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Cursor users report unauthorized charges and support issues

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A user reported an unauthorized $500+ charge on their Cursor account after it was switched to "Unlimited" on-demand usage without their consent. The user claims to have been ignored by customer support for 10 days and is now unable to access their account due to a broken website, preventing cancellation. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential customer service and billing issues for AI-powered tools.

RANK_REASON User-reported issues with a specific AI-adjacent product.

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Cursor users report unauthorized charges and support issues

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Strict-Lawyer7672 ·

    $500+ unauthorized charge, ghosted by support for 10 days, and now the site is broken.

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>In mid October, my account was switched to &quot;Unlimited&quot; on-demand usage without my authorization, resulting in a $500+ bill.</p> <p>on Oct 23rd, I emailed support to dispute this. I got a useless AI auto-reply and have been completely gh…

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