will receive a reminder before being billed.
While a refund cannot be granted for the situation posed in the Question section of this article, we try to be as understanding as possible, so there are exceptions. We investigate each case individually for confirmation, but here are examples where a refund would be granted:
- You were accidentally charged twice in the same month
- You accidentally set up payment for two of your own DataCamp accounts etc.
If you believe you have a valid case for a refund, please contact the DataCamp Help Desk by submitting a ticket from the Help Center or emailing support@datacamp.com directly. We'd be happy to help.
Comments
109 comments
Hi Robert,
I raised a ticket but got no reply until now. What happened?
Hello Robert,
Yesterday I was automatically charged by 29$ dollars and my subscription was renewed without any email in advance that that will happen . Since I do not want to be a subscriber of DataCamp anymore, I want to cancel my subscription and kindly ask you if you could refund me the sum you deducted from my account? I had no intention of paying the subscription for this month since I am not using DataCamp services anymore.
Vukasin
My support ticket is 125978. Please refund my amount.
Hi - I just saw you have charged my card without notifying me about subscription renewal. Could you please refund 219.88 AUD immediately. I am contacting my bank to let them know about this transaction.
Hi, the same situation as Nalinh1995. I forgot the cancel my subscription until my credit bill notification just a few minitues ago. I just log on the website and cancel it. Could you please give me a refund?
thanks
shenyuan
Hello, even I am facing the same problem as everyone, and I can not afford such huge price at the moment. Its a genuine request, Please refund the auto newed subscription amount. My ticket number is #127390.
Robert ... dude - some feedback for you:
“While we have been able to confirm that our email notification system is working as expected”
I have scoured my inbox for your notification email (and did it again just now when I saw your comment) - there’s nothing. So saying that “our notification system works as expected” is a total BS answer. Have you actually reached out to anyone here who has complained that they never received a notification? And you want to solve this problem by bringing transparency to a page that, I’m guessing, most of us never visit? This is not good.
I appreciate that you’ve refunded my subscription payment but I will stick with platforms like edX which I find far more trustworthy.
Hello Robert
Subscribed for annual course and not able to see any video tutorial (premium content) for what i have paid and most the courses are not activated . looking for refund request ! please help out mate
Ranjo
Hi, Karthick -
It looks like we received your tickets this morning. We'll be sure to follow up with you as soon as possible and work toward a resolution.
Hi, Yujie -
I've gone ahead and created a Support ticket on your behalf. A member of the DataCamp Support team will reach out to you soon.
Hello Robert,
I did paused the account few days back but i was charged , I did raised the concern but i didn't find any reply from the team, Request to follow up with the team.
Regards,
karthick
Hello Robert,
Today morning I accidentally chose yearly subscription instead of monthly subscription which resulted in 180$ debit from my account. I cancelled the subscription immediately. I also mailed the support team and the tried to reach out through facebook message. I was left with no money because of this subscription. Can you please help me in getting refund which would mean a lot to me.
-Jyothi Satya Sahithi Ganji
Thank you all for reaching out. I see that our Support team has been able to assist most of you already. I've gone ahead and created tickets on everyone else's behalf. A member of the DataCamp Support team will be reaching out to you shortly.
Hi Robert,
I ordered a monthly subscription plan but I got the yearly plan. I was so excited to use DataCamp to learn R but it was really shocking to see how much I had to pay. I would seriously like a refund and some clarification regarding this incident.
Parag
Hi Robert
Hope you're well
I've got the same problem as most of the above where i signed up for a year's subscription last year but haven't really utilised the license. I forgot to cancel my subscription and I've been charged for another years subscription. Can i get a refund?
Kind Regards
Shawn
Hi, Arpitmasih -
I'm very sorry to hear that the auto-renewal came as a surprise to you. We try to be as transparent as possible, which is part of the reason we've kept this Help Article as an open form of communication for refund related concerns.
I understand that it is possible to be caught off guard with a charge like this one, but I'd also like to let you know that we do take steps to ensure our customers are aware of recurring charges.
All new customers receive an email with information on our pricing model as well as information for canceling at any time to avoid recurring charges. We've also updated our Terms of Use for more clarity on our payment policy. See section 4.1: https://www.datacamp.com/terms-of-use.
Additionally, our Support team works directly with customers on any payment related issues. I see that our team is already working with you via email, so I won't create an additional ticket.
I hope this information helps, but as always, we're here if you have further questions.
Hi, Robert,
I have the same issue.
It was auto-renewed. But unfornately, I cannot afford that amount of money at the moment.
So, I want a refund.
Please help me with this issue. My ticket # is 126901.
Thank you in advance.
Ankita, Abdullah, Jamie -
I've created tickets on your behalf to investigate what may have gone wrong. Our team will be working with you closely in order to investigate possible issues.
We certainly provide refunds if there was a billing error on our side. Note, it typically takes 5-7 days to process.
I'd also like to note that we are in the process of updating our billing system with a goal of making it a more streamlined process for you.
I am no more using data camp since long time and my subscription renewed was made with out my awareness. Can some please refund my amount
I cannot view any "article" on this screen and would like to discuss a refund with someone regarding my cancelled subscription.
Hi, Robert,
I also have the same issue, I just saw a $149 charge on my credit card this time. I didn't any message and e-mail for automatically charge issue. It's bad situation to me. Cound you please give me a refund?
I want to good memory with datacamp, and I will study with you as soon as possible again.
my support ticket number is #133563 for skkurds@skku.edu account.
(datacamp account was not login in support system, so I logined other account)
Thank you for your support.
I have stop subscription in March but I found out that you guys have been charging me and somehow my account is still being activated.
I was checking the subscription for Data Science using Python and I was checking the price. I was just adding my card details, hoping to subscribe later. I always get an OTP to authenticate the transaction, but the amount got immediately deducted and I did not receive any authentication before the transaction. I really did not use my subscription and I don't need it right now. Could you please cancel the subscription and refund my money? Its not even 15 mins between the amount deduction and this post. I am running low on my credit limit and this really could help me. Please do the needful.
Hello Roberto Cabral
I just sent an email and received a code, I have the same problem of the $ 300 automatic annual subscription without know.
I have the best comments from all of you, it help me a lot learning R.
I hope you can help me and send me a refund for this charge.
Thank you.
Jose Luis.
Hello,
For some reason I got the yearly plan, when I ordered the monthly one!!! This of course gave me a bad start with your product, and I would like a refund and some clarification on how this happened.
I would like know when I can have my money refunded??
This is really a big blunder on your part and and how can you charge $300 for a $29 subscription!!! This is a similar issue that some of the other subscribers have mentioned above (Jamie, Ankita and Varun). At this point I just cant afford an yearly plan. I want my money back URGENTLY!!!!
Neha
Hi Guys,
I am also facing situation as most of other folks here.
@Robert please inform before auto renewing as I had no intention of renewing the plan and did not get ANY intimation.
I had enjoyed last year classes thats why I took subscription but did not know they will auto deduct after 1 Year (a very long time sice I have even logged in to datacamp truthfully)
Its a quite decent amount of 90$ plus convinience fee in my currency (INR)
Please refund the money.
Hi Robert,
It's been 16 hours since your reply and the amount has still not been refunded. Please do it asap.
Mengya -
It looks like you may have inadvertently chosen the option to mark your ticket as solved after our automated Help Article suggestions were sent to you. I can confirm that your new request is open and a member of our team will be following up as soon as possible.
Hello Robert,
06 January I was automatically charged by 90$ dollars and my subscription was renewed without any email in advance that that will happen . Could you please give me a refund? I will be back to the course when I am ready. Thanks!
ticket number is #133504
Ruslan
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