I can confirm it's not straightforward to get a refund from Apple for an App Store purchase, it was for me at least. In the most recent case I tried to request

I can confirm it's not straightforward to get a refund from Apple for an App Store purchase, it was for me at least. In the most recent case I tried to request a refund immediately after buying an app, only to get a vague and unhelpful error message. After a little Googling I learned that you have to wait a period of a few hours before requesting a refund. Of course I forgot to go back and request the refund later so I ended up paying for an app that didn't do what I expected it to.