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EUR 270 overpaid on an estate agent fee found two years later, refund request drafted

Potential €270 once

By @WILLGOSPAIN on X,

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WHAT THEY SAY

The claim

EUR 270 overpayment found; refund request drafted, not yet sent.

@WILLGOSPAIN asked the bot

Organise the paperwork for my tax return.

Grok Bot: what it did

Lined up old WhatsApp chats with the estate agent, the signed handwritten fee sheet and the bank transfers from a 2024 flat purchase in Valencia. Found that the agreed fee was EUR 8,470 but EUR 8,740 had been transferred, looked up the agency's details and drafted a refund request in Spanish for the author to send.

Paraphrased from the post, not the exact words.

The money

Potential saving, not acted on

One time
€270
First year, in USD
$303

How this is counted: Potential, not acted on: €270 one-time, converted at 1.1205 USD per EUR (ECB, 2026-10-22) = $303.

Converted at 1 EUR = 1.1205 USD (ECB euro reference rates, USD 1.1205 per EUR, 2026-10-22).

WHAT THE POST SHOWS

Evidence: Bot's own report Stage: Found, not requested

Two images. The first is the bot's reply, in Chinese, setting out the EUR 7,000 plus VAT fee, the EUR 8,740 transfer and a drafted Spanish email asking for EUR 270 back; the account number is blurred, though some names and a property reference are still readable. The second is X's subscription plans page and doesn't relate to the claim.

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