
Matthew of Spring Arbor, MI on July 28, 2004
A while back my wife applied for an Old Navy Credit Card and purchased a few items of clothes with it. Like many Department store Cards there is a 10% discount on your first purchase. So My wife took advantage of this offer with no intention of ever really using the card again. We received the bill and we paid it on time. Then we recived a late charge indicating that we did not pay on time. However we did and our bill came back with just the 25 dollar late fee plus about 10 dollars that we had left to pay off the card (the bill included the deduction of our payment on time).
Then we called the Card company. They appoligized for their mistake and removed the fee. The Service rep then asked us if we wanted to pay off the rest of the card by phone. We figured since we were already on the phone that we might as well. But then she notified us about the 10 dollar pay by phone fee. Such a fee sounded absurd so we declined and said we would mail it in. But then the lady said, hold on let me check with my manager to see if I can get that waived. Sure enough a few seconds later she returned and assured us that we would not be charged. So we went ahead and payed by phone.
In next months bill we noticed $10 pay by phone fee. We didn't have time to call about this bill because we were leaving the country for three weeks. When we returned we recived another bill that charged a $10 late fee plus a $1 finance charge for the unpaid pay by phone fee. We called about it and told them what happened but they would not beleive us nor did they remove any of the charges. We were met with only with rudeness and lies. Then we asked them to do us a favor and remove it. They insisted that they already gave us a break last time for the 25 dollar late fee. But that fee was their mistake. They insisted that their computers said other wise.
There was no atempt to help just a mechanical and fake sorry sir, but is there anything else I can do for you? Needless to say we canclled the account and then recived another $10 late fee. We're forced to pay our $32 bill or face more fees and bad credit ratings. I am wondering if any other people are facing similar problems?