Tidal free trial subscription


Hello,
I subscribed for a 30 day free trial for Tidal and opted for 6 month payment plan for $101.94. The website clearly says, '30 day free trial' under that plan. I subscribed on May 7th and cancelled on May 29th. My credit card has been charged $101.94. I have not seen any refund and so, I sent an email inquiry. Guess what?  Sergio from Support says, there is no refund because I signed up for the 6 month plan. My main reason for cancellation was lack of many of the albums of many artists I like (unlike Spotify where I could get most of them).
The "refund policy" details are even more interesting. If you dispute the charges with credit card company and they are able to prove their case, they will charge your credit card for the expense and what not beyond the subscription charge. Never heard such policy, not sure it is legal anyway.
Has anyone had experience like this?
Be careful if you intend to deal with Tidal!
By the way, there is very minor difference between Tidal and Spotify when the latter is set up for "Extreme" streaming. This set up needs to be manually done, it is not standard or "Normal" streaming.

giri

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Strange as every tune or album I or a visitor have ever wanted to hear I have played in Tidal. Plus its sounds so much better than Spotify. I have been asked to find some pretty obscure stuff and always came up with it in Tidal.

I am a big fan of Tidal, but can understand it is possible another will not experience it the same way. You should get your money back for sure.
Understood and yes you are certainly due a refund. It may just take a couple of days. Let's us know how this turns out please. 
Giri, I find Tidal when used with Roon and my rig sounds as good or  better ( Masters) than spinning the same CDs or ripped CDs. Again this is with my set-up.  
Tidal sounds fabulous with the right set up. It is all about implementation. I use Roon with Tidal. No doubt it sounds as good and sometimes better than my spinning CDs. I am able to compare and Tidal, in my rig, does not take a backseat to CDs in any way sonically. Just much more convenient.

Need to be sure your streamer, dac, USB, and Ethernet cable are top quality. The Ethernet cables matters in a big way folks and you don’t need to spend big money! Don't  use those older unshielded CAT 5 cables etc... use CAT 7 and 8. Supra makes good ones as well as Terra Grand.