Local Lead Rescue System • payment proof • customer-safe follow-up

Chargeback Evidence Checklist for Local Service Businesses

When a customer disputes a card payment, the fastest reply is not always the safest reply. Use this worksheet to collect source proof, separate facts from assumptions, and stop AI-assisted messages before they invent policy, legal, fee, refund, or completion claims.

CHARGEBACK-EVIDENCE-READY: copy/paste the fields below into your CRM, job note, payment-dispute workflow, or manager review queue.

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Copy/paste worksheet

Chargeback evidence card

Customer / job:
Payment processor case ID:
Dispute deadline:
Disputed amount:
Charge date / invoice number:
Original estimate or authorization link:
Signed approval / email / text proof:
Service date and technician / crew:
Job completion proof:
Photos / before-after proof:
Materials or supplier proof:
Customer communication timeline:
Refund, warranty, or complaint history:
What the customer is claiming:
Evidence that supports our response:
Evidence that weakens our response:
Manager / owner reviewer:
Bookkeeper / processor reviewer:
Decision: accept / respond / partial refund / ask for more proof / legal/accounting review
Customer-safe next message:
CRM labels: CHARGEBACK-REVIEW, PAYMENT-DISPUTE, OWNER-REVIEW, FOLLOW-UP-DUE
Follow-up owner and due time:

Customer-safe response starter

Use this only after a manager confirms the facts and payment-policy wording.

Hi {customer_first_name}, thanks for flagging this. We are reviewing the payment record, invoice, job notes, and any service proof tied to {job_or_invoice}. We will respond with the confirmed facts rather than guessing from memory. If you have a specific receipt, message, photo, or concern you want us to include in the review, please send it here and we will add it to the file.

AI review prompt

You are helping a local-service business organize a payment-dispute evidence file. Do not invent policy, legal advice, fees, refunds, completion status, warranty coverage, customer intent, or processor rules. Using only the source notes below, produce:
1. missing evidence checklist,
2. neutral timeline,
3. customer-safe reply draft,
4. manager review questions,
5. STOP AUTOMATION warnings.
Source notes:
{paste verified notes only}

STOP AUTOMATION rules

Where this fits

This resource supports Local Lead Rescue System users who need safer payment, invoice, and customer follow-up workflows after a job is done. Pair it with proof-backed estimate approvals, deposit confirmations, failed-payment retries, and complaint-escalation notes before letting AI draft the customer-facing response.

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