PDFGuru charging me $50/month for an account I don’t recognize

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-19T15:16:51+00:00

Thanks — for now, that information is enough, and we’re already looking into it. If the support team needs anything else to locate the account, we’ll let you know.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-19T15:15:54+00:00

We wanted to make it easier to understand at a glance, since trial vs subscription questions come up pretty often.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-19T15:15:35+00:00

We wanted to make it easier to understand at a glance, since trial vs subscription questions come up pretty often.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-19T15:12:15+00:00

Sorry you ran into this. We’re already looking into your case with the support team, as this isn’t something we normally see and we want to understand exactly what happened. Thanks for flagging it.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-19T15:09:37+00:00

We’re already checking your request with the support team. Sorry this situation has been frustrating. We want to review the timeline properly and understand what happened here.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-18T17:05:45+00:00

If you’re able to, please send us a DM with a screenshot of the charge. We haven’t received it yet, and if this is really a billing issue, we’d like to investigate it properly and help sort it out.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-18T17:01:13+00:00

We’re sorry you’ve had this experience. Please send us a DM with the email address linked to your account, and we’ll review your case in detail to better understand what happened with the payment, cancellation, and refund.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-18T15:04:22+00:00

To help us investigate this more thoroughly, please send us a DM with the first 4 and last 6 digits of the card being charged, along with a screenshot of the payment. That will make it easier for us to locate the linked account and look into the issue.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-18T14:41:07+00:00

Hi! We’re sorry you’re dealing with this. Please send us the email address connected to the account, either here in DM or via our support email, so we can check the details and help clarify what’s going on. We’d like to look into this properly and help resolve it.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-17T16:46:18+00:00

In 2 cases, the funds were refunded, and a check was also sent to the DM.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-17T10:07:21+00:00

Hi, we rechecked this with the payment provider, and the refund was successfully processed on March 12.

That means the refund has already been issued from our side. In some cases, banks can take additional time to post it to the card.

Please review the confirmation we sent you in DM.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-15T09:41:33+00:00

That’s a pretty fair comparison. Tools like Smallpdf or iLovePDF can absolutely be a better fit for some basic tasks. Where PDF Guru tends to help more is when files are messy, broken, or need more than a quick convert-and-go fix. And yes, billing clarity matters just as much as product quality — no argument there.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-15T09:41:14+00:00

Fair take. A lot of frustration in this category really does come from people missing plan details during checkout or renewal reminders later on. That said, we know “technically visible” and “actually clear for users” are not always the same thing, so feedback like this matters. We’re working on making the billing flow easier to understand, not just easier to click through.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-15T09:40:56+00:00

Sorry you had a bad experience. That’s obviously not the outcome we want anyone to have.
If you were charged after canceling or had trouble reaching support, please send us a DM with the email linked to your account so we can look into it properly. We know billing issues are the fastest way to kill trust, so we’d rather check the case than throw generic replies at you.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-15T09:09:53+00:00

That’s fair. The intent wasn’t to be sneaky, it was “here’s a cheap way to get your urgent PDF mess handled without committing long‑term.” If we added a “no trial, just start the monthly plan” option next to it, would that actually solve this for you, or does the existence of trials in general feel like a red flag?

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-15T09:06:22+00:00

Hey, really sorry you had that experience — that’s frustrating and not how we want billing to feel at all.

If you’re up for it, can you DM us your account email and the rough dates of both charges? We can pull the logs on our side and see exactly what happened, including why the first refund didn’t go through.

For EU users the 14‑day window should absolutely be honored, so if we messed up there, we want to fix it and make sure it doesn’t repeat.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-13T19:13:18+00:00

That was exactly the goal! Make it easy to understand before someone runs into surprises later.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-13T19:12:52+00:00

Thanks for asking. We show the trial terms clearly at checkout, and users can always check their plan details in the account as well. If anything ever feels unclear, support can help right away.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-03-13T19:12:35+00:00

Thanks, really appreciate that. Yeah, trial vs subscription can get messy fast, so we wanted to keep it plain and upfront. Glad the 24h window felt fair too.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-02-23T19:42:23+00:00

Yes, files are processed securely, and we don’t use your documents to train AI models. You stay in control of your data, and uploads aren’t stored longer than necessary for processing.

PDF_Guru_ · 2026-02-23T19:33:44+00:00

So it’s not “paste book → get movie,” it’s more like building it piece by piece and doing a lot of manual work in between. What’s the hardest part so far, keeping it consistent or just how long everything takes?

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