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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5928964 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£200redress stated in the decision
Wed Apr 29deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

Card dispute or chargeback, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

Mr M says Tesco Bank then actively tried to discourage him from making a claim under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (s75) by threatening him with the costs he would incur, such as the need for an independent inspection of the car.Card dispute or chargeback
Our investigator didn’t think Tesco Bank handled Mr M’s claim fairly. He said Tesco Bank had enough information to raise a chargeback.Complaint handling

Rules cited

Consumer Credit Act 1974

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5928964.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.