Refusal to refund me

I ordered food. The driver got there and the place was closed. I assumed the order would be canceled, but some few days back when I was randomly reviewing my order history I see that R203 was debited from my card. I enquired with UberEats and was told that since it is after 48hrs then I can't get my money back. Why is my account debited even though the service was not provided to me? To me that is something ******* do