Consumer complaint received 2023-02-15
Company: U.S. BANCORP
State: CA
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement
Sub-issue: Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement

Complaint:
On XX/XX/XXXX, I placed an order with XXXX in the amount of {$170.00} which was not delivered. ( Order # XXXX ) XXXX tracking ( XXXX ) shows it was returned to the sender. XXXX did not notify me of the issue. The item was a XXXX gift and I did not become aware of the issue until XX/XX/XXXX. This FIRST order included a credit of {$21.00}. On XX/XX/XXXX I placed a SECOND order ( Order # XXXX ) for a similar item in the amount of {$170.00} so that my daughter could have her XXXX gift, and this item was delivered on XX/XX/XXXX. I contacted XXXX and asked for a refund for the first purchase. They also agreed to apply the previous credit TO THE SECOND ORDER. They immediately issued amount of the credit to the second purchase, XXXX ( XXXX plus CA sales tax ) because the original purchase had this discount. However, they said they would not issue the refund of {$170.00} until they completed an investigation with the shipper. XXXX at XXXX ADVISED ME TO DISPUTE THE CHARGE. The Performance Lead ( XXXX ) at XXXX documented these statements in an email which I provided to my credit card company with my other documentation. XXXX still has not refunded the full amount of the undelivered purchase because apparently they have no internal system of dealing with their errors. The credit card company ( Fidelity Investments through Elan Financial Services ) is taking XXXX 's word that the refund of {$21.00} was towards the FIRST order rather than the SECOND and will not refund the full amount. I am asking that I be made whole in my dealings with XXXX, a company which has not followed through on its commitments and has no internal processes to protect its customers from unnecessary grief and hardship due to their sloppy and incompetent performance. The FTC says the seller of an item which is not delivered must refund the payment to the buyer and deal with the shipper separately. XXXX is in violation of this law. I provided Elan Financial Services with FULL DOCUMENTATION on this matter, including email, purchase receipts, and tracking information, and they still have not issued a complete temporary credit to my account while they wait for XXXX to approve the credit. I am asking that Elan Financial Services properly apply the {$21.00} credit to the SECOND Vitamix charge and refund the ENTIRE {$170.00} for the UNDELIVERED FIRST PURCHASE. 

I paid for a replacement gift for my daughter because of the XXXX holiday. Otherwise, I would have waited to work out the details with XXXX over the phone before placing a second order. No one answered the phone at XXXX when I decided to place the order in the hope that the item would arrive while we were still visiting with my daughter. Needless to say, it took XXXX weeks for delivery, so all was in vain. Just because the XXXX order was never delivered does not erase that credit.

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation