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School dinner payment makes huge u-turn over £10 refund fee after going bust
School dinner payment makes huge u-turn over £10 refund fee after going bust
Published on April 01, 2025 at 11:19 AM
SCHOOL dinner payment app sQuid has backed down after trying to charge parents a £10 withdrawal fee.
sQuid, the company offering cashless payments for school meals, trips, and other expenses, has agreed to stop charging parents the fee to get their own money back.
Parents were furious after sQuid announced it would be implementing a £10 charge to withdraw their own money
In the past, sQuid offered prepaid accounts and cards that parents could top up online, with children using them to pay for things like school lunches.
Recently, MoneySavingExpert.com got reports from parents who were shocked to hear they’d be hit with a £10 admin fee to get their balance refunded.
If their balance was under £10, they were told they wouldn’t get a refund at all.
Now, sQuid has agreed to either scrap or reduce the £10 fee.
As reported by the BBC on March 29, the company said it would work with schools to refund parents for free, following a review of its refund policy.
If it’s not possible to do that, the £10 fee will drop to £2.50.
If you’ve already paid the £10, you’ll get £7.50 back.
You should get your refund by the start of next term, which means in the next three weeks for most families.
If you don’t hear anything, you can contact sQuid through its online form or email at [email protected].
The issue came up because sQuid’s terms and conditions said they could charge a £10 admin fee for refunds when a parent cancels their account.
At the time, Adam Smith, co-founder and CEO of Squid, told Guardian Money: “We run abusinessand we have costs. We are leaving the market because we cannot make money. We are unsustainable and we're having... a very orderly exit.
“We have a set of terms and conditions and we’re absolutely correct and entitled to exercise our terms and conditions.”
He added the “vast majority” of accounts had no money left in them.
But since it was sQuid’s decision to pull out of the UK, many parents felt the fee was unfair and possibly even illegal under consumer protection laws.
Flying Eze has reached out to sQuid for further comment.
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