Thus, the Kickstarter refund policy requires everyone to currently recognize or claim the income.

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What consumers deserve is a standardized, industry-wide refund policy for defective entertainment both digital and physical.

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Anyone who lives in Maine can attest that when you get what you ask for, you may start nervously glancing around for a refund policy.

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Walmart at first declined to offer Nassise, the Massachusetts woman, an exchange or refund because of a policy against returned merchandise that has been unwrapped.

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Among them: the IRS pays a bounty only when it actually collects money, and it has a policy of waiting two more years in case the taxpayer nevertheless requests a refund.

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