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  255 S King St Ste 1200 Seattle, WA 98104-3317

  
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  6465 Greenwood Plaza Blvd Ste 200 Centennial, CO 80111-4910

  
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  512 S Mangum St STE 100 Durham, NC 27701

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/19/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

   
  Complaint: 21598546
  
  I am rejecting this response because I am awaiting a resolution after our meeting this morning.  Awaiting a response or our refund.   
  Sincerely,
  
  *****************************nrolled us in unemployment tax w/o our consent. Attempts to rectify these issues were met with resistance, as Avalara declined in-person meetings and limited communication to email exchanges, often with delayed responses. Also, the integration of Avalara's application with our QuickBooks software severely impaired our operational efficiency. Despite repeated requests for resolution, the issue persisted unresolved for an extended period, forcing us to postpone our implementation timeline twice. Faced with persistent challenges and a lack of satisfactory resolution from Avalara, we opted to terminate our services and request a refund. We were informed that a refund would not be issued, despite Avalara failing to fulfill their contractual obligations. We need to share our experience to caution others and seek assistance in obtaining the refund rightfully owed to us. We appreciate any guidance on recourse against Avalara and ensuring that others are aware of the challenges we encountered.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/29/2024

  *****, thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize that the questionnaire was a challenge, and we understand your frustration with the delay in implementation. 

  We understand on 04/25, our ************ Services manager reached out to explain the questionnaire you submitted indicated you wanted to be registered for payroll. While we understand this was a mistake and would like to help, we are unable to make changes to the registration. Since we do not have power of attorney and are not listed as a user on your account, we are not able to call in and handle this for you. Please follow up with the state as we advised so that the payroll registration can be removed. If you have any questions regarding this process, our team is happy to support. 

  To further resolve the issues you've mentioned, our Customer Excellence team reached out to you after your complaint and we understand a meeting with you is scheduled on 04/30. We remain committed to working towards a resolution and we look forward to speaking with you tomorrow. 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 04/30/2024

  Hello ****,
  
  I wanted to provide you with additional information for our meeting tomorrow.  One of them being the full picture on why we terminated our contract with Avalara.  This was due to them being unable to fulfill their responsibility appropriately during the implementation process.  There was a significant lack of communication and follow-through. Despite my efforts to escalate the issue to **************** and requesting our Implementation Consultant to escalate it to his manager, as well as reaching out to our Sales Executive and Customer Account Manager; there was no follow up and the ball was dropped on all fronts.  I explained to the Customer Account Manager that we urgently needed someone more senior to help us through the disjointed onboarding process. He told me to call back Monday if I did not hear from him. Unfortunately, I never received any communication despite leaving three voicemails.
  
  There was a complete lack of follow-up or action taken for additional assistance despite my repeatedly requested to bring this to a resolution The implementation process was delayed three times due to numerous incomplete items. We as a business could not move the implementation again.  There is an evident lack of customer service,which you will see in the provided emails I have attached. Communication should not be this challenging, especially during a period when everything is new and is needing to be set up.  Unfortunately, reaching a resolution became nearly impossible, and as a result, we are requesting a full refund.
  For your review, attached please find the areas where the challenges occurred as well as the emails.
  
  
  I look forward towards a resolution today when we speak.
  
  Thank you,
  

  

  Business Response

  Date: 05/13/2024

  *****, thank you for your patience as weve worked to resolve your issues. We appreciate you joining the call with our Customer Excellence team so we could learn more. We understand from your conversation with this team that you are requesting cancellation and refund. We have since sent over the cancellation form to be completed by your team and we have submitted a refund request that is pending approval. Our team remains committed to supporting you and will keep you updated on the mentioned processes. We wish you and your business all the best.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 05/24/2024

  I am writing to inform you that this has not been resolved.  I have asked for an update from Avalara, and they are not responding to me.

  I feel they are trying to drag it out to see if we let it go.  I believe this company at one point used to be excellent but have devolved.  They did not fulfill the responsibilities they we hired them for.

   

  They did not provide the following from the attached document.

  • AvaTax 1000 Annual $1,017.92
  • Managed Returns: Pre-paid 1 Annual $2,448.00
  • Support $1,000.00
  • ECM Pro - Customer Exemptions $600.00
  • Registration Did not do GA owe of $250.

   

  Their system was never implemented.  They owe us at least $5,315.92 of the $7,216.36 we paid.

  We are requesting a full refund because of the time they made the business waste.  We are small business, and this has become a hardship to deal with.

   

   

  Thank you,

   

  ***************************** | Controller | FlexPackPRO LLC

  Customer Answer

  Date: 05/31/2024

  Hello,

  I received an email from Avalara asking me if I want to cancel.. I just want to clarify that I had already requested a cancellation as you can see by my documents at the meeting on 4/30 with the Avalara representative and prior to that with the account manager *************************** on 4/18.

   

  This still has not been resolved.

   

  *****************************

   

  

  Business Response

  Date: 06/06/2024

  *****, our Customer Excellence team has made a generous effort to advocate for your refund internally, as well as provide you with timely updates. After reviewing with our leadership, we have decided in good faith to approve a refund for $4,411 covering the cost of the following products that were not able to be implemented due to the connector issue: Connector $139, AvaTax $960, Returns $2448, ECM $864. The Registration fee remains valid as the service was performed by our team, but incomplete due to a form error made by your team. Additionally, the Support charge is nonrefundable. We thank you for your patience as our team worked to promote this concession and we wish your business all the best.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 08/09/2024

  *****, thank you for bringing this back so we could look into the concern. We apologize for the frustration in waiting for your refund. As communicated with you on August 7, we have confirmed with Accounting that the check is scheduled to mail out on Friday, Aug 9.

  Customer Answer

  Date: 08/02/2024

  Unfortunately, Avalara is not providing an update on when they will refund the money.  Can we reopen the complaint?

   

  Thank you,

  Customer Answer

  Date: 08/20/2024

  We have not received the check yet.  Can we keep the complaint open until I receive it?

   

  Thank you,

   

  ***************************** 

  

  Business Response

  Date: 08/28/2024

  *****, we apologize that the check is taking awhile to deliver. Though we mailed it on August 9th, your team has indicated it has still not been received and has requested we void the check and initiate a wire transfer instead. We are proceeding with this process at your team's request.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/11/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

   
  Complaint: 21565274
  
  I am rejecting this response because: You did not do anything for my company.. I want me refund and all of this stopped.. I signed up for your service but never activated it on my website.. I had an email from someone about activating it but never did activate it or speak with anyone about it.. The charges are crazy!! ******* for a company that did not take in much more than that in sales tax revenue and your company is not how I knew how much revenue that is abut in part of the Big Commerce platform.. It automatically figures sales tax.. I don't even really know what your company does I thought you figure sales tax, collected and remitted it.. Turns out you only figure it and what good is that when the system already does it.. Give me my money back and you will not be bothered with me again except I will be making other big commerce users aware of this.. 
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *********************************ollect and remit sales tax for my state which for the whole year is close to the amount they have charged me on the invoice showing August 2023 - August 2024. So I have already paid starting in August of 2023 ****** up to March and now suddenly they billed me ******* which is a total of *******. I called in cancelled the service and asked how I could even be charged that and they had no answer. I opened a cancellation case and it has still not been taken care of and me refunded.. I do not want the service and will not pay ******* for a service that I don't need.. I read some of the other cases here and many have experienced the same thing. I needed that ******* to run my business and they just took it.. No one would expect such a huge charge just out of the blue.. I added the docs for the December invoice showing Aug 2023-Aug 2024 for ****** and the April 2024 Invoice showing Aug 2023-Aug 2024 for *******. I have been over charged Double, Triple or Quadrupal..

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/18/2024

  *****, thank you for taking the time to share your concerns so that we could assist. We understand how unexpected costs would be upsetting and so after receiving your complaint, our team researched your account to confirm you were correctly billed and correctly notified for the charges. Once we confirmed accuracy, our team then reached out to provide details of the charges including your usage audit report, invoice details, and documentation explaining how we calculate usage. 

  We understand you may not have been aware that BigCommerce sends Avalara API calls which increased your usage, therefore auto-upgraded your tier levels and charged your account. We apologize if these expectations may not have been made clear to you when self-purchasing online. However, our terms and conditions explain how we calculate usage: ******************************************************************************. Additionally, our team made efforts to notify when your usage was trending over as well as how to track and view usage. Please see below. 
  
  14 Nov 2023 - Avatax usage trending over 
  18 Dec 2023 - How to view and track usage 
  10 Jan 2024 - Avatax usage trending over 
  28 Feb 2024 - Avatax Transactions over plan 

  For further questions regarding your usage and billing, please follow up directly with our Customer Excellence team. 

  We understand you requested cancellation on April 4 and our team has since processed the request. We wish you and your business the best in the future.
  

  
  

• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/03/2024

  Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Complaint: 21524224
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  It does not honor the representations made by its sales personnel (see original document), does not honor the quote upon which our contract was based (attached), does not address the vague language ("Quantity," not "Transactions") used in the Sales Order (attached), and does not honor the spirit of the request since we have since received yet another invoice (in the amount of $1,202.74) for services that Avalara represented were included in our original annual subscription payment.

  
  We propose the following resolutions:
  Option 1: 
  - Cancel the latest invoice (INV-318652) 
  - Issue a prorated refund for ECM Pro ($1,500), Managed Returns ($2,520 for 42) and Assisted Support ($1,875)
  - Terminate our contract and services effective 5 business days after notifying us of this intent
  
  Option 2:
  - Honor the representations made by the sales staff (providing your service for up to ***** invoices from taxable states in BigCommerce and *********************************** QuickBooks) by voiding the latest invoice (INV-318652) and providing, free of additional charge, any additional upgrades necessary to provide services for these ***** invoices
  - Provide the Assisted Support package for which we have already paid to assist us in fixing the BigCommerce configuration to utilize fewer API calls
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *********************

  case was when we began receiving unexpected invoices for vaguely-defined upgrades beginning on February 16, 2024. While the AvaTax service we ordered was listed as $896.00 per year in our Sales Order, we have subsequently been charged an additional $3,548.45 for the services we were told would be covered by our initial service charge of $896.00. The service has now been active for less than three months, and does not renew until November, so it seems probable that Avalara will continue to charge additional fees between now and that date. We have made numerous attempts to resolve this dispute amicably with Avalara, but they have been dismissive of our requests and refuse to address the underlying and extensively documented misrepresentations made by their sales team.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/11/2024

  *****, thank you for reaching out and giving us the opportunity to assist. We strive to offer the best service possible for our customers and the billing frustrations youve described are not what we want. With understanding on how unexpected costs would be upsetting, our team researched your account including conversations with our sales department in order to ensure that usage expectations were properly expressed. We understand that your quote was set based on the usage levels that you provided Avalara. As outlined in your signed sales order as well as mentioned in numerous recorded sales calls, customers may incur overages or additional charges and Avalara will invoice these as they are incurred. Additionally, our terms and conditions explain how we calculate usage: ************************************************************************************;
   
  However, in good faith, our team has agreed to provide a concession in the amount of $3,548.45 for the upgrade fees that occurred between February 16 and March 15, 2024. For additional details regarding this refund, please refer directly to the Customer Excellence team with questions. We remain committed to supporting you and would love to continue the conversation regarding usage so that you are not surprised with unexpected expenses in the future.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/03/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

   
  Complaint: 21523905
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  I didn't receive any emails from Avalara regarding information. Why would I not respond to you regarding something that I purchased , especially for $1,100+ dollars. I reached out multiple times and received no response. There is no one to talk to. I would never purchase anything from this company again. I unfortunately had to learn the hard way. It's funny how I  make a complaint to the BBB and finally get a response the next day. It is sad that this is how you operate. There is no customer service support in the business licensing department. I am now being told I have to reach out through email. There is no actual person to speak too. I am now being told through an email that the county I am looking to get business licensing in doesn't require a business license but only certain towns within the county do. I would like my money back or I would like the proper business license for each town/city within my county. Who does work just in their town? There's 5 different towns within a 20 mile radius from me and some require licensing. I shouldn't have to call around and see, this is what I am paying Avalara to do that they aren't doing. 

  
  Sincerely,
  
  ****************

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/05/2024

  Hello ****, thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention so we could assist. We understand you purchased our Business License product on Feb 6 and were sent a questionnaire on the same day that is needed to complete the Business License processing. As you'll see in the attached activity log, our team sent reminder emails on February 13, February 20, and February 29 before your request to cancel on February 29. There were additional reminders sent On March 12 and March 22. We do apologize for the confusion when attempting to cancel, as our support team provided the cancellation link at your request without confirming if your purchased licensing product was refund eligible. We understand your frustration as this ineligibility was only explained to you weeks later. However, as communicated to you by our licensing team on April 4, your order is still active and can be used for up to a year. We remain committed to supporting you and our licensing team is currently processing the order now that we've received the completed questionnaire on April 4. Please reach out to the Filing Assist contact provided to you with any questions regarding this process.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/22/2024

  ****, we understand the order has been completed. However, since we did not complete the regulated license as it was later determined to be unrequired, we have initiated a partial refund of $750. Thank you. 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/02/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  Modern Living Llc

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/05/2024

  *******, thank you for bringing this to us and allowing us the opportunity to resolve. While we did receive your cancellation for the managed sales tax returns, we recently updated systems for our financial software which has caused some processing errors for cancellations on some accounts. We sincerely apologize for the frustration and billing concerns this has caused for your business. Following your complaint, our Customer Excellence team worked internally to expedite your cancellation and refund. Our team has notified you that your refund is being processed today (April 4) and we remain committed to supporting you. Please reach out to our Customer Excellence team directly with any questions regarding this resolution.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/28/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  The complaint comes from two different factors, Primarily issues with their VAT Returns and IOSS services. Our business engaged Avalara VAT Returns to establish a ** VAT. First invoice was paid in the beginning of 2021 with documents submitted in April to establish registration. We are now in 2024 and the process still has not been completed. Communication takes 30+ days and we were recently informed due to their negligence that the process must be restarted. Upon hearing this information I requested a refund. The unresponsiveness of my account manager and the avalara accounting to process this return has been extremely unprofessional. The average response time on these matters exceeds 40 days! I am only able to get updates when I submit support tickets. As a tax service, with a marketed response times of 8hrs taking over 30 days for even a quick "We are working on it" is incredibly frustrating. I have not been able to connect with anyone via phone to even discuss.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 04/05/2024

  ******, thank you for taking the time to share your experience and bring it to our attention. We strive to offer the best service possible for our customers and the frustrations youve described are not what we want. We apologize for the delayed communication regarding your refund. We understand that since receiving your complaint, our Customer Excellence team has reached out to support. As communicated with you by our team, we have confirmed the submission of your refund request and will continue to provide updates on this process. Additionally, our team completed your request for a new account manager and is working to connect you to them with a meeting. We remain committed to supporting you and improving your experience.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/20/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  MY complain was not resolve. I did not received the prevoius email so I could not answer the question.

   

  They still did not refund me money

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/29/2024

  ********, thanks for taking the time to bring this to us so we could review. We strive to offer the best service possible for our customers and the billing frustrations youve described are not what we want. We apologize that billing expectations were not clearly expressed and we understand how unexpected costs would be upsetting. We understand that you were expecting to be removed from auto pay based on your requests back in October. Per our terms and conditions, your account does not qualify for removal from auto pay, and we sincerely apologize that this was not properly communicated with you. Our Customer Excellence team that contacted you to explain this after your complaint remains committed to supporting you and working to find a resolution that best suits your needs. Please continue to work with this team directly so we can assist.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/24/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  **************************,I have reactivated you under my account. Please work with Avalara between now and then to get what you need to do done and your account and payers back in your account. I will help with whatever is needed from me to help you. After 1/31, I need to deactivate you again and cant have our accounts linked as this is not good for either of us.From: *********************** <*************************> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2024 7:38 AM To: ************************* <*************************>; Avalara Support <**********************************>Subject: Re: Avalara ******** - Transferring a payer client to another client [ ref:_00D30Psz._500Uz39atl:ref ] Hello ******, just checking in again. On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 3:45PM *********************** <*************************> wrote:Hi ******, what is the next step? On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 12:10PM ************************* <*************************> wrote:****** and ******, I have assigned ****** to ********************* so please do whatever the next steps are to move this to her account so I can then remove her from my account. Thanks.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 02/26/2024

  Hi *****, thank you for bringing this to our attention so we could step in to assist. In reviewing your original request, it seems our team mistakenly closed the case and therefore we were no longer able to receive the emails through that case. We apologize for this oversight and for the frustration you experienced in trying to get your request fulfilled. After receiving your complaint, our support team jumped back to the case to split the requested account from the team. While we typically require EINs to complete this, our team recognized the delay you've already experienced and split the accounts off using the Payer names to expedite the resolution. We appreciate you giving us the opportunity to resolve the previous error and we remain committed to supporting you with any additional requests.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/23/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  We leverage a platform online for invoicing, quoting, and bank integration. They recommended we work with Avalara for tax filing purposes and other things as we grow our business. The initial contact with the account Manager (*******************) was great. He seemed communicative and responsive. However, once the onboarding took place they put me solely to offshore people who don't even work when I work! It was a hassle to get it transitioned to someone who works when I'm awake in the US. After going through constant struggles, including them using bad filing information, not answering questions, support being ATROCIOUS and horrible, I asked to cancel.Filled out a cancelation and its been over a week, no response. The account manager won't respond to calls, emails, nothing. There is no way to get in touch with an actual human being at Avalara. The support people just keep acting like I haven't even put in a cancel request - even though I have the email confirmation from an automated system saying ::::Your online cancellation request for Quaversal has been received and is being processed: Case #: Account: Cancellation Type: Cancel my complete Avalara account Such a joke. I would never recommend this company to anyone in the future.Likewise, they're denying a refund of my money primarily because they're giving me NO updates whatsoever. All I've asked is for communication, and its literally the one thing they DO NOT do. Pathetic excuse for a business these days, surprised they even have one anymore.

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/04/2024

  ****, thank you for bringing this to our attention. We understand how the lack of confirmation on your cancellation request would be frustrating and we apologize for the inconvenience. Following your complaint, our Customer Excellence team reached out to provide you with updates regarding the cancellation case. We have now canceled the account, but we understand the ability to disable the integration with Xero is not available at this time, and so we escalated to our engineering team to support. They are currently working to disable the integration and our team will provide updates as they come. We remain committed to resolving this and we wish your business the best in the future.

• Initial Complaint

  Date:02/21/2024

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  i contacted avalara early to mid november of 2023 for a business licensing service for my company once upon a move **** the invoice went through on 11/09/23. they have an alleged support team that is supposed to aid with the process, they never did. they wouldnt respond to simple support questions via emails in a timely matter, so i decided to cancel the service because my license was time sensitive and i didnt have a comfortable support experience. on 11/17/23 they deactivated my order on my request and i filled out the cancelation request in order to get my refund issued. an email from BL-***************************************** on 11/17/23 stated "please allow 10 to 15 business days to receive a refund for the cancellation." strangely, they charged my cc on 11/17/23. to this day, i have NOT received my refund. their initial excuse was they went through a change in their financial system processing. that email was on 12/19/23. it has been absolutely impossible to get an email back since january of this year. every time i call and ask for a manager, there isnt one. how convenient. they have "escalated my case" several times. i spoke to a young lady on 2/07/24 and it was the same story. earlier this week, i spoke with a young man and he expressed that "you have just requested a refund on 2/07/24 so please allow x amount of business days for a refund." WHAT!? how does that make any logical sense? he stated that i only requested a cancelation and not a refund. this was extremely frustrating as i was told via email in november of 2023 that my refund was approved. i just want my money back, that is all! i have read similar complaints about this. no business takes 3 months to issue a refund!

  

  Business Response

  Date: 03/01/2024

  *********, thank you for bringing this to our attention so we could step in to assist. We apologize for the delay youve experienced with your refund and we understand how this hindrance would be upsetting. As you mentioned in your complaint, we experienced an update with our financial system towards the end of last year which led to an error made in your initial refund request in November. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. 

  After receiving your complaint, our Customer Excellence team jumped in to assist and facilitate a new refund. While the refund process can typically ***********-8 weeks, our Customer Excellence Manager recognized you already experienced a delay and worked with our accounting team to expedite the request. We have since processed the refund to be sent to the mailing address you provided. As communicated with you, please allow 2-3 weeks for the check to arrive. The Customer Excellence Manager has opted to leave the case open until we gain confirmation that the check has been received. Until then, we wish you and your business all the best.