I'm a member of the Australian Spotify Community and have been for nearly 10yrs. I pay a premium of $11.99 per month and the payment is made through Paypal with my preferred credit card. There has never been a problem with the payment amount and the charge has always been displayed on my bank statement as "PAYPALSPOTIFY<removed>AUS". Two months ago this changed and "PAYPALSPOTIFY<removed>GBR" started appearing on my bank statement and my bank started charging me a "foreign fee" of .35c. My questions are these:
1/ If Spotify has indeed, changed the country they are charging from then, shouldn't I have been notified before the fact, that a foreign fee would be incurred because I live in Australia?
2/ Is Paypal liable because it has let the payment go through to "PAYPALSPOTIFY<removed>GBR" instead of the correct number, "PAYPALSPOTIFY<removed>AUS"?
My issue is not about the money, it's about the fact that the bank says talk to Spotify and an Spotify says talk to your bank. What does the number "<removed>" mean? It is the same number that comes up related to FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY when you google it.
Can anybody give me any clues as to what this number means? It has to mean something!!
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