[bscphil]

>I asked for some of my billing that I was unaware of running

>I have called my bank to do a chargeback

You're issuing a chargeback because you made a mistake and spent someone else's resources? And you're admitting to this on HN? I'm not a lawyer, but that sounds like fraud and / or theft to me.

[prepend]

It’s not, read the terms of your credit card. It’s basically “I didn’t intend to buy this. I tried in good faith to contact the merchant for return and support. I was ignored. I’m contacting you.”

It’s pretty convenient for companies like Comcast and Google that have poor customer service.

[bscphil]

Imagine leaving a 1000 watt space heater on by accident in a spare room for a month, then trying to get a "refund" from the power company because you "didn't intend" to purchase all that power you used. That's effectively what this is - signing a service agreement and forgetting to turn off a service you don't need, causing an irreversible loss of resources. You're not entitled to a refund for a service you agreed to pay for and actually used, just because you forgot about it.

[prepend]

My power company will literally give you a refund for this if you call them. I don’t think I’m entitled to a refund, but good customer service gives me one.

Of course, I get one free pass at that and if I did it over and over, I’m hosed. The difference is that my utility is regulated and has a phone number and a human whose job it is to talk to all customers.

[Can_Not]

GCE charged me for "Chinese egress" but doesn't provide me a way to block China via firewall or other methods. They have the ability to check and bill me for it but if I want to use the same logic for a firewall rule I'm on my own. That sounds like theft and or fraud to me.

OP sounds like they're just defending their selves from ambiguous draconian billing robots.

[bscphil]

You may not like it, but that doesn't remotely resemble theft or fraud in any way.