Bonsai business account and transactions linked to your Bonsai card allow you to dispute payments for a variety of reasons - unrecognized charges, subscription payments after cancellation, non-receipt of goods or services, and so on. This article will walk you through the steps to dispute a transaction.
Unrecognized charges
If you don’t recognize this charge, first refer to our article here, which describes the steps to take when you have a charge with your Bonsai business account that you don’t remember making.
Recognized charges
If you recognize the payment and are considering disputing the transaction for other reasons, please contact the Merchant directly and attempt to resolve the issue first. In many cases, this will result in a more expedient resolution without the need of creating a dispute.
Note: To dispute the transaction through Bonsai, first reach out to our Support team for assistance. Our Support team will provide you with a form to collect the information needed to file the dispute.
What the dispute form contains
Reason
While you may feel a payment is fraudulent for a variety of reasons, please reserve this reason for payments you genuinely don’t recognize. Contractual disputes, non-delivery of goods and services, and subscription cancellations all have their own reason.
Narrative
In this field, you will be asked to provide a brief written summary of why you are disputing the payment. In order to best present your case, be sure to stick to the facts of the matter and address the reason you selected. Any description of your efforts to investigate or resolve the issue with the merchant can be shared here as well.
Evidence
You may attach a file containing any relevant evidence supporting your dispute claim here. For example, if you contacted the merchant about a contractual dispute and they refused to work with you to find a resolution, this is a useful piece of evidence when filing a dispute for not received or not as described.
Due to system limitations of the dispute system, only one file is allowed. If you have multiple pieces of evidence, please condense them into one file.
Once you’ve completed the form, be sure to respond and let our team know. They’ll take it from there!
After the dispute has been filed, it may take up to 60 days to receive a resolution. This is because the recipient of the dispute is afforded the opportunity to accept or contest the dispute and provide evidence of their own. For this reason, it is important to exhaust all avenues of resolution with the merchant before moving to a dispute.