Effective Date: 27 February 2026
Last Updated: 27 February 2026
Issued By: MRN Global Market LLC, doing business as MRNMarket
Website: https://www.mrnmarket.com
Support: support@mrnmarket.com
Legal: legal@mrnmarket.com
1. Purpose
This Refund, Return, Exchange & Payment Recovery Policy ("Policy") establishes the rules governing refunds, returns, exchanges, replacements, cancellations, payment reversals, chargebacks, payment holds, payment reserves, payout reviews, recovery rights, and related marketplace activities conducted through MRNMarket.
This Policy is designed to:
This Policy forms part of the Terms & Conditions and applies together with all other MRNMarket policies.
Nothing in this Policy limits any mandatory consumer rights that cannot legally be waived.
2. Marketplace Role
MRNMarket is primarily an online technology marketplace connecting Buyers and independent Sellers.
Unless expressly identified as an MRN Official Store transaction, MRNMarket is generally not:
For marketplace listings, the sales contract exists directly between the Buyer and the Seller.
The Seller remains responsible for:
MRNMarket may provide platform-level administration, payment review, dispute management, fraud prevention, return management, refund review, seller monitoring, and Buyer Protection services.
Providing these services does not transfer legal responsibility from the Seller to MRNMarket except where applicable law expressly requires otherwise or where MRNMarket is identified as the Seller for an MRN Official Store transaction.
3. Scope
This Policy applies to:
4. Definitions
For purposes of this Policy:
Buyer means the person or business purchasing Products or Services through MRNMarket.
Seller means the individual or business offering Products or Services through MRNMarket.
Official Store means Products sold directly by MRNMarket.
Marketplace Seller means an independent third-party Seller.
Return means the physical return of a Product.
Refund means repayment of money to the Buyer.
Exchange means replacement of one Product with another.
Replacement means providing another identical Product.
Chargeback means a payment reversal initiated through a bank, card issuer, payment processor, or financial institution.
Payment Processor includes Stripe, PayPal, Payoneer, or any other payment service used by MRNMarket.
Reserve means money temporarily withheld to cover refunds, disputes, fraud, chargebacks, or other financial risks.
Pending Balance means Seller earnings that are not yet available for withdrawal.
Available Balance means Seller earnings eligible for withdrawal.
Negative Balance means amounts owed by a Seller to MRNMarket.
Offset means deduction of money from Seller balances or future payouts.
5. General Marketplace Principles
MRNMarket operates under the following principles:
Nothing in this Policy guarantees:
Each request will be evaluated individually.
6. Marketplace Risk Management
To protect Buyers, Sellers, payment processors, financial institutions, and the Platform, MRNMarket may implement reasonable risk-management measures, including:
The use of these measures does not make MRNMarket a bank, escrow provider, financial institution, or payment processor.
7. Financial Responsibility
Subject to applicable law, payment processor rules, and the applicable agreements:
Financial responsibility for refunds, returns, payment reversals, chargebacks, non-refundable payment processing fees, banking charges, currency conversion losses, shipping costs, duties, taxes, penalties, and other transaction-related costs may be allocated to the party whose actions or obligations gave rise to the loss.
Where permitted by law and contract, MRNMarket may:
Nothing in this Policy obligates MRNMarket to absorb financial losses arising from Seller conduct where recovery is permitted by applicable law, contractual agreements, or payment processor requirements.
8. Relationship With Payment Processors
MRNMarket may use one or more independent Payment Processors to facilitate payment collection, refunds, chargebacks, settlements, and related payment services.
Payment Processors operate under their own agreements, operating rules, fee schedules, processing timelines, refund procedures, chargeback rules, and compliance requirements.
MRNMarket does not control the decisions of any Payment Processor, including but not limited to:
Where a Payment Processor does not refund processing fees or imposes additional fees relating to refunds, disputes, chargebacks, reversals, or other payment events, MRNMarket may allocate or recover such costs from the responsible party where permitted by applicable law, the Seller Agreement, and the Payment Processor's terms.
This is Part 1. It creates a much stronger legal and financial foundation for MRN Market than the current version while remaining balanced and avoiding promises that may not be enforceable. In the next part, we'll cover refund eligibility, return procedures, exchanges, cancellations, shipping responsibility, and detailed buyer and seller obligations.
9. Refund Eligibility
A Buyer may request a refund through MRNMarket where permitted by this Policy, the applicable Seller Agreement, the Buyer Protection Policy, applicable law, and Payment Processor requirements.
Submission of a refund request does not guarantee approval.
Refund requests shall be reviewed based on the available evidence, transaction history, Product condition, Seller response, Payment Processor requirements, and applicable law.
Refund eligibility may include, but is not limited to, the following circumstances:
MRNMarket reserves the right to deny, reduce, delay, condition, suspend, or reverse any refund request where permitted by applicable law.
10. Refund Ineligibility
Refunds may be denied where permitted by law, including where:
11. Non-Returnable Products and Services
Certain Products or Services may not be eligible for return except where required by applicable law.
These may include:
Nothing in this section limits mandatory consumer rights.
12. Buyer Refund Request Procedure
To request a refund, the Buyer shall submit a request through the MRNMarket Platform within the applicable review period.
The Buyer may be required to provide:
Failure to provide requested information may result in delayed review or denial.
Submitting false information constitutes a violation of MRNMarket policies.
13. Return Request Procedure
Where return of the Product is required, the Buyer shall wait for return authorization before shipping the Product.
Return instructions may include:
Unauthorized returns may be refused.
MRNMarket and the Seller are not responsible for Products returned without authorization where permitted by law.
14. Return Condition Requirements
Returned Products should:
Failure to satisfy these requirements may result in:
15. Return Shipping Responsibility
Responsibility for return shipping depends on the reason for the return, applicable law, Seller policy, Buyer Protection Policy, and Platform decision.
Examples include:
Seller Responsibility
The Seller may be responsible where:
Buyer Responsibility
The Buyer may be responsible where:
MRNMarket may determine shipping responsibility after reviewing available evidence.
16. Return Inspection
Returned Products may be inspected by:
Inspection may include review of:
MRNMarket may require photographs, inspection reports, or additional documentation.
17. Refund Amounts
Approved refunds may be:
Refund calculations may consider:
Approved refunds shall not normally exceed the amount paid by the Buyer unless required by applicable law.
18. Refund Processing
Approved refunds may be processed through the original payment method whenever reasonably possible.
Refund timing depends upon:
MRNMarket cannot guarantee when funds will appear in the Buyer's account because processing is controlled in part by independent financial institutions and Payment Processors.
19. Exchanges and Replacements
Where permitted, a Buyer may receive:
Availability depends upon:
MRNMarket does not guarantee replacement availability.
20. Order Cancellations
Orders may be cancelled before shipment or before Seller acceptance where permitted by the applicable Listing, Seller policy, Platform policy, Payment Processor rules, and applicable law.
Cancellation requests may be denied where:
Where a cancellation is approved, any refund shall be processed according to this Policy, applicable Payment Processor requirements, and applicable law.
21. Payment Review, Holds, and Delayed Release
To protect Buyers, Sellers, Payment Processors, and the integrity of the Platform, MRNMarket may review, delay, restrict, hold, suspend, or release payments, settlements, refunds, credits, reserves, or payouts where reasonably necessary.
Payment review may be applied before, during, or after an Order.
MRNMarket may place funds on hold for reasons including, but not limited to:
Payment Holds do not create a fiduciary, banking, escrow, custodial, or trust relationship between MRNMarket and any User.
22. Seller Pending Balance
All completed sales may initially be credited to the Seller's Pending Balance.
Amounts held in the Pending Balance:
Funds remain Pending until MRNMarket determines they are eligible for release.
Pending Balances remain the property of the Seller subject to applicable contractual deductions, payment processor requirements, and lawful recovery rights.
23. Seller Available Balance
Once MRNMarket determines that applicable review periods, delivery confirmation requirements, return windows, fraud reviews, compliance reviews, and other applicable requirements have been satisfied, eligible amounts may be transferred from the Seller's Pending Balance to the Seller's Available Balance.
Only Available Balance may be eligible for withdrawal.
MRNMarket may delay or refuse release where additional review is reasonably required.
24. Rolling Reserve
To reduce marketplace risk, MRNMarket may establish one or more Rolling Reserve programs.
A Rolling Reserve may temporarily retain a percentage of Seller earnings to cover:
Reserve percentages may vary depending upon:
Reserve funds may be released after MRNMarket determines the applicable risk period has expired.
25. Seller Reserve Account
MRNMarket may maintain one or more Seller Reserve Accounts.
Reserve funds may be used to satisfy:
Reserve balances are not guaranteed to earn interest unless required by applicable law.
26. Refunds, Payment Processor Fees, and Financial Responsibility
Approved Buyers shall generally receive the approved refund amount according to this Policy, applicable law, and Payment Processor requirements.
Payment Processors, including Stripe, PayPal, Payoneer, card networks, banks, and other financial institutions, may retain transaction fees, processing fees, dispute fees, currency conversion charges, or other amounts according to their own agreements.
Where permitted by applicable law, the Seller Agreement, and Payment Processor requirements:
Where the refund results solely from MRNMarket's own operational error or legal responsibility, MRNMarket may elect to absorb such costs.
Nothing in this section limits mandatory consumer protection rights.
27. Chargebacks and Payment Reversals
If a Buyer files a chargeback or payment reversal through a Payment Processor, bank, card issuer, or financial institution:
MRNMarket may:
The Seller agrees to cooperate fully in defending chargebacks.
Failure to cooperate may affect Seller account status.
Chargeback fees imposed by Payment Processors may be recovered from the responsible Seller where permitted by law and contract.
28. Negative Seller Balance
If the Seller owes money to MRNMarket for any reason, including:
the Seller's account may show a Negative Balance.
A Negative Balance remains payable until satisfied.
MRNMarket may suspend withdrawals while a Negative Balance exists.
29. Offset and Recovery Rights
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Seller authorizes MRNMarket to recover amounts owed by offsetting any debt against:
If available balances are insufficient, MRNMarket may invoice the Seller or pursue other lawful recovery methods.
Exercise of one recovery right does not waive any other legal or contractual remedy.
30. Payouts
Seller payouts are subject to:
MRNMarket may establish minimum payout thresholds, payout schedules, withdrawal limits, verification requirements, and payout delays.
Approval of a payout does not prevent MRNMarket from later recovering amounts lawfully owed by the Seller under this Policy, the Seller Agreement, applicable law, or Payment Processor requirements.
31. Fraud Prevention and Marketplace Protection
MRNMarket is committed to maintaining a secure, trustworthy, and fair marketplace. To protect Buyers, Sellers, Payment Processors, and the Platform, MRNMarket may implement fraud detection, transaction monitoring, identity verification, and other commercially reasonable risk-management measures.
MRNMarket may investigate any transaction where fraud, abuse, unauthorized activity, money laundering, sanctions violations, identity theft, account compromise, or other suspicious conduct is reasonably suspected.
During an investigation, MRNMarket may, where permitted by applicable law:
MRNMarket may cooperate with Payment Processors, financial institutions, law enforcement agencies, regulatory authorities, customs authorities, and other authorized parties where required or permitted by applicable law.
32. Buyer Misuse of Refunds and Returns
Buyers shall not misuse or abuse the refund, return, exchange, cancellation, Buyer Protection, or dispute processes.
Prohibited conduct includes, but is not limited to:
MRNMarket may deny requests, suspend Accounts, recover losses, or take other enforcement actions where permitted by applicable law.
33. Seller Misconduct
Sellers shall not engage in fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, unlawful, or abusive conduct.
Examples include:
MRNMarket may take enforcement actions including:
34. Platform Investigation and Evidence Review
MRNMarket may investigate any refund, return, exchange, dispute, chargeback, or policy violation.
Evidence considered may include:
MRNMarket may request additional information from Buyers, Sellers, carriers, Payment Processors, financial institutions, or other relevant parties.
Failure to cooperate may affect the outcome of the review.
35. International Transactions
MRNMarket supports domestic and international transactions.
International Orders may be affected by:
Delivery delays caused by customs authorities, government agencies, or regulatory actions are not automatically grounds for refund unless otherwise required by applicable law or applicable Platform policies.
36. Currency Conversion, Taxes, and Banking Charges
Refunds may involve currency conversion, foreign exchange fluctuations, taxes, customs duties, banking charges, Payment Processor fees, and other financial adjustments.
Where permitted by applicable law and contractual agreements:
may be allocated to the responsible party according to this Policy, the Seller Agreement, Payment Processor requirements, and applicable law.
MRNMarket does not guarantee that currency conversion rates applied during refunds will match those applied during the original purchase.
37. Platform Decisions
MRNMarket may issue Platform-Level Decisions regarding:
Platform Decisions are administrative decisions made for operation of the Platform.
They do not constitute:
MRNMarket may revise or reverse a Platform Decision where new evidence becomes available or where required by applicable law.
38. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, MRNMarket shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from:
Nothing in this Policy excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable law.
39. Amendments and Policy Updates
MRNMarket may modify, update, suspend, or replace this Policy at any time to reflect changes in:
Updated versions shall be published on the Platform with a revised Effective Date or Last Updated date.
Continued use of the Platform after publication of the updated Policy constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Where required by law, MRNMarket will provide additional notice or obtain consent before material changes become effective.
40. Contact Information
Questions regarding this Policy, refund requests, return requests, payment reviews, dispute resolutions, or related matters should be directed to:
MRN Global Market LLC
Doing Business As: MRNMarket
Registered Address
1001 S Main St, STE 500
Kalispell, MT 59901-1498
United States
Website
Support Email
support@mrnmarket.com
Legal Department
legal@mrnmarket.com
41. Relationship With Other Policies
This Policy should be read together with, and forms part of, the following MRNMarket documents:
If a conflict exists between this Policy and another controlling MRNMarket policy, the Terms & Conditions or the expressly designated controlling policy shall prevail, subject to mandatory rights under applicable law.
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