{"id":35376,"date":"2022-03-24T14:34:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=35376"},"modified":"2022-03-24T14:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T18:34:46","slug":"inscrutable-app-store-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/24\/inscrutable-app-store-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"Inscrutable App Store Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoarment\/status\/1505884474147581961\">Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoarment\/status\/1505884474147581961\">\n<p>Am I missing something, or has Apple done a really great job of making it impossible to figure out which purchases on a family plan led to each charge on my credit card?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoarment\/status\/1505894867381145611\">Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcoarment\/status\/1505894867381145611\">\n<p>What App Store credit-card fraud looks like: a slow trickle of small charges last week, then nearly 20 charges totaling over $700 over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>AmEx flagged the first one as suspicious &mdash; $10 last week &mdash; but Apple&rsquo;s billing is so opaque that I said it was probably valid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CowbellGuy\/status\/1505884765462974469\">Joe<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CowbellGuy\/status\/1505884765462974469\">\n<p>I ran into this a few weeks back, <a href=\"https:\/\/reportaproblem.apple.com\/?s=11\">this site<\/a> turned out to be super helpful<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/reportaproblem.apple.com\/?s=11\">Apple<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/reportaproblem.apple.com\/?s=11\">\n<p>Family Organizers can now review purchases charged to their shared payment method, and they can submit refund requests for purchases initiated by family members. Family Organizers will be able to view purchases and manage requests as long as a member is part of their family group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>You can search by amount, but not by product name, company, or order ID. It also cannot display the purchases grouped according to how they are bundled into credit card charges. I like how Amazon does it where&mdash;with their Visa&mdash;the order numbers appear on your card statement and you can easily search for them on the Web site.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmylittle\/status\/1505887877313355785\">Jimmy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmylittle\/status\/1505887877313355785\">\n<p>Not a great answer, but it&rsquo;s not terrible if you use the Apple Card and look in Apple Wallet. Every charge from Apple is detailed, including subscription or app name, icon, and cost. Does not say who made the purchase, though. Could be much better.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/24\/managing-family-sharing-subscriptions\/\">Managing Family Sharing Subscriptions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/05\/apple-legal-doesnt-like-domain-redirect\/\">Apple Legal Doesn&rsquo;t Like Domain Redirect<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Arment: Am I missing something, or has Apple done a really great job of making it impossible to figure out which purchases on a family plan led to each charge on my credit card? 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