1

On 12th June I was charged £49.99 for an automatic renewal which I did not authorise. I completed an online form requesting a refund the following day and did not receive a response until yesterday (one month later). In addition to taking a long time to get back to me, the response I received was very unhelpful - “It is definitely possible to initiate a refund but I would like to emphasize this version of Avast is much more robust, complex and overall better (see here http://www.avast.com/en-us/compare-antivirus). Wouldn’t you want to try the product instead of initiating a refund?
Please let me know.”
This is the worst customer service I have ever received from any company, and I am still having to give up my time to chase a refund!

2

Very likely you have (or had) automatic renewal enabled.
In that case you did authorize the charge.

As you submitted a refund request within the 30 days after paying, you are entitled for a refund and should get it.

As has been told many times on this webboard, the current handling time for tickets is +/- 15-20 business days.

The person that responded to your ticket is out of line.
He/she should just have refunded you. Period.
A much nicer and correct would have been :
“We initiated your refund, but please consider trying our latest version” or something along that line.

What is your ticket ID ?

3

I understand that it takes time to process requests but was disappointed that after a month of no contact that was the response I received. Thank you. My ticket ID is 847521.
It would also be really helpful if there was a contact phone number as I have tried at least five different numbers today alone.

4

There is no phone support for financial questions/problems.

I will try to get someone from avast (a manager) to have a look at the response you have gotten.

5

Thank you. I have now received a full refund and greatly appreciate your help with this matter.

6

You’re welcome.