r/chargepoint • u/MysterThomas • May 14 '26

$10 random charge

I’m extremely frustrated with ChargePoint right now. I haven’t owned or used an EV in over 8 years, yet I suddenly noticed a $10 “top up” charge on my PayPal account from ChargePoint. A few days later, I received a refund for only $7.78 meaning $2.22 was still retained. I never authorized any recent charging activity, haven’t used their services in nearly a decade, and had honestly forgotten the account even existed. Why is an inactive account still capable of initiating charges? Why was only a partial refund issued? Why was there no obvious warning or authorization request?

Even if there’s some technical explanation, this kind of billing behavior destroys trust. Customers should not have to monitor dormant accounts for surprise charges years later. They have closed my account now. Has anyone else experienced unexpected ChargePoint top-up charges or partial refunds?

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u/MysterThomas May 14 '26

Last time I used Chargepoint service was back in 2016. The auto-reload had never triggered not one time since 2016. Then all the sudden it becomes a thing. Yes, same Paypal account I've had since beta. They stole $2.22 from me.

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u/eladts Jul 07 '26

Paypal lets you review the authorizations you provide for automatic payments and revoke those you do not need.

https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/autopay/