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Just eat refund?

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Lavender14 · 27/12/2024 23:27

Not sure if this is the best place for this but here goes. I placed an order for delivery a couple of days ago. 2 hrs later the restaurant had not updated the order status and were uncontactable by phone and the estimated delivery time had gone from an original 20 minutes from point of order to 3.5 hrs after point of order. I presumed the restaurant were unable to fulfil the order and I placed another one with a different restaurant which came in half an hour so 2.5 hrs after I had placed the original order.

When this new order arrived I gave the delivery code for it (different than the original delivery code) and both updated as "delivered" at the same time. I assumed this was an error, but then an hour and 15 minutes later - so 4 hrs and 45 minutes after I originally placed it. My initial order arrived. The courier said they needed the code to close the order off which I gave and they took the food away again with them. I contacted just eat straight away to explain what happened and requested a refund.

Just eat are now saying that because I gave the courier the code, they see it as order delivered and won't be refunding me anything. I requested a review and they are still saying the same. What can I do here to get my money back?

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JELR2021 · 27/12/2024 23:43

This has never happened to me but If you have a camera doorbell can you send footage via email of both deliveries arriving and the times of arrival?
It would show how late the original order was and you not accepting?

Lavender14 · 27/12/2024 23:44

I don't have a ring doorbell unfortunately

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JELR2021 · 27/12/2024 23:50

Hope you sort it 🤞🏼

Ironthrone · 27/12/2024 23:52

My friend had something similar happen and never got a refund.

StrawberryCherry · 28/12/2024 01:01

You really should have complained to just eat in the almost 5 HOURS it took the restaurant to deliver, it’s not clear why you didn’t do that? Just eat respond very quickly ime. When they turned up you could have refused the order or not given them the code.

Lavender14 · 28/12/2024 01:23

StrawberryCherry · 28/12/2024 01:01

You really should have complained to just eat in the almost 5 HOURS it took the restaurant to deliver, it’s not clear why you didn’t do that? Just eat respond very quickly ime. When they turned up you could have refused the order or not given them the code.

I did refuse the order but the driver insisted he needed a code. I didn't know that giving one would mean I was doing myself out of a refund. I did complain to just eat when I placed the second order sorry that really wasn't clear from my post. So that was about 2 and a bit hrs of it sitting at "order accepted"

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MainePyarKiya · 28/12/2024 01:31

JustEat are useless! I had a similar situation, called the restaurant direct, they gave full refund and never had to deal with JustEat direct. I will never use JustEat again!!

ZippyCat · 31/12/2024 02:39

Yeah unlikely your seeing that money from just eat I'm afraid their awful

Craftyclaws04 · 20/02/2025 15:27

You should have cancelled the first order online.

Lavender14 · 22/02/2025 19:12

Craftyclaws04 · 20/02/2025 15:27

You should have cancelled the first order online.

I was unable to do that, there was no option to

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