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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services non coverage of loss

My elderly father had his credit cards stolen by a home health aide caring for him. On her 1st day working my father let her use the Discover card to buy some groceries. She returned the card the same day. She later stole the Discover card as well as 2 other cards and used his personal info to get a password over the phone. She withdraw over $1200 on the Discover card and my father was never alerted by them. Now Discover won't cover the loss because they said my father let her use the card on his first day out of the hospital.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services beware

I HAVE BEEN A DISCOVER CARDHOLDER FOR MANY YEARS AND PAY ALL MY BILLS ON TIME.I DID NOT RECEIVE MY MONTHLY STATMENT, WHICH TOTALED $11.99. THEY HAD SENT IT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS.THEY SAID ONCE A BILL IS RETURNED THEY NEVER SEND ANOTHER BILL. DUE TO NOT RECEIVING MY BILL, I MISSED THE PAYMENT. THEY SENT THIS INFO TO THE CREDIT BUREAUS AND IT ADVERSELY LOWERED MY CREDIT SCORE BY 85 POINTS.

THE LATE FEE WAS $19 AND MY BILL WAS $11.99. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT DISCOVER CARD DOES NOT HAVE TO SEND YOU A BILL, IT IS YOUR REPONSIBILITY TO PAY IT. THEY HAD NO UNDERSTANDING AND SINCE I HAVE ALWAYS PAID THAT BILL AND ALL MY BILLS ON TIME IT IS SO UNFAIR THAT THIS IS GOING TO RUIN MY CREDIT FOR 7 YEARS. THEY WERE SO RUDE AND TOLD ME THEY CAN"T REVERSE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT AT FAULT. THEY WON'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SOMEHOW SENT IT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS. I HAD A VERY RUDE CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT. PLEASE BEWARE AND DON'T LET SOMETHING LIKE THIS RUIN YOUR CREDIT- WHEN IT IS NOT YOUR FAULT.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services fraud

My brother took out a discover card in my name, discover sent the card to him at his address, he paid on it out of his bank account! When we found out we did the right thing, we called, we filed fraud charges, we filed a police report, we sent certified letters, we put a fraud alert on our credit report. Disvoer is calling us, hounding us, calling our work, calling 4 times a day every day. They called our boss so many times we were let go! And now they found us again and we already know we will get let go if they dont stop. Actually my brother took out three cards in my name, then called one up told them I was dead so he could transfer it to discover card. As soon as we found out we filed fruad charges.Thats when he quit paying on it, but my goodness they sent the card to him at his address, they sent the bill to his home, he paid it out of his bank account till we filed the charges, and now discover wont do anything about it except hound us to the point of losing jobs!
I blame discover after all had they done something really simple like check a name to an address I would not be in this mess, now would I discover? You broke us, you hounded us, you got us fired, you continue to harass instead of going after my brother! we gave you his name, his address, his businesses he wons, we asked you to check the account he was paying you from, and your answer is we dont do that, this is in your name, you will pay or we will make you pay, and take your home, and get you fired, and make you suffer for the rest of you life.
Well thanks discover we really appreciate that effort, too bad the same effort is not applied the ### hole jerk that you sent the card to in my name!

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services felony telephone harassment

Discover Card began calling our home 2-3 times a day in April 2010. They were looking for a person that we do not know, that has not had the phone number they are calling or lived at this address. After the first few calls, we made it a point to 'pick up' the phone and talk to someone as they had a error that needed correcting. Their repugnant refusal that we ARE the person they are calling and demanding our account information made us suspicious. So we asked them not to call back and immediately contacted Discover Financial via their web page and calling their 800 number. All that resulted from this is that they now have called us daily 5-6 times per day for this other person for a fraud protection inquiry. This past week they have called in excess of 5x daily Sun-Sat and will not stop calling.
I can't sleep anymore without turning off our phone. With a dependent traveling the US on college break, this is very un-wise. I have already lost several days of work as I was unable to sleep with them calling multiple times per hour once they knew someone was home. This is blatant telephone harassment, and I am not even the person they want to talk to.

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THey can be reported for harassment with the multiple phone calls. I would encourage you to let them know next time they call that they are in violation of the fair debt collection act (as well as telling them again that they have the wrong person) and let them know they are about to be reported. Contact the better business bureau if you haven't allready. I wish you luck on this.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services apr changed for no reason

I was promised a 7% rate on a balance transfer from Discover. I needed a new roof, mine was leaking, so I took the offer and had several thousand transfered from Discover to my bank account. The 7% APR was suppossed to last a few years, just enough time for me to pay off the debt completely. Problem is that 4 months later they upped it to 24.99% interest instead! I called and complained as I couldn't afford the new rate. They told me I had payed late on a payment. I looked into my records and found that I had actually payed the payment in question a full two weeks early! I called back and complained again. They basically told me to get lost! I tried to pay as best as I could but my husband lost his business and we were left penniless so I stopped paying and started gathering info to do a bankruptcy. However, Discover came in, one week before the bankruptcy was to be filed, with a lawsuit against me to make me pay something I cannot afford and didn't agree upon. This company is slimmy, evil and just downright dishonest. Never ever deal with them if you can avoid them. Their dishonesty and heartless cruelness is appauling.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services lower payment plan scam

Here’s the problem:
1) Why should any consumer be required to give Discover access to his or her checking account to be eligible for a reduced payment? What if I did not have a bank account or closed my bank account and was paying via money order? Do you mean to tell me if that is the case the person is not eligible for a reduced payment program? If the objective is to help the consumer pay down his or her debt, then Discover should facilitate that however possible. If they set up a payment plan with me, and I do not stick to it, then increase the interest again…it’s that simple!
2) Why can’t the balance from one card be transferred to the other so there is only one card and one payment? When I got one of the cards, I transferred a balance from a Visa card, but you are telling me they can’t transfer the balance from one Discover Card to another? I am suspecting they refuse to do it because it would mean a reduction in finance charges and interest rates since now they are able to charge me for two Discover accounts instead of one.
3) Why is Discover calling me if there has been no change in the policy about who is eligible for the reduced payment program? They keep calling me and claiming I am eligible for a new program, but when I speak to them, it's the same old program. I have refused to give them my checking account number. No one is going to convince me otherwise!

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I submitted a payment with discover card for a bill I had. I was paying the bill in full and when Discover submitted payment to my bank they mistakenly withdrew an additional 3000.00 dollars from my account. When I contacted them about this I was told that they saw their error and would have it placed back into my account within 24 hours. after waiting a day I called again since they had drained my account and overdraw my bank account. I now have a overdraft fee and still have not received the money they took in error. I called again and I was told it could take up to 15 days for them to return the money.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services misplaced funds/customer service

I will limit this horror story to the most relevant details; a full recitation would be too tedious to write and to read.

On Nov.17 2009 I requested a transfer of $1000 from my Discover Bank online savings account to my local Wachovia checking account which I had previously registered on the Discover website to enable transfers between the two accounts.
Five days later I received an email saying that Wachovia had rejected the transfer and instructing me to call to resolve the issue. I was puzzled because my Wachovia account is and has been in good standing for many years. I called the Discover customer service number and the person who spoke to me was baffled when I told him about the email. He transferred me to another person (after a long time on hold). That person was equally clueless. Thus began an unbelievable ordeal. Over a period of days I was repeatedly transferred from one person to another, with long periods on hold, having to explain the matter from the top to each one.

On the "Overview" page of my account on the Discover website it was indicated that Wachovia had rejected the transfer because they could not identify the account. I soon detected the reason: the disguised account number shown in the email and on my Discover page was twelve digits; my Wachovia account number actually has thirteen digits. To verify the mistake I asked one person to read me my Wachovia account number shown in their records. I was correct, one digit had been dropped. I pointed this out to each person I spoke to but it didn not seem to register with any of them.

At one point I became so exasperated that I demanded that the account be closed and an official check be sent to me. When I received the check it was $1000 less than my correct balance; The thousand dollars in question had apparently vanished into thin air. More phone calls--more time spent on hold--no rusults.

Incredibly over a span of forty-three (43!) days I spoke to thirty-six (36!) individuals by actual count. I estimate that I spent about five hours on the phone (mostly on hold) Twice I was told that the person would research the issue and call me back. That did not happen. Once I was told that if I wrote a letter formally closing the account I would be issued a check for the missing money. I sent the letter and received no response whatsoever. The last person I have spoken with told me they still needed to verify that Wachovia had rejected the transfer. This after forty-three days and despite the fact that they had sent me an email to that effect and despite the fact that the "Overview" page of my account on the Discover website clearly indicates that to be the case.

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This nightmarish experience was generated by a simple typographical error compounded by a shocking level of indifference and incompetence on the part of Discover Bank's customer service reps and by their apparent confusion over the banks processes. The matter is not yet resolved.

Discover is truly the Bank from Hell. Lawyers riding on elephants could not induce me to deposit another cent in this bank.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services fees on cds, money market

I have recently opened up a money market and two CD account with Discover.

I experienced terrible delays in processing my transactions, deposits, withdrawls and any other request, the customer service was the worst and arrogant reps at discover bank.

My check book was ordered and did not delivered to me for almost two months, and debit card never arrived for 3 months till I closed the account.

Due to this horrendous practices of Discover Savings (Bank), I moved out my money market funds. But, when I asked them to close my CDs and deposit the money back, there was so much of hassels they created that I have to send them in writing and only fax can be accepted.

When I send the fax as per their request, they told me after three days that I did not agree for fees. Yes, my fax clearly states that they have to any early withdrawl fees because I am closing discover cds because of their terrible customer service and delays in transactions.

The account manager kept me on the phone for few min to discuss it with her seniors or whoever, came back and said, they will not waive any fees on my CDs?. So, I have to send another fax clearly stating I acknowledge and agree for the fees?. Despite my request, the account manager did not help me.

Discover bank and their administration has to be investigated by FDIC, federal regulators and consumer advocate groups for their deception and cheating behaviors of innocent customers.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services discover card screwing america backwards

Fellow Hardworking American Citizens,

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GET A DISCOVER CARD!

(Have a bake sale, a car wash, sell stuff on ebay, but don't get screwed by a credit card company, like I am gettting screwed (BUT NOW FIGHTING BACK)

...DON'T GET ANY CREDIT CARD FOR THAT MATTER. I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT IT CAN'T HURT TO HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE IT IS THAT IMPORTANT, NOW MORE THAN EVER, WITH THESE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES AND THEIR BANK CRONIES TEAMING UP WITH WASHINGTON TO BUTT SCREW AMERICA TILL WE SUBMIT OR I GUESS FIGHT BACK LIKE I AM DOING AND YOU SHOULD TO, ONE AT A TIME, WE CAN FIX THIS ###, AND THAT'S DEMOCRACY...

My story or a rough cut of a letter that is truly still a work in progress is below, it is being sent to discover, craft your own letter, fight the power, no more 28% interest, no more debts that last 20 years because they are specially formulated to keep you in debt, based on the companies knowing your payment history that is what you are capable of, and hitting you with fees or an interest rate, to keep you in debt, it is IN DISCOVER CARDS BEST INTEREST FOR YOU TO BE SUFFOCATED WITH DEBT YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, no more!make a stand, the time to fight is now...complain on the internet, post your stories, rants, complaints, even if they are rough like mine, you can come back and hone them up later...also file complaints with the better business bureau...et cetera...more below...

My name is Tom Anderson and I am submitting this formal complaint letter to Discover Card. I am a very dissatisfied customer and will also be submitting this letter with adjustments made per the audience to the Better Business Bureau, City, State and Federal business regulatory commissions, consumer advocacy groups, my local politicians where I first became a Discover card holder, and to the politicians where I currently reside, local, State and Federal. In addition I will wage an all out campaign against Discover Card and their unscrupulous practices via the internet. By any means necessary. I will give Discover Card 7 days from my mailing of this letter to address this situation, I will be willing to negotiate, initially, but in the past when I have battled capitalistic, corrupt institutions like Discover Card I have found they do not work with me until they see the full barrage one motivated consumer can wreak upon their business.

I have held a Discover card for over 9 years; I have 99% of the time paid my bill, in full on time. I have made a lot of money for your company. That is over.

Problem # 1

My credit limit is at roughly $5000, you loaned me $5000, how many times do you think I have paid you $5000, for the privilege of that initial loan, and how many more times does Discover Card expect me to pay another, and another $5000 on that initial loan you made to me years ago. Other consumers may pay, and pay, but I am standing up and telling you, you made your money off of me and we are through. I have not even used my card for almost 2 years only made payments and their that debt is unmovable...and not even just the minimum payments, we're talkng 300 dollars here, 500 this month, 150 another month...and the debt stays the same...

Problem # 2 � Closely tied into Problem #1

Discover Card has figured out a way based on consumers average payments, interest rate, credit limit et cetera to keep a consumer constantly and permanently in debt. We have all heard the statistics of how long it would take most consumers to logically and reasonably pay off their credit card debt. We have also heard of how many hard working, good, decent Americans are buried in your credit card debt. Enoughs, enough.

The real question is, do you settle with me, or do you allow me to begin my campaign to encourage all consumers to fight and push, and push and litigate, and default, until your company collapses.

Problem # 3

You have consumers agree to changes in contracts, not by signing or even reading (Witnessing) the change but simply by continuing to use their card. So you sell a consumer a Credit Card via an awesome 0%, no payments, incentives, cash back, BS sales pitch, then mail about thirty offers, junk mail, to the consumers house over the next year but one of those envelopes contains addendums to the original contract, like if you miss one payment not only will you be assessed a late fee (Double Jeopardy Punished twice for the same offense), but your interest rate doubles. How about a late fee or double someones interest, rate, or how about

hey I made my payment, for whatever reason it was a little late, people have logical reasons for being late in life, and so all is forgiven you still get your money and you are still getting 10-13 percent interest on your money, BUT thats not good enough for the fine people at Discover Card, NO, how about my money and 13 percent interest, and a late fee, nope thats not good enough either. Double the interest rate too.

No consumer in their right mind would or for that matter, it turns out, ever did agree to this clause. That clause isnt how Discover Card gets customers. You get em with a beautiful offer. Then send out an addendum to their contract. I would be willing to fight this in court on the grounds that, YES, FOR A CONTRACT TO BE VALID BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO READ, AGREE TO AND SIGN IT. For that matter I might just say that I am not sure I ever signed an agreement with Discover Card, and maybe many consumers didnt. I dont know if I signed my initial contract, it would be easy to find out, but I know I never signed any addendums, concerning raising my interest rate for late payments.

The question is, do I take legal action action against Discover or do I encourage thousands, no millions of consumers to take action, involving many lawyers, in a class action lawsuit against Discover on the validity of contracts, this is just one point among many that could dissolve your and other credit institutions in an instant if this goes to court.

Problem # 4 - And in Closing

I will not pay my Discover Card bill, not now, not ever. Like so many other hard working Americans. Discover card HAS constructed a system to keep consumers in debt. You and other credit lending institutions are unscrupulous. The time for change is NOW. You crossed the wrong guy in this consumer. I will negotiate with you now (Maybe) or within 7 days of you receipt of this letter, but then I pull no punches, and settle for no less than the bankruptcy and collapse of your company, via consumer education, spun into individuals fighting Discover card, turning into class action lawsuits all over the country concerning the validity of contracts and other unfair practices, and turning over accounts and bills concerning overcharges, re-adjustment of interest paid, refunds, refunds, refunds, collapse.

I hope to hear from Discover Card representative soon concerning this issue�if not.

One more thing...recently I made a payment on my card at Sears...Discover card called me a month latter and said I owed them a 2 payments, and a late fee, and they are going to raise (Double) my interest rate, because that's what they do if you miss one payment...well, this is because they didn't get the payment I made...computer error...people error, don't know yet, it's under investigation, just telling consumers this because all Discover Card holders who have ever been assesed a late fee, or had their interest rates increased, should immediately, don't delay, call or email Discover and demand an audit/investigation of your account, it could be they made a mistake, and didn't get your payment, have them turn over the books on your account, before you ever let them charge you a latge fee or raise your interest rate.

Thank You for reading...

If we all stand up to this BS we can beat it...Democracy?

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Oct 04, 2009 9:28 pm EDT

Deadbeat? That must include me, too. Discover raised my rate to 29.99 (is 30 the limit or something?) so I must be a WORSE deadbeat. I've been late, but always catch up. Late fee each time - $39! Seems to me Discover makes more off us late-deadbeats than the pay-on-timers. What I really have to admire is the over limit fee which results from the late fee when my "minimum" payment arrives. Net result...I make a payment (late) and my balance goes UP!

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services terrible experience

I just thought I would let you know about a public interest issue that you might want to pursue. Long story short and I can provide more details if needed

I applied from a mailer for a card got approved got the card sent to me and I activated it with a $6000 credit limit...

I procrastinated in doing the balance transfers (apparently there was a time limit) So I called they would not work with me so I suggested I canceled the unused card reapply for a new one (as you cannot have 2) and then not procrastinate I was warned that I might not get the same deal.

I did this and was declined !

The reason was my mortgage had not gone down!?!?!? I like many many others I am on an interest only but unlike many others am paying on time with no missed payments or even any payments late. If I was renting an apartment the payments to them would not effect my credit. So why within one month I have gone from $6000 to Nothing.

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I have a discover credit card which sam's club store offer. I do not have a delinquent account because the last balance was $3.47 or $3.11. I just use the credit card for buy a computer and a customer. Here in puerto rico we have an economical problem that delay the employees payments. I was receiving the half of my salary and that affect my economical status. Check if i have a pending balance with your company, i know that its all paid... I fill uncomfortable with your decision and disappointed... The reasons for your decision is not explained clearly. That is not fair for me...

I want a clear explanation... Im a customer not a delicuent...

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services possible scam to get one to activate fraud protection

I signed up for a Zero Percent card with Discover. Recieved my Cards in the mail and activated the cards. 2-3 months later I recieved a paper stating that my account cards had not been activated. When calling the number on the paper it asked for my Social Security Number. I promptly ended the call. I called Discover directly to inquire as to whether my cards had been activated and they stated that they were. However, since I recieved this paper, someone was trying to access my account information and I should sign up for fraud protection. I have seen other complaints about Discover Card signing users up for Fraud Protection that they feel they did not authorize. Could this be a method they are using to do this? The number I was given to call to "activate" my card was [protected]. Anyone reciving something with this number should be cautious.

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Glenn Clayton
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That is what Discover has been taken to federal court for theses past years< Now they are tying their cards to the homes of old people!

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Dec 26, 2010 9:24 pm EST

All of those Credit Card Insurance plans are scams. Not one will ever do anything except delay the payments. They don't really shut off the card even, so whats the point to it. you already had that much protection before paying extra for it.

Cut every credit card you have up in pieces and close the accounts.

Transunion and Equifax are the electronic crimes reporting companies in charge of your credit ratings and these electronic accounts. But they are companies founded by Casino owners ! Casino Fraudsters are supposed to be in charge of the Nations credit ratings ?

http://www.creditrepairservicereview.com/?tag=credit

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I just had the EXACT SAME THING happen to me! I signed up for a zero percent balance-transfer card from Discover earlier this year and activated the card as soon as I got it. I got a notice in the mail today (Sep 25 2009) saying the following:

"The new Discover card that we recently sent you has not been activated. Please contact us today by calling [protected] to confirm you have received your card(s). We plan to send you a replacement card if we don't hear from you by 09/25/09. For your security purposes, your card must be activated before you can begin using it."

The notice had my name, address and the last 4 digits of my card number on it.

I called Discover immediately to double check that my card was active (which it was) and that they hadn't issued another card (which they hadn't). But as soon as I explained to the representative why I was calling and that I thought I had received a possible postal mail credit card scam she went into immediate hard sell mode in trying to get me to sign up for Discover's Identity Theft protection service at $9/month. She said that since it seemed as if someone was trying to access my account then I should at least sign up for a couple months and then cancel when I felt I didn't need it anymore. She even went as far as to say that she'd give me the number to cancel while I was on the phone so I would know that it was an easy, straightforward cancellation process.

The entire call felt like a high pressure sales tactic so I stalled and said I needed to think about it but would call back later once I'd made up my mind. Instead, I immediately jumped on Google and found this review with someone having the same experience as I did. This is all very fishy to me... I would hate to think that Discover was running a scam to scare people into signing up for extra, unneeded services. It doesn't help their case that I also just received a copy of my new account agreement with all the changes mandated by the new credit card laws coming into effect. Seems like Discover is trying to drum up extra revenue if you ask me...

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services very upset

I paid for a service called the Account Protection. The terms was if I became unemployed or disabled they couldn't add interest or late fees or any fees to the account for two years. I would be charged monthly on my card to pay for the account protection. Now I did come unemployed and I informed Discover that I was unemployed and at that time they should of activated the protection. I'm now being taking to court and sued by Discover. I feel as though they're unfair jerks. They took the money and didn't provide the service at all. I'm very upset and feel like I was screwed over by this company. I think everyone should be aware of this.

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As someone who currently works with Payment Protection Insurance, you have to speak directly with the insurance company, and the number would be listed on your statement each month, next to the transaction where you paid for the insurance. Calling Discover and telling them you're unemployed doesn't do much, you have to let them know you have the insurance and ask to have it activated.

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Aug 15, 2009 7:41 pm EDT

Account protection is typically provided by another service. Did you make sure you weren't supposed to call someone else to get your benefits?

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services fraudulent practices

Discover card fraudulently added a protection plan to my account with out my authorization. When I contacted them in regards to this they said I approved them over the telephone. I have never spoken to them over the telephone and by all means avoid answering their phone calls to avoid rude representatives trying to force feed you products or services. I was appalled by how sneaky this company could be. I do not make purchases on my card and haven’t for years. I send them automatic payments each month to pay off my balance and neglected to review my statements for which I thought had no activity. To my dismay, they had been charging me for this protection plan. I think it is wrong for a company to be able to do this to a consumer. The red flag was raised when they lied to me and said I spoke to them over the phone when I am the only one who has access to that telephone number and ignored answering every one of their calls. I believe this company should be looked into and recommend all consumers to review all statements with them to make sure they are accurate.

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Be careful when setting up automatic payments with discover card. My husband set up payments on his card at 200.00 a month about a year later he asked why his balance wasn't going down, I looked at the bill and it said we had a late fee. When calling them they said that He set up the auto pay after the due date. their solution was to give us 1 month of late fee back, we feel the customer service rep knew that they were setting it up after the due date . Now one year later when our interest rate should go down because of paying on time they called today to tell us that we missed our feb payment, we have not recieved the bill! They asked if we had problems with our mail man, i said no, we have a problem with a company that intentionally does not send a bill so that we end up with a late payment and our interest rate will remain high because of it. needless to say when we get our tax return back we are paying off and canceling the card, it will be the happiest day of our lives to not have to deal with such a dishonest company. As for those persons who work at discover I am guessing you are paid to post on these complaint sites to try to make Discover look better, it doesn't work.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services shady due date practices

I have had a DiscoverCard for almost 10 years with the same due date for that entire time, always due on the 21st of each month.

I received my June 2009 statement and didn’t bother opening it until June 18 to pay my bill online. Imagine my surprise when I opened the envelope and I found they had changed my due date to June 12, so it was already past due!

I immediately called DiscoverCard to let them know I had not been informed of this and was told the notice was sent out 6 months ago regarding due date changes. She agreed to waive the late fee and she changed my due date back to the 21st. I paid my June payment at that time.

My July 2009 statement just arrived yesterday. Yes, the due date is now back at the 21st, but the late charge was not waived like I was promised last month when I called, PLUS my 14% APR has now changed to 26.99%. That is highway robbery! They tacked on a whopping $374.00 finance charge at the new 26.99% APR – which was way more than my payment I made in the previous month. They also raised my minimum payment due to $360.00 - an amount I certainly cannot afford.

I called DiscoverCard again, and she again promised to remove my $39 late fee, but she said she would have to send the part about reducing my APR to another department.

What do you want to bet they don’t reverse the $374.00 finance charge?

A year ago when I checked my credit score it was a little over 800. I hate to see what it is now. I would love to file bankruptcy to screw DiscoverCard over, but I’d only be hurting myself.

If I had another credit card to fall back on for emergencies, I’d tell DiscoverCard to stick my credit card up their you-know-what.

My fantasy is to see DiscoverCard go the way of AIG and the others.

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Please boycott discover card at all cost. They are not competitive with other credit card going interest rates. They will range 14-18% and higher. They do not ahve any reasonable hardship programs. Their goal is to suck you dry. I was paying a $100 a month for just a $8000 revolving balance. When I tried to grieve or reduce the finance charges due to hardship, they laughed at me.

The customer service staff is heartless. I was a Dicovercard holder for over 20 years and it didn't mean nothing to them.
I finally paid them off, and closed out the account, requested my name to be taken off their mailing list, and I will boycott shopping at Sears as well.

Please do not allow yourselfs to fall prey to Discovercard.

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I have been using Discovercard thinking that I am getting 1% reward... but read the reward rules carefully... you are getting .25% ...
thsi si the rule that most people like me forget to look for deep in the discover site:

For all other purchases you will earn a full 1% after your total annual purchase total exceeds $3, 000. Purchases that are part of your first $3, 000 earn .25%. Purchases made at select warehouse clubs, discount stores, and their affiliates also earn .25%. We do not include warehouse purchases or 5% category purchases in calculating your total annual purchases.

So when you use your card at most big stores... you are not getting 1% ... It seems that we are dealing with Insurance Company with Deductiables now!

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services theft and betrayal

I ordered flowers for Mother's Day from FTD and paid for them on my Discovery Card. A month later I noticed a $12.00 monthly charge on my Discovery Account from an unknown company. When I called the Discovery people they were quick to explain that when I bought the flowers I either checked a box or failed to check a box that lead to the purchase of some type of service. I asked them to reverse the charge but they refused suggesting I call the people who had scammed me. The Discovery Card rep then pointed out their phone number was listed on my Discovery card statement.

In forty years of credit card statements I have never seen a company phone number listed in the statement. Obviously Discovery Card is aware of the scams perpetrated on their customers and have found a way to pass complaints back to their customers who spot the scams. They abandon those too weak or too trusting to find the rip offs and seem satisfied to collect interest on phony services that have never been requested or delivered.

And the flowers were never delivered on time, FTD send me an email and offer a discount for late delivery which I accepted, but the flowers were never did arrive and I did get a credit for the purchase but the $12.00 charge would have gone on forever if I hadn't caught it.

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Discover Card also rips off it's investors and even the taxpayers. They got themselves labeled a bank in 2008 to get TARP money. Instead of cutting expenses and acting responsibly, they decided to start sending 53 of their employees on trips to Key West twice a year, Las Vegas, Aspen, Miami, New York, Hawaii, etc. every year since. They are called the Local Markets group, and get paid to travel at least once a month to pretend they are putting up Discover stickers! The management knows this is happening, and won't stop it. They are still traveling, partying it up, and doing nothing. Most take a friend or family along, most of them do nothing at all but travel and stay at home getting paid in between trips to lay around. Unreal in this economy! It is criminal!

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Oh my goodness, you are hilarious. First of all, it is DISCOVER card, not DISCOVERY. And the so called scam you are referring to is from a company most likely called RESERVATION REWARDS OR COMPLETE SAVINGS, they bill under many different names.
I did some research on this and found out pretty quickly. You can even search this complaint site for info. I shop with Shutterfly and they offer me this promotion every time I check out, please read the web site people! You probably did click on the check box without reading because you wanted to save $10 off your flower purchase. Do not blam Discover for this scam, please file a complaint with the Attorney General about this company. Just google RESERVATION REWARDS and you will see exactly what I'm talking about. They make millions each year off unsuspecting customers like you.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services balance transfer

On March 13, I responded to a mailed offer from Discover to open a card by requesting a balance transfer. As of May 22, that request has still not happened – despite numerous calls to the customer service center and e-mails.

At each instance that I have spoken with a Discover representative, I have been told that the issue is “in process” and to give it another 4-5 days. Finally on, May 6 I was sent an e-mail from Discover saying that the matter had been resolved and that Capital One had received the balance transfer. Capital One shows no such record, and is of course still billing me. Given that this matter has been going on for over two months (rather than the “up to two weeks” time period advertised on your website), I have to assume that I am being lied to.

I had no idea that Discover had such a terrible track record. I guess it pays to do a little research before accepting a credit card offer!

I am requesting a release from my balance transfer request - both with customer service and by writing to the corporate headquarters:

Carlos Minetti
Executive Vice President, Cardmember Services and Consumer Banking
2500 Lake Cook Road
Riverwoods, IL 60015

Harit Talwar
Executive Vice President, Card Programs and Chief Marketing Officer
2500 Lake Cook Road
Riverwoods, IL 60015

The lesson learned here is to NEVER do business with Discover Card. They flat out lie to you.

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services overcharged

I was a Discover Card member since 1987 with an excellent history of submitting payments days if not weeks before the posted due date. Last week I received my statement and to my surprise discover the interest rate on the card had increased to 29.9%, when I contacted Discover Card they informed me that they had increase the rate due to a couple of late payments, one missed the due date by 2 days and one missed the due date by 3 days, because of this they have the right to increase the interest rate.

I inquired if the interest rate could be lowered as the payment delay could have been due to slow processing or delayed mail delivery. I was told that the interest rate could be lowered to 24% but that was all they could do, even despite customer loyalty and 22 years of steady reliable payment. Outraged over Discover Card's extreme lack of customer service I canceled my card and will pay off the balance before week's end.

My advice is to shop around prior to signing up with any credit card company, many have low fixed rates and care about their clientele, credit unions typically offer some the best deals around, always check the amount of interest you are being charged and immediately cancel any credit card company trying to rip you off with unusually high interest rates and by all means beware of Discover Card, may their unethical business practices put them out of business.

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Steven
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Mar 24, 2009 4:06 am EDT

Discover Card lowered my credit limit to just above my balance. Even though I had a perfect payment history, this was not a problem, bad times in all. Then Discover Card charged the regular interest fees to my account for my current balance. This was normal. But because the interest went over my new credit limit I was charged an over limit penalty. Can they really do this? This is not acceptable! Creating charges by adjusting the limit and all without my knowledge of these events. If they lowered my credit limit and the interest went over my limit, I would be happy to pay the amount over limit because I pay this anyway, but to tack on extra fees is just a scam. Big business should be stopped from behaving as if they can do anything to the consumer and the consumer just has to accept it. Banks are already out of control but the credit card companies are more out of control. I missed just one payment to my JPMorganChase Visa by two days and they set my interest rate to 29.99%. I will not ever do business with them again. But some people are stuck with it because of a high balance and have to payoff four to five times the amount of the balance causing them to go into bankruptcy. I was told that this is just how business works. My thought is that this is greed out of control and anything but business. One mite think that the banks have had this planned for awhile.

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TammyBarrette
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Oct 01, 2010 12:23 pm EDT

I have also been a loyal member for several years and have never paid my bill late... I always pay at least 1 week prior to the due date online.
This past January they notified me by mail that they were increasing their rate to 21.99%, or I could opt out which would mean I would have to close my account. I closed my account. Since that time (February 1, 2010) They raised my interest rate to the 21.99% even though I opted out and closed the account. I have been calling every month asking why they still have not changed my interest rate back to the amount I was at before the error occurred and I am told the same thing every month. "We are sorry for the inconvenience although there is nothing we can do as this is being researched and will be cleared up within 1 to 2 billing cycles" 7 months of hearing this [censor] now... If I stop paying the bill, they will just raise my interest to 30% and then it will never be put back to where it was originally. I feel I will never be able to pay this crap off because they continually screw with me.
I am now contacting a lawyer as I am no longer going to pay for their mistakes...

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Dec 07, 2009 8:19 pm EST

Your credit line was most likely decreased because of MAJOR changes in your credit rating. That is how banks and creditors assess your risk. It is part of doing business and having a credit card. Please get prepared, now retail banking is going to follow this pattern and start monitoring customer's credit score and report when you have a checking or savings account, not just at the time of opening.
The economic world is different, we may not agree as consumers but banks have to determine if you are credit worthy, older generations paid their bills. Our generation would rather charge up credit cards on their $4.00 starbucks coffee, pet grooming and doggie daycare, expensive clothing and HD TV's that they don't really need.
I work in the credit card business, trust me, if you could walk a mile in my shoes, you would understand!

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Phoenix, US
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Sep 04, 2009 9:00 pm EDT

Hello? Being late is being late. All credit card companies and credit unions do this raise APR after a couple late payments. Did you not read your terms?

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services unauthorized charges

Around 2005 I switched to online payments for most bills, including Discover. I didn't realize at that time somehow they decided to start charging me for protection insurance. I was looking for a receipt so I pulled the entire years worth of billing of the website and found I was paying for some sort of Discover Protection.

I called Discover and Discover Enterprise. It took 5 transfers, 2 disconnects and a about an hour to find I supposedly signed up for an insurance plan that I never agreed to. I asked who my agent was or when I signed up only to find it appeared about the same time I started the online payments. The charge never shows up when you pay your bills that way. It was small enough I missed it.

Well, knowing how fast Discover is when you miss a payment or goe over your limit. Fee, fee, fee. I thought they would be able to deal with this either on the phone or on line. Turns out I have to submit a letter to some PO box and was given two different boxes in 2 different states that might eventually read my letter. I called Discover back and made sure she actually stopped the insurance. Turns out the first woman didn't. Since this seems to be normal business practice of Discover and their insurance program, I filed a full complaint to the Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner's office and requested they place an immediate cease and desist order with them today. I don't know if it will ever be followed up on or not but I'm tired of being ripped off by big companies. How many others have been screwed like this? If you got hit with this scam, file your claims with your Insurance Commissioners too. If we can't get our money back we're going to make them pay with forfeitures to our states.

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DeeDee Lloyd
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Dec 24, 2008 2:03 pm EST

I have cancelled the credit card and they still keep charging to my account. I have called & can never reach anyone. It's a 9.99 charge every month & I want it stopped.
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Julia
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Jan 13, 2009 8:33 am EST

This has been ongoing since 1999 and the harassment and extortion this bank has committed is unreal.

In 2004 I investigated an unfamiliar trade line on my credit report with Discovercard. They told me to send a letter in writing including my name, address, social, and any account identifying information to correct the information.

Within a month of complying, I started receiving calls from their office claiming I owed $6, 000. I told them the story, I did not recognize the account and was looking for information about the debt, how it originated, copies of signatures, sales receipts etc. to establish the true identity of the account holder. They told me at that point they added my social to the account and 'good luck' getting it removed. So much for amicably working to have the false information corrected.

I received a barage of harassing phone calls which all met with a copy of a letter asking for specific notarized information and signatures about the debt. This continued from [protected].

In one follow up call in 2006, it was finally admitted I answered their 'challenge' questions incorrectly and obviously the account was not mine. It was admitted on the phone that in 1999 they sent a pre-approval of credit in my name to an address I no longer lived at. They admitted the account was opened fraudulently. I requested something in writing indicating the trade lines would be removed. The woman was hesitant, but wanted to help and about a week later I got a very generic letter stating they instructed the credit reporting agencies to delete the trade line as the account was 'unverifiable'.

My state has a 6 year statute of limitations. It MUST drop. WRONG - Discover card sold the account to their junk debt buyer Weltman Weinebrg and Reis and that is another complaint all by itself with their illegal business practices and history of consumer fraud around the US.

So Discovercard gives my personal information to a junk debt buyer and the calls start again. I send only a copy of my letter stating the account was unverifiable, as well as a copies of the unanswered letters requesting information dating back to 2004.

The junk debt buyer elects to participate in the illegal use of court documents in an effort to phish for information. They put the documents in the name of 'Jane Doe' (obviously they don't know who legally is responsible). Then they put it in the name of someone else with the same first name/different last name than me - I don't even know this person. Then finally they add my name to it on the third attempt.

So here it is 2009 and I the credit reporting agencies refuse to delete the trade lines and allow re-aging of the account to make it appear as a recent charge off.

I write letters of complaint and Discover tells the Department of Banking I fabricated the 2004 document and refuse to comment on the illegal re-aging and still refuse to produce any validating documentation to reflect the ownership of the account and any associated charges.

Still - pending.

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Paul
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Feb 19, 2009 11:42 am EST

I set up automatic payments with discover for 2 of my 3 accounts for 4 months, because i use various accounts to pay i didn't want it to last longer. After 4 months Discovercard not only tried to debit my checking account again but kept doing 2 times a week for each account adding up charges on my bank account for insufficient fund carges over $500.00. Discover also charged me for bounce check fees. It got so bad i had to close my account and now my back is coming after me for the charges. when I spoke to a supervisor after about 100 calls in a month from Discover, she said she would make an adjustment to offset the charges, but the adjustment she came up with was to remove there fees only not my bank fees. I sent the letters and never had a response other than 4 or 5 calls a day to the office where i work. When the call they don't state the call is being recorded and when I tell them I am going to record the call at my end they hang up. The calls have gotten so bad that I lost my office position and I was told that if the calls don't stop I will be let go. Various people at the office have stated to Discover Reps that they are calling a business and the Phone does not belong to me so do not call but that Doesn't stop Discover. They have also discussed the issues with people in the office.

If an attorney is out there that can help please let me know.

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Marcille Lawrence
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Aug 26, 2009 5:30 pm EDT

This is not a complaint about Discover Card. However, I was told to check the progress of case # [protected] at this site, and I cannot find any place that I can submit my inquiry. Help, please. I do not know if I should pay the disputed amount by the payment due date, or if I should deduct the disputed amount. I do not want to have penalty and interest added if I pay the wrong amount.
Thank you,
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Dec 24, 2008 2:43 pm EST
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report them to the Federal Trade Commission and Office of Thrift Supervision
You have to do both agencies - not just one or the other

They have been ignoring you - they cannot ignore the federal government

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services scam and cheating

Opened a zero percent account. We've paid the bill every month on time. Out of the blue on the most recent billing statement they assert that we didn't pay the bill. We did pay the bill and have record of payment being made and subtracted from our bank account. Discover immediately raised our interest rate through the roof and nailed us with hundreds of dollars of penalties and fees. Their customer service department refuses to look into or fix the problem. DO NOT TRUST these lying, cheating ### and above all do not even THINK about doing business with them. Their zero percent deal was absolutely 'too good to be true.'

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Gregory Danker
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Sep 13, 2021 5:27 pm EDT

i get calls from discover card just about every day even though i never had a discover card i think they are trying too get my personal information it sounds like the calls are being made from another country this has been going on for a long long time they use a fake phone number that appears too be local but they are able too use other peoples phone number

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John Campbell1
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Apr 26, 2021 2:19 pm EDT

I've been with Discover since 1979 and to this day they have been the finest revolving debt card I have ever had. I'm a poster child for Discover card. It's now 26 April 21 and Discover is still my mainstay to the point that I closed all other accounts years ago.

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Jul 27, 2019 10:46 pm EDT

Hows this for you.
I wen't thru the pre-qualification process, and Discover Card returned two cards from their portfolio for me to decide if I wanted to apply for either Card, I selected one of the two, that I felt best suited me.
After applying this time via an expected hard pull, it returned Congratulations your approved.
3 days later I get an email from Discovery's security, requesting additional information.
I understand that some extra information may be needed, but I do not agree to provide the extra information after I have already been approved. Since twice, once under a soft pull, and secondly under a hard pull everything checked out without any problems.
I contacted Discovery Card customer service, telling them of my concerns, this communication went on for 3 hours, and was told the situation would be escalated 3 times.
I told them during discussion perhaps I should just close the account out, seeing at this point we most likely will not see eye to eye on the matter. And was told "No don't close your account, we value you as a customer".
Meanwhile I received my Discover Card, and was allowed to create a Discover Card account for access.
Then the account was locked out because of security. Then the account was unlocked, and I added banking information, and auto bill payment. Then I was sent an email from Discovery Card security stating because I did not provide to them the requested information, they were now closing the account, and report it as closed by creditor.

Of course everyone knows that a creditor closing an account is far worse than closing an account by a potential debtor/account holder.

Anyhow it doesn't end here, because out of the blue I'm told the account has been unblocked, so Discover allows me to sign into my Discover Card account yet again, however when I wen't to pull my FICO score it returned, "Were unable to complete this action, as you have placed a fraud alert on your credit report, you must contact the credit agency to remove the alert first".

However I never did such a thing, But I also already have an account for Discover Card FICO monitoring, prior to applying and being approved for a Discovery card.
So I sign out of my Discovery Card account, clean the browser etc, and signed into my Discover FICO, guess what? no problems, it gave me full access to my FICO score without any problems.

There's some whacky, tacky, fishy, sticky, stuff going on from that group of people, and to be honest as my opinion is it's because too many departments think they are in control.

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Madsavage
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DISCOVER IS SOOOOOOOO DISGUSTING. THEY WILL HANG YOU OUT THERE. THERE IS NOTHING TO SAY NICE ABOUT THEM THE HAVE DISCOVERED HOW TO SCAM YOU BECAREFUL☹️☹️😠

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lol completely not true haha you probably just don't look at your bill and blame them for things that are 100% your fault. they are definitely the easiest nicest company I have ever dealt with.

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NOT SO THEY ARE THE MOST DISHONEST COMPANY THAT EVER WAS!

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Ellen Waller
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Discover Finance called me and told that I am approved for a $6000 loan. They asked to pay me $200 processing fee. Then they asked me to pay another $400 as secure money. Then another number of 600 appeared and etc. I think I will never get the loan but how can I return the money I already paid?

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Throughout several transaction disputes, I quit Discover in my life. They always stand on the side of the evil enterprises. They always believe the scam people, not the customers happily using the high rate cash back. Discover never cares about their customers. For the future safety, I stop all their services. I dispute the same cases through VISA, and VISA always takes care of my cases carefully. They keep tracking and figuring out what happened and happening. VISA does listen to their customers.
If you meet any fraud transaction, do not expect you will get the money back since Discover will not help you at all. They will reverse your dispute whatever proof you provide to them.

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Mark A1
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Aug 03, 2016 4:56 am EDT

Discover card increased interest rate two weeks prior to the new cedit card laws took effect without any justifiable reasons. the interest rate they charge is three to four times as much as the other companies.

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Aug 03, 2016 4:56 am EDT

I HATE DISCOVER AND ANYONE ASKS ME I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THEM. I had signed up for payment plan because I had gotten behind in my bills due to a divorce. They reduced the payment and reduced the interest. They did not tell me that they did not adjust the due date so each time I made a payment IT WAS LATE. They would toggle between charging me $25 and $39 in late fees. I did not catch this as I thought everything was okay, the payments were automatically deducted. MY FAULT. I INCURRED OVER $500 in fees they won't adjust.

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rose7150
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Jan 28, 2009 10:22 am EST

i received notice from discover credit card about my credit card(s).
The notice was not due to late, overages or anything i did.
Notice of CHANGES TO YOUR STANDARD RATE FOR PURCHASES.
MY RATE WILL CHANGED BASED "ON THE HIGHER COST OF DOING BUSINESS DUE TO THE CHALLENGING ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT"
IT WILL NOW BE P R I M E PLUS 8.99%
BESIDE BREATHING, THIS IS MY ECONOMIC REWARD FOR TRYING TO KEEP MY CREDIT INTACT?

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Cecil J
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we borrowed from local bank to pay discover credit card balance, local bank cut check for balance stated on statement, and wired to discover, now discover wants us to pay more finance chargers on balance of $344.94. this is unfair, they should except the balance they have on the statement. Cecil J. Green

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Discover Bank / Discover Financial Services dispute of charges

Ever been over-charged by a legitimate merchant for a legitimate purchase and had everyone fail to give you your money back? That' s my story with Discover Card and LetsTalk.com.

Discover Card nor LetsTalk are not interested in helping customers who have been over charged resolve the over-charge issue and I'm living proof.

Facts:
1) If they were they would have a process (their dispute process literally does not include over-billing by legitimate merchants having access to your charge card number)

2) Discover Card literally found the attached receipt photo to be completely acceptable -- where the merchant's receipt claims that $99 plus a -$99 credit = $99. Further, Discover Card fully endorses merchants who invoice, then re-invoice with this "bad math."

3) Discover Card will close your case -- no matter what evidence and no matter how well you present the case. The monkeys on the other end simply don't care. They literally cannot grasp the concept that I've been OVER CHARGED by the merchant on a product that I WANT and RECEIVED.

*** This simple dispute is literally not within Discover Card's typical dispute process. ***

I have spent weeks -- online and offline sending and re-sending communications to Discover Financial Services and LetsTalk.com that are very clear: First, I don't FIT in Discover's damn process box for disputes. Second, here's my problem: BEING OVER BILLED by a merchant. Dismiss, dismiss, dismiss.

Thanks Discover Card! Thanks for nothing. Hey, check out the attached receipt. What fantastic math!

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Mar 15, 2009 5:33 pm EDT

For those interested...

Carlos Minetti
Executive Vice President, Cardmember Services and Consumer Banking

Harit Talwar
Executive Vice President, Card Programs and Chief Marketing Officer

These are the people who'll be hearing from me.

Update by Jeff
Mar 15, 2009 5:30 pm EDT

vikkiv123:
You have inspired me to continue my fight. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experiences and advice with me -- and anyone else coming across this discussion which already ranks high in the search engines. I was secretly hoping Discover Financial Services would discover it and contact me. Nope.

I will be taking this issue up to higher authorities within Discover. Again, thank you so much!

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Wessam79
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Aug 20, 2018 8:56 am EDT

I have summited a dispute with Discover card and over40 days, they didn't receive any feedback from the merchant, I sent to them many documents and the merchant didn't provide any evidence and at the end they close the dispute for the merchant favor. however, when I asked the merchant to return my money back. they advised that you have a dispute with discover, and it has been closed to my favor.
I sent same to discover, but no action, they said, the merchant should agree. they help merchant more than customers. because merchant has more business to them more us.

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Jul 23, 2018 11:02 am EDT
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Have been scammed by a company, thought it was a legit company have talked to most of the Discover Card personel to see if they will help with this problem sent them all the information that we have they stated that they would investigate what a joke they never investigated any thing the letter they sent me had all the information that we gave them verbatim word for word. We even sent e-mails addressed to the executive offfices I do not believe the head of the company ever received my complaints. The head of Discover is Mark Scarborough and the other one is Dennis Mitchell, have sent them all the information and have called to many times to number. We keep getting the person that runs interference for them his name is Nick Capretta he stated that we should have known after three days it was a scam really? Been trying to reach an agreement with them and was told that they will not work with me. This is has just been absurd.They do not help their customers with anything.

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Robert Pike
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Feb 01, 2018 11:06 am EST
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I have a charge on my account that I never received any thing for. from YelpincGift Chappone at [protected]. Please credit my account for $150.00.
Robert C. Pike
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Charles Zander
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Oct 16, 2016 3:59 pm EDT

I have had the same problem with Discover. It was my 1st choice when it came to using the card. Why? They had great customer support. I ran into an issue buying an RV and luckily I used my Discover card because I always felt protected. I was fraudulently charged the incorrect amount by the dealership NorthTrailRV in Fort Lauderdale. They actually filled out 2 sales contracts and had my caregiver forge my name on all the documents. Overall my experience with them is what you hear about now and then on the Internet. I never thought they were to until now. So I filed a dispute with Discover. They actually sent in the 2 sales contracts. That's how I figured out what they did. Discover close the account and gave them the money. I reopened the claim and provided simpler but concrete evidence. The dealership just sent them the same thing and a close the case and gave it to the dealership. Now I'm on my last and final dispute. I don't know why I think anything's going to be different. I must be insane because doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is the definition of insanity to me. If Discover doesn't take care of me on this on to stop using the card and let it slowly expire. Very disappointed

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Jan 04, 2017 7:07 am EST
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Hello,
I am going through the exact same thing with Discover right now and I was wondering if you could tell me the actions Discover took when your dispute escalated to arbitration (final dispute)?
Thank you so much

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Jenny Lu
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Jun 13, 2019 1:32 pm EDT
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Hi, Would you mind telling me the result of your dispute with Discover? it is such a nightmare. I opened a dispute with discover several months ago, they seemed like never reviewing all the documentations that i uploaded. After provided many documentations to support my dispute they were still on merchant favor. They are doing the final review in my case now. I would like to know your experience with Discover. Thank you

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Mar 26, 2009 8:12 pm EDT

Here is another Discover complaint for you. Not sure if the former employee can offer insight... I have been a Discover card holder since 1999. I have always paid my bill in full every month. So, you would think that I would be regarded highly. I receive a call from them today stating that they did not receive my check for the March payment. At first, I thought maybe I did forget... but alas, not the case. As usual, I paid the bill in full upon receipt. I contacted my bank to determine if the check had been cashed. When I spoke to the banking rep, she said that it had not been cashed and asked if I wanted to stop payment so I can send in another one. I told her to stop payment and asked her how much the fee was. She said, "Well this will be the 15th check to Discover that I have stopped today. There will be no charge." I asked her "What?" She responded, "It really depends on the method of payment and how they cash it. Electronic payments go through quicker. In my experience, they hold paper check payments for a month. The cardholder calls us when they are balancing their account and see that the check has not posted against their account or when Discover contacts them because the payment is not in their system." I asked her why they would hold a check... and she says simply, "They can charge a late payment and increase interest rates." Do the checks every show up? She laughed, "Usually a week later after the customer has complained." AMAZING! To Discover's credit, they did try to appease me by removing the late charge. However, they wanted me to give them full access to my bank account. NO THANK YOU! I closed my account and told them to send me a bill. I promised to send them the cancel check information from my bank. This was the second illegal activity they have indulged in. See below.

In 2000, Discover initiated an aggressive telemarketing effort to sell travel insurance, unemployment insurance etc. I would receive phone calls every 30 minutes from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm at night. The Discover employee would grow angry toward the end of the day especially since I always said "I am not interested.Please remove me from you telemarketing list." Finally, she said to me, "You might as well just say yes. I am going to call you until you do." I called the attorney general's office and filed a formal complaint. It turns out that Discover violated several laws with this practice. The AG office put a tap on my phone the following day and recorded 25 calls from Discover (1 every 30 minutes). After this undeniable and blatant disregard for the law and consumer confidence, they issued a court order against Discover which stated that they could not conduct telemarketing before 9:00 am or after 9:00 pm and they must remove my name and all phone numbers from their marketing program. (they had tapes with my repeated request to remove me from these lists.). The court also went so far to prohibit Discover calling me for any other purpose except for information regarding fraudulent activity on my account. I felt this would be enough to keep them in line. Now they've moved on to other unprofessional and unethical practices.

It pays to discover your rights under the Fair Consumer Credit Act. There are other credit card companies that charge less interest and will offer a straightforward and ethical business relationship.

To all of you fighting the good fight, carry on and good luck!

A former Discover card member.

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vikkiv123
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Mar 08, 2009 9:44 pm EDT

Working on an employment history for myself, I somehow happened across a LOT of complaints about discover card. At one time, I worked in the customer service call center in ohio. After 16 weeks in a training bay and another month of side by side work with an experienced rep, i thought i had the jist of things there. now, I am SURE that since I worked there, things have changed, but had I gotten your complaint, my response would have been #1 to put ALL transactions from LetsTalk.com in a dispute status (assuming this was within the same billing cycle) #2 would have been to forward your account (flagging in computer system) to merchant agreements (to make sure the merchants records and the receipt you were given match and are correct in terms of the agreement between the merchant and discover card. #3 Qued your account for follow up, meaning that the day after your next bill prints, I get a pop up on my screen to go check on your account (we rarely EVER got time to do these, therefore the accounts were EXTENSIVELY noted so that our supervisor could do them if we couldnt.) Follow up would be checking for additional finance charges/over limit/late fees caused by the initial transaction, making an outbound call to you to ask if the problem had been resolved and if not, contacting a supervisor to resolve it. THERES NO REASON you should be getting the run around, and I surely hope it works out. The people on the other end of the phone are paid crap wages and treated like dirt, and i am POSITIVE had I been there and taken action on the account, it's likely someone woulda bit my head off there. The people who work there are just like you and me, normal folk trying to get by. Theyre trained extensively, but my god its more than any one person can master. (Why I QUIT after 6 months!) My advice to you is to call once again, but this time, once you are through the initial varification that you are in deed the card holder (a pain i know!) tell the representative that you want to speak to a supervisor, and that you have made many unsuccessful attempts at resolving the problem. If the person insists that THEY themselves help you and doesnt want to give you a supervisor, simply hang up and go at it again. At the time, the policy was if they ask for a supervisor, you find out WHY, place them on hold, and go get the supervisor. That simple. I hope it gets resolved.

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