Bread Financial Reviews

(Formerly Comenity)

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About Bread Financial

Bread Financial, previously known as Comenity, specializes in providing credit cards to consumers. The bank operates primarily through partnerships with retailers and other businesses, offering co-branded credit cards and loyalty programs that allow you to earn rewards and discounts on purchases. However, Bread Financial also has an impressive line-up of high-yield savings products that provide a safe place to park idle cash.

Pros
  • High APYs
  • Low fees
  • Hundreds of credit cards
  • Attractive terms and conditions on most products
Cons
  • No checking accounts
  • No branches
  • Bread Loan not available to public yet

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 13, 2017

    I have had several situations where I have received my statement late. Very short billing cycle. I get online the same day (5 days past due) pay the account in full (54.00). Then they assess a $27 late fee, 2.00 in finance charges. I call to have them remove the fee. Well, I am not eligible because I had a fee removed in the last 18 months? Kept me on the call for 45 minutes... and just kept saying "NO".

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    PricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 13, 2017

    Twice in the last six months they have not credited my account. It was paid by cash in store. I have the receipt. I send in a copy of the receipt and they're still harassing me saying I did not pay them and charging me an ungodly amount for a late fee. I will be going in store to handle this. Victoria's Secret will never get another cent out of me. I close my account in October. This company is very unprofessional and keeps charging interest when I have never been late for a payment. Will contact a lawyer.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2017

    Had a tooth break while my dentist was out of town. Aspen could get me in next day so I went in to see if there was a temporary fix we could do until my dentist came back. To make a long story short I applied for financing for an implant procedure and made an appointment for a month later. The whole thing was 7 grand. After other opinions I cancelled the appointment. So imagine my surprise when I get a bill for nearly 7 grand for a procedure I never had and cancelled weeks before the appointment date.

    Essentially when you apply for financing Aspen runs it as a purchase that day. I actually got the bill before the scheduled appointment date. So I called Comenity to see what I can do since I never really bought anything. Comenity tells me I owe them $16.20 interest that accumulated from the date of purchase to the date of return. How am I paying interest for something before I even have the appointment? I could understand if they charged me the date of the appointment but I was charged for a "purchase" a month in advance of the date I would have been making a "purchase" and then to charge interest on something that never took place is just shady.

    The fact that Comenity is OK with the shady practices of Aspen Dental is appalling and then to charge people interest on this stuff even though they never bought anything, never had any work and cancelled all appointments weeks in advance is very very shady. I am not at all pleased with how Comenity is doing things with their "dental first financing." At least it's only $16.20 but still it's the principle of the thing.

    Let me add I also have a VS acct through Comenity which I've had for years and have never had any issues, of course I've never made a late payment and rarely even pay interest on that acct at all because I pay off whatever I purchase so I never would have expected this kind of behaviour from Comenity bank. The bill even says you won't be charged interest if you pay the balance in full by the due date each month. If the "purchase" was returned nearly 3 weeks before the due date essentially there would be no balance to pay. I was told by "Shawn" the customer service rep it's interest from date of purchase through date if return which would have been about a week.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2017

    I have had accounts with Comenity Bank since they came on the scene. I recently applied for 5 new cards, verified and approved and that made the bank nervous. They have frozen some accounts and closed others. Many have a zero balances and none are delinquent. I didn't use the shopping cart trick. I actually had a decent credit score. I have cards from other reputable banks, Wells Fargo, Chase, Discover and Capital one. I am gonna close every account and keep it moving. Bad customer service in the 21st Century is unacceptable. I have officially fallen out with Comenity Bank. And I plan to file Class Action when they report derogatory info to my credit. Really, I ain't mad, it will be a blessing to not be tempted to use their cards. God works in mysterious ways...

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2017

    I have just read all of the other reviews and they are 100% accurate. They purposely did not send the first month's bill, which ended up in a very big late fee. I got the card to help build credit and to purchase a much needed rug. I now wish I had picked a different banks card over Comenity. My Synchrony never screwed me over like this with the new egg card, that's for sure. 2 Thumbs down to Comenity.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 24, 2017

    My January payment was due on the 12th and I electronically paid it through my bank on the 3rd. When I got my February statement the payment was not applied. I have been trying to resolve this since the middle of January by phone calls and letters to customer service. My account is in dispute but they keep adding late fees and minimum payment charge even though they say it could take up to 60 days to resolve. When I call and the recording tells me my balance it says it is in collections. This doesn't seem acceptable when I have done the right thing. Please be extremely careful if you get a credit card from them.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Feb. 15, 2017

    I was a Comenity bank customer with Avenue...Lane Bryant and Metrostyle. Well I fell 2 months behind on Lane Bryant and Metrostyle. I reached out to them to let them know about my financial situation changing and tried to make arrangements to pay and to keep my accounts in good standing. Well after the arrangements were agreed upon by myself and the bank...they closed my accounts with the exception of the Avenue account which was not behind in payment...that was in 2015...so I just paid them until they were done!

    Well the summer of 2016 they closed my Avenue account with no notice because according to the bank of the issue with the other accounts in 2015... They stated because of some new bs policy that all of a sudden emerged! I have a balance that is still due here to which I pay on time every month... Most of the time I pay it early! The bottom line they make up policies as they go and whenever they feel like and then THEY ARE ENCOURAGING ME TO REAPPLY! Really Comenity? So you can close the account after a week. I DON'T THINK SO!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2017

    We frequently shop at Pottery Barn and use their store credit card (provided by Comenity Bank). While shopping at a local store in December 2016, the sales associate had trouble with the card being read by their charge unit. She completed the transaction by simply entering the numbers manually. She suggested we request a replacement card. Good luck with that. After nearly two months trying, and being told by phone that a replacement was being sent that day (mid-January), no card. We did get a letter (the third) saying they had tried to reach us, to no avail. So would not send the card. BS!!!

    I wrote a letter and enclosed the card (shredded). I stated that we were frustrated by their lack of assistance, and were returning the card which was figuratively and literally of no use in the store. I also added that we would continue to shop at Pottery Barn, and would simply have the associate look up our number for each prospective sale. The response was yet another letter. Thanked for our past association, the account had been closed. Not only TONE DEAF, but totally missing the point. Oh, the letter also stated what our outstanding balance on the card was. Naturally, the balance had been paid off five days prior to the date of the letter.

    Customer service is a joke. If something this simple gets hosed up, what chance does anyone have resolving a financial problem? Besides the 'humor' in all of this, there is a silver lining to look forward to. The next time we are at Pottery Barn and make a purchase, we will open up a new account and receive their 'new customer' discount.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2017

    I'm reviewing Comenity Bank's Visa card for William and Sonoma and my recent experience with them. I was shopping their website and got a credit card offer and applied, was approved for $1500 CL. This company is down right dirty for doing what they done to me. Not only did they offer me the CC but sent it out and let me activate it then told me "Congratulations you can now shop with your new CC!"

    Well I called to set up my PIN number right after that (glad I did to save me embarrassment!) and was told my card had been cancelled and a letter was being mailed out to me for the reason but I have a Victoria Secret card with them that I have made 2 payments on before the due date and had another payment coming out on the 3rd so I cannot wait to hear their reasoning behind this behavior. Just forewarning anyone expecting a CC from Comenity to be on the lookout for it to be just a card that worth nothing to you, only a negative affect to your credit score!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2017

    I have two accounts with Comenity. DB and VS. I've fallen behind on payments due to working partime. Account was sent to recovery dept. The reps are rude and nasty. Being nasty isn't going to make me pay any faster. They need not to harass clients and threaten them about account going to an attorney. The reps are unprofessional and some yell and interject. Hire better folks!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 25, 2017

    Since Comenity took over Credit Card payments for Boscovs, we have been hit with 2 $25.00 late fees already, one last August and now in January. I mail all our payments in the same time frame to make sure they arrive on time and we have never been assessed this except for the Comenity-Boscovs card. That seems to be somewhat of a coincidence and when I called Comenity, they said they can't waive it since we already had the late fee last August and it was within an 18 month period. This is a rip off and I canceled my account but my wife kept her card but they aren't getting any more of my money.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2017

    I don't owe this bank any money and have not borrowed any money. Yet they continue to stalk and harass me with threatening phone calls. I did apply for credit through Aspen Dental but never needed the credit, so I don't owe any money. Will also never use Aspen Dental because of their affiliation with this bank. My plan is to file a complaint with the Ohio Better Business Bureau. Don't waste your time with these unscrupulous people. If you can't pay cash for your items, then keep walking.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 20, 2017

    I received 2 phone calls from Comenity Bank today telling me that I am missed my last payment of $21.65 and I now have 2 months of late fees due. The first caller told me it was on an order that had been returned to HSN and the second called me that it was on an order that I placed at HSN in May of 2016 and I need to pay $75 or I will be turned over to collections. However, if I paid $50, he back out one of the late fees. When I called HSN to get some info on this, they could not help me, said I need to call the bank because they cannot call the bank on my behalf, but they could do a 3-way conference call. Well, I got disconnected. Called my bank and my web payments have been taken out of my account, but Comenity did not credit my account.

    The first "guy" I talked to at Comenity should not even be in customer service. Very rude, arrogant and condescending. I asked why I was not billed for the last payment. He accused me of changing my email on my account. Why would I do that? There was not talking to this jerk. I asked him to HSN for a 3-way conference call and he refuses, telling me he doesn't even have their number to do so. Called HSN to get some help on this, which they could not do, but said she just got off the phone with a Comenity in a 3-way call. So she transferred me to Comenity. I asked for a Manager, and the "manager" was even worse than the first jerk that I talked to. He said there was no need to call HSN because he can see my account. They took my $50 payment and I hung up on this jerk.

    Do not deal with this bank, unless you have money to just throw away. I have read a lot of reviews on Comenity and there is nothing good about this bank. Trust me. Those purchases that you are making using a Comenity Bank card are not worth it. I only used it at HSN, but have stopped shopping at HSN due to this. Oh, did I mention, Comenity Bank has done this to me TWICE now. So I am done!!!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2017

    I think Comenity makes it a habit of not sending your first bill so you get charged late fees. Twice, two different store cards ran by Comenity, I did not get a bill after my first purchase. Obviously without a bill, it did not get paid. Started getting phone calls for payment before an actual bill came (again, with both of these accounts). When it did show up there was a late fee.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2017

    I got a call from Comenity saying I was late on a payment. I explained my situation of losing my own debit credit card. Then got informed I was 2 months behind. I made purchase at the end of Nov. Just got a bill and the payment due date was 1-6-2017. So how am I behind two payments? That is a crock.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 12, 2017

    I opened a new account with this bank via special offer through ULTA. I tried to use my new CC (brand new account, no late fees, no overage on my end) but it was declined - no reason provided. Happened 2 times... I called the bank and found out they had closed my account without any notification to me. I am closing out this account, for sure. I have nothing positive to say about this experience.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017

    I have had difficulties with the payment side of this company. A number of times I have had to make a payment after it was electronically sent in because I found it difficult to get that part of their payment system to work either as a single payment or trying to make monthly payment set up. I was getting late charges with statements and after a while I found the only way to make a payment that was processed was by phone. After making a final payment, I got a statement saying that I owed another late charge. Today I called them and told them that the statement I received was incorrect and that I refused to pay any further late charges. I had closed the account on the 5th of January and at first they could not remove the late charge. I finally got hold of someone, who as a courtesy said she would remove it. I suggest that if you are going to order from this group use your own credit cards and leave their Comenity Card out of the situation altogether.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2017

    I get that working for this creditor/bank cannot be a walk in the park, but their employees are rude, condescending, call multiple times/day (not just you, the card holder, but your family members, too), and then make up excuses why they're allowed to do this, and state that their employees never dealt with you in an unprofessional manner. Please avoid if you can!

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2017

    COMENITY Bank is the biggest rip-off company I've ever encountered. They pounce on you one minute after your $1 payment is due and quickly charge you $27. It happened to me 2 months in a row. That's $54 down the drain with nothing to show for it. I closed this account right away. I feel lucky compared to the hundreds of other horror stories I sat and read from other consumers. How long can these scam artists be allowed to prey on consumers trying to build their credit? Stay away from this company and spread the word.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2017

    This bank is a total rip-off... I try to make payments to them online and their system will not accept them. Obviously they do this so they can add a late fee to your account. Paying by phone gets even better... It's a $9 fee just to talk to a customer service rep, even if you're paying from your checking account. I sincerely believe that Comenity Bank's practices should be investigated.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016

    While shopping at Overstock.com, during my check-out I was advised I had been pre-approved would I like to accept the offer, I subsequently did. The same scenario occurred with J. Crew, Sportsmans Guide, and Express. I never authorized or gave permission to have my credit file accessed with a hard pull, I never provided my entire social security number. After receiving a denial letter for the Express account which indicated first party fraud, I called in on 12/13/16 and spoke with a Jonathan who was completely oblivious and said he'd never heard of anything like that before o_O, thus I requested his supervisor, she then gets on the phone and calls me Eric confused as that is not my name and I had just previously spoken to someone I wasn't sure why she would randomly call me that!

    Diane told me I would need to wait 30 days for the Express account, due to the number of inquiries, however my other accounts that were recently opened were just fine. Fast-forward to 12/21 I attempted to activate my Sportsmans Guide I had just received in the mail, it was not activated, I was told it was reviewed and closed due to number of recent inquiries on 12/16/16, I was told by Mary, my J. Crew and Overstock were not affected. I called into the executive office to see about reinstating my accounts, I have a FICO of 754, it defeats the purpose of pre-approving someone only to close an account a week later.

    This does damage to AAoA, Inquiries, etc. and is an egregious archaic form of banking lacking in sufficient logic. I find this behavior to be very misleading, unfair, and deceptive not to mention when you call for clarification you receive ambiguous responses. Every time I have made contact with them whether initiated or received, they ALWAYS address me by a DIFFERENT name! Today I was JASON! As someone with anxiety and bipolar, this type of verification is stupid, here you have me giving you my account number but you call me by a different name. What type of dumb ish is that. You don't JASON from Jé.

    I was told the department doesn't take calls but an e-mail will be sent over to see about reinstating my accounts. This information should not be reported on my credit bureau reports, or marked closed by credit grantor, I want all activity (any inquiries and accounts) from Comenity bank DELETED and ERASED from all my credit reports for obvious reasons. I want to return all merchandise I bought from each company and refrain from doing future business with them or this horrible bank.

    There is a serious flaw in their business module and it needs to be adjusted, it is giving them a bad name with potential business and affecting the business accounts they serve. Bottom line, people don't want to do business with a company who has such irregular behavior. It is not fair to have my credit reports affected for years to come because of their incompetent banking policies. Deceptively opening the accounts with bait-and-switch only to have adverse actions affect these reports into the future that we have been working so hard to solidify is absolutely INFURIATING!! Chutzpah! They clearly lack ethics in terms of honoring fair lending practices.

    Approving an account for a week only to create a negative impact on the CRBs for years to come is Unfair Trade Practices against consumers; an initial denial would have been one thing but to create a long term blemish is despicable! Just downright nasty and unbecoming; corporate mentality: short term bottom line. When management has no coherent vision to improve services & the bottom line, they'll try any scheme without regard to effectiveness or casualties.

    Responsible lenders will treat responsible customers responsibly. All CC companies can suspend your spending privileges without shutting down your account, or reporting your credit limit at zero! What they have done is just filthy, "freeze" the cards to mitigate risk, send a notice to the customers that their accounts are frozen and will be shut down in the future, and other niceties. This would give folks a fair chance to pay off the card before it reports with a $0 CL and "Over the Limit" if they have a balance. Very PETTY! They need to fix their software. If they don't want me as a customer quit pre approving me for cards!

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2016

    I called 12/16/16, to get a one-time courtesy late fee removed. I've never been late on any of my payments, and yet this credit card did not remove the late payment, despite me making a payment for $100, which was over the minimum payment required. I also requested to have the payment due date changed, and they stated that they could not change it. Never have I had a credit card like this one, that doesn't try to negotiate with the customer. Comenity Bank, will be losing a valuable customer as a result.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016

    I wish I could rate them 0 stars. What kind of a company only accepts debit cards and not credit cards? I understand to an extent about it, but if it goes through and they get their money then what is the big deal?? I think that the "policy" is absolutely stupid to not accept any credit cards... Once paid off I will never use again.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016

    I have one account open with them. All of a sudden I'm getting bills from other places that I didn't apply for and bills on top of that. I have paid off the card that I had but somehow my payment have gotten sent back putting my bank account with extra fees. Not cool... Not to mention the harassing voicemail of I better have a lawyer when I contact them. As far as I'm concerned I paid them off and they sent my payment back. Now my credit score is very low because of them. Again not cool. Nowhere on the internet is there a number for the company customer service... But I have canceled the one card I had which also caused my drop on my credit score. So very upset I ever wanted a credit card with them.

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    Customer ServiceReliability

    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016

    I recently applied for and was approved for a Sportsman's Guide Visa card with a $1500 limit. I received the card in the mail, activated it, set up all the profile information etc. Two days later I took my wife to dinner and the card was declined. I called and said the account was closed one day PRIOR to activating my new card. Needless to say, I was not a happy customer. I have read horrible reviews about this company but have 3 other accounts with them and have a perfect payment record with them, so I wasn't even concerned about any problems with my new card. I was told that I couldn't be given a reason over the phone, but would receive a letter from them explaining why. That was 10 days ago and when I log in it still shows my account as active. And still no letter explaining why.

    I am likely going to close all of my accounts with this second rate organization - how can an account be closed and yet when calling in to activate the card it's looks good. Not to mention being a bit embarrassed and very pissed off about the declined charges. But I always carry a little extra cash and have other reputable credit cards that I carry, so I wasn't stuck in any way. There are many other reputable banks out there to deal with for all credit ratings - do yourself a favor - stay away from them. I always recommended them to people rebuilding their credit or just needed a secondary card for a $1000 to $2000 limit for emergencies - never again. I considered myself a very good customer - now I will consider myself a very good former customer - good riddance to bad service and second rate organization.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016

    I have a Williams-Sonoma card that used to be with Barclay and switched or was bought out by Comenity. I didn't know until I went to make my payment. I finally called the 800 number on the back of my card and the lady was very helpful. She informed of the switch and gave me directions on how to create an account with Comenity so I could pay my bill online (which is how I pay most of my bills these days). That is where the problem occurs. It is damn near impossible to even get on to the Comenity website. I tried from my home computer, phone, work computer... all to no avail. I finally had to call the number on the back of my card again (as this was the only way I could get a hold of anyone) and once again the lady was nice and helpful and let me make a payment over the phone with her. I have never come across a company that made it so difficult to make a payment! At this point, I will be paying this card off as soon as possible and closing the account.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016

    If I could give Comenity zero stars I would. I had to go out of town for a week, and I forgot to pay my Comenity credit card bill before leaving town. This caused me to be late paying my bill because I did not have the card with me so I had to wait until returning home before I could make the payment as I had not yet set up an online account with them. These people were calling me at least 10 times per day. Their behavior borders on harassment. I am definitely canceling my card with them, and I will no longer be doing business with the store with whom I have the card (Stage). My advice is to avoid doing business with this company at all costs.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2016

    This was my first time dealing with Comenity Capital Bank of Columbus, Ohio. I applied for Boscov's credit card but I was told they could not verify my credit report at Experian because it was locked. Comenity said I should apply again after I unlock my credit information. I contacted Experian and they told me it was not locked. I was able to get my free credit report. I requested Experian to unlock it for two weeks period so Comenity Capital Bank as a vendor could have access to it. I wrote to Comenity about my action.

    Few days later I got a letter from Comenity that said, "Our records show that we received more than one application from you within 30 days timeframe. Unfortunately, we do not process any additional application received within 30 days of a previous application. At the time of your previous application, we sent you a letter notifying you of our decision. We appreciate your business and encourage you to reapply for a Boscov's credit card account in the future allowing at least 30 days from the date of this letter."

    After reviewing previous complaints about this bank at Consumer Reports, I have decided not to apply for Boscov's credit card from them. I can always use cash at the store or use another bank credit card if they accepts it. I don't need the headache. I think Comenity Capital Bank does not approve people who are retirees and not working. If it falls into some form of discrimination, I don't know.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016

    I have a card through Victoria's Secret and I had to switch jobs. I don't get paid enough to make on time payments once a month so, I've been missing payments. Comenity continues to call me on a daily basis, 10x a day some days and I do not answer because I have things around the house and family matters to attend to. When I do answer and talk to them and explain "I'm not sure when I can make a payment", they refer to it as "refusal to pay" which I find absolutely ridiculous! How am I refusing to pay when I explain my situation as to why I cannot make a payment today or within the next week? I am not refusing anything, I am just unable to. I'm going to be saving up the little bit of money I do have to pay this off so that I can close my account with VS because I'm sick of the collection calls and sick of being told I'm refusing to pay. I don't think that anybody should have to deal with things of this nature when they are experiencing hardships.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2016

    I received a letter from Comenity Capital Bank advising they had put a "hold" on my credit card. They indicated I had made a purchase at Forever 21. I called them as soon as I received the letter to advise them I had never applied for a credit card with them. They sent me a Fraud form about a week later and we filled it out and mailed it in. About a week later I received a bill from Forever 21 with a $27 late payment penalty so I called them again and they apologized and told me to discard the bill.

    My sister was visiting us from Indiana and she saw the letter from Comenity Capital Bank and she got a bill from them just before she came to visit us in Arkansas. She also called to advise them she had never applied for a credit card with them. She was married so her last name is not the same as mine. I plan to contact Forever 21, but looks like I will have to do it by mail because I went online and could not find a customer service number to contact them. This looks like a major case of fraud over a wide area.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2016

    The Comenity Bank is committing fraud by deliberately not processing payments until after the payment is due. I mailed my November 11, 2016 on October 20, 2016. I called customer service today and the operator stated that my payment has yet to be received. This is the third time. Fraud. I am cancelling all of my Comenity accounts today and reporting my concerns to the Better Business Bureau and the attorney general.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016

    They are stealing from consumers. As to not bore anyone reading this, I signed up for their card for the 0% offer on Wayfair. I got my first statement and immediately signed up for online payments (they do not allow for automatic payments...convenient) and never missed a payment. Until October, when I did miss a payment (I was traveling) and realized I had been charged interest since inception. I immediately paid off the card in full and asked why I'd been charged interest. They said Wayfair must have not sent them the fact that I was supposed to receive 0%. And now, it's past the 90 days that is in the fine print that you actually have to dispute something like this so there's nothing they can do. Watch yourself when signing up for any store credit cards that are not backed by the store itself!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & Speed

    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016

    I have a second job. Like MOST jobs today, your check can go directly on a debit card. Guess what, without a routing number. I'm supposed to pay CB an additional $9 just for using my PAY CARD to make a payment on time. They charge late fees of $37 - $10 more than the monthly payment. THEY do blind phone calls, so when you answer, there's no one there. You hang up but they have a record they called you. This so-called bank is in business for the late fees. They have made over 5 times more money off me on fees, over interest. No auto payment arrangements, $9 fee to pay with a DEBIT card! Contrast. My Discover allows auto pay, has real customer SERVICE. I love Discover. I will pay off my HSN and Catherine's cards and buy stuff off Amazon with my Discover or debit card.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2016

    I noticed two charges on my PB account. I kept wondering why I wasn't able to pay my balance down and now I know why. I was charged 838.00 for a revolving promotional?? And then another 300.00 in Finance charges. I already pay 47.00 per month in finance charges. Beware of Comenity Bank and their endless fees. This bank should definitely be investigated for consumer fraud. I have sent PB a request to remove these fees so we will see.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    I bought a present for my wife in Henri Bendel, NYC. They extended to me an Bendel credit card, administered by Comenity Bank. I paid the balance of $168.88 on time. I dialed your number and was communicated with a cumbersome system. I was asked to enter my bank account number and routing number. A few days later I dialed again and the system communicated that my balance was now zero. I then received a very aggressive letter saying that my payment had been rejected because my bank had returned the request for payment. Puzzled, I called my bank. The bank told me that no request for payment had ever been received. I called your phone line again and requested to talk with an agent. Said agent was totally inarticulate and kept repeating that I was in default because my bank had rejected the request for payment.

    Every time that I said to her that no request ever reached the bank, your agent kept saying that the payment had been rejected or returned by my bank. According to her, I could pay the balance through her and pay a penalty of $9 for doing it through her. Despairing to be able to have a civilized conversation, I accepted. She said that I could do it with a VISA card, which I proceeded to do. She said that my card had been rejected also. Now this was getting scary. With my credit rating around 800 in my mind’s eye I saw it slipping away because I was becoming indebted to a shady company. I then discovered that she meant VISA debit, not credit card and she now told me that credit cards were not accepted. I finally gave my bank coordinates (the same I had entered before but somehow not accepted by Comenity) to this nincompoop and I ended up paying $177.88 instead of $168.88.

    Today I received another threatening letter from you requesting a payment of $168.99, a week after I paid to your agent and 3 days it was posted in my bank. Please find enclosed my cut-in-half Henri Bendel card that you administer. I do not appreciate, or need, your harassment. Besides, you already skimmed $9 from me, and that was your plan all along. Wasn’t it? We all learn lessons through life. Some are hard to swallow, particularly when you deal with crooks.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016

    I am disgusted with the fees this bank charges and to make it worst the customer service reps are more like bill collectors - nasty attitudes. I pay all my bills through bill pay. All my bills are paid way before the due dates. This bank has been posting my payments which are deducted from my bank 2 days prior to due date and Comenity is deliberately posting the payment 1 day after and charging my account $30. They are despicable.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016

    I recently received a credit card through BJ's which uses Comenity Bank. The card was working great with no issues until today. I use my credit cards instead of my debit card for all transactions so that I can take advantage of the maximum bonus. To keep my credit card utilization rate low and not affect my credit score, I will typically pay the credit card as I use it, sometimes making the payment in the same day as the transaction, but usually no more than 2-3 days after the transaction is made. I do this with multiple credit cards, and have never run into any issues.

    Today I went to use my BJ's credit card and it was declined. I knew it had nothing to do the with limit as I was nowhere close to reaching the max. So I called to find out thinking that maybe there was some sort of fraud thing or perhaps the merchant code was giving an issue. I was told that because I had multiple payments pending, they temporarily froze my account. No one could give me a logical answer as to why this would happen and what sense this makes to freeze someone's account because they make payments. I kept getting told it was policy and there was nothing that they could do. I insisted that there had to be a way to lift this freeze and that this was the most absurd thing I have ever heard off. I asked for a supervisor and again was told the same thing. There is nothing they can do. It is policy, that having multiple "pending" payments it will freeze my account.

    The girl representative then stated in a snotty way, that I am making these payments prior to the statement closing, making it seem like I was doing something wrong. My response was pretty clear with a so what, I have that right to make payments and again use multiple cards in the same way and have never run into this issue. I again insisted and pleaded that they lift the freeze and allow my transaction to go through, as I was attempting to purchase oil not only for myself but for my tenants, and it was a time sensitive matter. She continued to say she "understood" but it is policy and there is nothing she or anyone could do.

    Insisting and in my experience there is always something that can be done or someone that can do something, I asked to speak to another supervisor. A gentleman with Operations, came on the phone, and was to say the least not very pleasant. He too insisting that nothing can be done. I expressed that this is an obvious flaw in their system and the most absurd thing I have ever experienced. He then had the nerve to tell me to use one of my other cards, since there is nothing they can do.

    I also learned that the multiple payments that I have made and have come out of my account, although it reflects as posted on my end, I was informed that all my payments were "pending" and they have not posted anything to my account on their end. When I asked "why would you accept my money, which is clearly out of my checking account, but not apply it to my credit card account." I was not given an answer and again was told "I'm sorry but there is nothing we can do".

    I now lost the points/revenue that I would have generated from making this purchase with this particular credit card and fear that even if the freeze is lifted within the "24 hour timeframe" they gave me, that I will run into this problem again, especially with the holidays coming up, as I will not change the way I use my credit card. Overall, their customer service is terrible. If I could give negative stars I would give negative 5. They do not deserve a single star.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016

    I have 4 store cards with them--Overstock, Woman Within, Lane Bryant and Gordmans. For the most part I like being able to shop at these stores. After trying to work with them to get them to change my due dates on the cards I started picking up on stories I was being told. They tried to tell me that one of the cards determined my due date by my zip code. Another told me the store demanded my due date be set to that. And as I've kept pushing about them changing my due date on the card they keep telling more and more lies... Now that it's become very obvious I am being lied to I have told them I will probably start closing these accounts as they get paid off. I have gotten a line of credit increase and 2 out of the 4 accounts have allowed for my due dates to be changed but they say there is nothing they can do for the other two. Hmmm. They told me the same thing about all of them a month ago!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Hello everyone. I have never made a review on a company much less on a review board, but I really want to share my experience with this company. They are completely a scam and do very shady business. About 1 month ago, I went school shopping with my daughter and every store we went into, they offered the 15% discount if you open a card today. So, I opened about 5 accounts throughout the day from different stores, PINK, NEW YORK and COMPANY, TALBOTS, Dress Barn and then they sent me a Mastercard from Gander. So of course to get the discount for opening a card, I used the cards that day. I just received my first bill from each one last week with a minimum payment of $27 due by October 8.

    Last week, I received letters from all of the cards stating that I needed to send in a copy of my driver's license, a copy of my social security card, and a copy of my current utility bill to verify my identity. I did. I called just now and they have closed all of my accounts because they said they could not verify my utility bill (which has all of the same information as my DL and SS and applications). They informed me that they have closed all of my accounts and that I will need to reapply. I said, "Absolutely not. Your company is a scam and I should have listened to the reviews I saw online." I will be paying off all of my accounts, BUT please, do not get involved with this company. They are not legit. Now I am terrified that I have sent a copy of my social security card and DL and now they could do anything with that. I think I am going to seek legal counsel.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2016

    This is about the Victoria's Secret Angel card. Been a cardholder for almost 2 years and never had billing problem, but then suddenly this summer bills just didn't get delivered. They claim mail is being returned to them as undeliverable and repeatedly ask to update my address. My address is correct so I don't know what to do and I don't know where or who they are sending my mail too. They asked why don't I sign up for paperless billing, I did and even then their notifications were not reliable which is why I switched back to paper. Victoria's Secret won't even help, have not received bills, free birthday gift offer, rewards, nothing. All Victoria's Secret tells you is you have to call Comenity.

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2016

    I had opened a Comenity Total Rewards Visa, only to have them after two months close it. Keep in mind all payments were on time and paid in full. I received a letter saying excessive inquiries and this too is incorrect. I had applied to a card to transfer a balance at zero percent and that prompted this action. Stay away from them at all cost. This bank's business practices are very poor and even the reps say they see this a lot and don't agree with this action either.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2016

    THE WORST CREDIT CARD COMPANY I'VE EVER DEALT WITH. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS AWFUL. I wish I NEVER would have opened an account with these people! I have never used them before and was buying a lot of furniture for our new home with Wayfair and thought it would be ok since I was getting 0% interest. I am a responsible customer who cares about credit and making sure payments are made on time. But comenity does not want you to keep the 0% and hope customers "Mess up" so they can charge a huge interest fee and make their money. It took them forever to even send me my card but said I can start using immediately (convenient).

    As soon as I received the card, I setup a payment 2 weeks early to draft to make sure there were no issues. But I must have mixed up a number on my bank account # (my error) because I received a letter NOT AN EMAIL (WHICH I STATED I WANTED MY CORRESPONDENCE THROUGH) and of course took 2 weeks to get to me.

    As soon as I realized there was a problem I immediately made a payment on the 20th (my actual payment due date) BUT it took Comenity 2 days to post my payment which made it LATE OF COURSE by 2 days. So now they are charging me a huge interest and refuse to reconsider even though they see it is a complete innocent error and I was trying to pay ahead of schedule. I have written them 4x and they are like robots who say the same thing and do not actually look into the situation. I called and discussed with a representative for 45 minutes who actually sounded like she was going to try to help and get it reversed but then we were disconnected. I tried calling back for an hour and their PHONES WERE DOWN?! The entire company was unreachable. I am just going to pay this card off and NEVER use them again. Do not waste your time! Its a gimmick.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2016

    HSN has their payment departments fragmented and hard to follow if you get behind because you lost your job. Comenity Bank is in "charge" of HSN credit card - not account. In getting a new position and explaining and trying to get a decent settlement price instead of the outrageous amount of monies they wanted, I had to be belittled by a ** agent who collected my information and with attitude gave and I accepted a settlement. One payment the day of the arrangement and one payment 10 days later. So today (10 days later), I'm using the exact phone number given to me to call and make this payment and get an agent who knows nothing about the settlement and asks me for the full amount. OMG. Then when I start to explain to her the issue, she transfers me without telling me.

    So now in a different department, already upset I get another agent with an attitude. And guess what Comenity, you don't get to tell someone how to behave as long as they are not yelling or cussing your sorry snotty **. You don't get to interrupt me and you don't get to say "that's what I say." I warned you about your ** attitude and turned a true customer service dialogue back at you. You spent more time telling me how you were going to answer my questions vs answering them. You wanted to argue or comment on every little thing and guess what MY TIME is way too valuable for you to hear yourself stroke yourself. I had no idea originally that Comenity backed HSN or I would never have agreed to even have an account. HSN in bed with snakes. PS Yes, I enjoyed taking this time to write this review.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016

    Avoid any vendor that has their credit card through them. I opened a credit account with Overstock.com. This bank refused to provide me with my account information however they emailed me a statement 2 DAYS after I opened the account. BUT without an account number I cannot access my statement to set up payments and without accessing my statement I cannot find out my account number. And of course if the payment is delayed they will attack my credit and try to damage it. This so called "Bank" is a big scammer. Any victims of their horrific business practices should start suing them. I know I am.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2016

    Simply B approved me for an account through Comenity bank. Worst mistake of my life!!! I only ordered two pair of shoes. My total price was only $30+. I pay all my bills online. I kept calling the automated voice feature and I keyed my information in as it prompt me to do so. Of course trying to find out how much is my balance it stated "no payment is due at this time" which was false!! I paid a total of $58 on the 6th of August because of late fees... Keep in mind this is supposed to be my payoff balance... But oh no!!! September is here. My balance is now $88.98!!!

    As of today Wednesday, September 14, 2016, I have paid Comenity bank off and out!!! I have never been taken advantage of like Comenity bank has just simply robbed me!!! Never again will I ever apply for credit with these thieves!!! I'M trying to build my credit not destroy it. The nerve of this ** bank!!! Comenity bank owes a lot of customers $$$$ back big time!!! Late fees for what then your automated system is an automated liar!!! For future reference, do not apply with Comenity bank. Save your self money, time & drama!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2016

    I have called Comenity Bank, HSN and I keep getting sent back and forth and back and forth and I am already disgusted on how I can resolved this problem. Maybe I should just sue HSN-Comenity Bank for burning my hands like I said regarding this horrible Curtis Stone Cookware they are selling that burns your hands when you touch the lids and handles. No other cookware in this world does that except this!

    I have asked for a credit and told Comenity I am returning it and they still kept charging me non-stop financing charges. I already complained to HSN and asked them to take this cookware back and they referred me to the owner and back to HSN and back to the owner from Hong Kong - Jon Silverman who apparently was not even Curtis Stone? I want my $214.45 + the payments I made which totaled to $192.38 including financing charges and late fees. Why should I not get them all back? Then let me pay for the other items I purchased separately and pay for them as if I purchased them without this stupid cookware! Plus pay financing charges for them not with this cookware! Which may be a total of $100.00 only!

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2016

    I opened an account with them through Venus. I signed up for online payments. I made my payments, for some reason they said it was returned due to invalid information on my bank account. They could not pull up my information to let me verify if the information was either put in correctly or incorrectly that I had to put the information in again via online. I did so. Triple checked that it was correct. I received the next month's statement with another returned fee. Now I have $78 in fees for products I have originally returned anyways. They still cannot verify whether the information is correct or not. They are crooks. I had to talk to a supervisor to pay this $78 so I can close my account out and be done with them for good! They are unwilling to work with you, or help you resolve the issue. They said "this is not common". But from the reviews I have read, obviously that is false.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2016

    I made my June payment on the 4th. It was not due until the 17th. I paid more than the min. due. On the 20th I was in Avenue and asked the store manager if I made a payment then would it go towards my July payment since the due date had passed. She said yes. She was wrong! I was called and told I failed to make my July payment. I told them I was told it was fine and they saw where two payments were entered in June. The woman understood the error. Told me I paid 4 days too early. She thanked me for trying to pay early. Informed me of the actual date I needed to wait for (24th). She reversed the late fee and I thought all was well. But instead they called me and told me I needed to pay 47 dollars as a min. payment instead of the usual 27. If they saw the error, apologized for misinforming me, and reversed the late fee, why was my min payment nearly double? Answer: "Just pay it. It's no big deal." It was to me.

    Then a supervisor tells me they fixed it. Just pay my 27 by the 17th. I lost my card and reported it. I make my payment online where it says 0 min. due. I paid 27 anyway because I owed it and I assumed it said that due to the fix the supervisor did. I was wrong... They closed my account because my account was delinquent when I reported my lost card. No one told me! I was at first told it was too late and I would have to reapply. I got the notification that morning! Oh well. We did catch it in time. We can reopen it. Now I get my August statement for Sept pay. I am past due 20 dollars because I only paid 27. Now I made a mistake in June by believing a store employee. I made the mistake of thinking they understood the error reversed the late fee thus forgiving the first mistake. I made the mistake of believing the supervisor that the oversized min. payment had been repealed.

    I made the mistake of believing them when they said they would send me out new cards. I made the mistake of believing the online account payment system that said "No min. due". Well I only half believed that because I knew I did owe the next month's min. payment so I paid it. Now they will set my account right if I just pay 7 dollars more than usual and they will extend me my "final courtesy" of reversing these late fees. Do I believe them? No and neither should you! I will pay the 7 dollars and probably more because I am done with these fools. It was never about 7 dollars or the original 20 extra, it was about making things right, acknowledging some culpability, and ultimately basic common sense customer service. EPIC FAIL. This phone call was their "final courtesy" as I will never shop at Avenue or use Comenity Bank credit again. Oh and I am spreading the word.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2016

    This company is horrible. I never received a notice that they took over Citi bank and was left with "your account ended with that bank." So if that's the case why are they calling me every 30 minutes wanting me to pay but I had the hardest time trying to get my account number from them. It wasn't until I said something about taking them to court is when they really wanted to listen and now my account was almost forwarded to Weltman, Weinberg, & Reis Co.

    I tried seeking help but the only thing they wanted was money to set up payments even after they said my account was forwarded as a audit and there was nothing to do and kept saying we are recording the call like is that supposed to scare me. After Im done making these payments Im never signing up for a store credit card again. They made it a nightmare for me. Comenity Bank changed their name to Comenity Capital Bank and they had a 64 million lawsuit that they lost. I wish someone would do a class action lawsuit.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2016

    They updated my account and coded it incorrectly, and brought my 2009 bankruptcy back up to 2014. Because of this error, I can't refinance my house. This is costing me thousands of dollars. I have been trying to get them to send me a letter via fax and mail and they can't seem to handle that. I find it hard to believe they don't have a fax machine. I work for a large bank myself and know this goes against what banks are supposed to stand for. Do not ever have a Comenity Bank credit card. Stay away from this company.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2016

    Do not sign up for a card from this bank. I signed up for the card through Ideal Image. The Ideal Image website that goes through Comenity Bank, does not give correct information, it deceives and lies to you. When opening their statements, nowhere on the statements does it say a date when your package ends. Statements are supposed to have the ending dates on them, theirs do not. All theirs said was, Package Expiring soon, it never had a date. When informing Comenity Bank of this issue, all they did was take off the View Statement option and put a different link up, and then sent me a copy of all prior statements, after the fact that the package ended without me knowing. So now I have been charge, as if I never had the package in the first place and when you are trying to resolve the issue, they charge you late fees when they told you they wouldn't. Do not sign up for this card.

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    Reviewed July 26, 2016

    Today I received 3 phone calls from Comenity bank, and 1 text message. 12 DAYS TOO LATE... I made my payments to my credit card ON TIME at the beginning of the month. I was not notified until 12 days after my bank had refused payment (I made a mistake on the acct #) that my payment had been declined. My payment was due on the 17th, they were notified of this on the 14th. I then had numerous charges on my account all because of this mistake. I swear they just waited to notify me so they could add more charges. I was on the phone for 2 hrs, and 4 different supervisors, trying to get them to reverse some of these charges. My payment that was returned was only for $2 dollars. It is ludicrous how fast $2 dollars turned into $45.

    Watch this company, they are incompetent. Also they could see that both cards were paid the same day, and my record is flawless. They told me I had not made any payment at all this month and I was going to have to go to the bank and get proof. After speaking with another supervisor I was told this was false information, my payment magically appeared. This company definitely needs to get their act together. I am still not satisfied with everything they did to resolve this issue. Buyer beware.

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    Reviewed July 19, 2016

    Today I was contacted by Ben ** at Comenity Bank. I have a card through Comenity bank from Victoria's Secret. I was keeping up with the payments, and then my other bills kept increasing and I was no longer able to make this a priority. Having a roof over my head and food on the table became my priority. I was getting charged late payments and payments on top of that. I couldn't keep up. I spoke with someone else from Comenity whom was very understanding and told me he knows life can be tough. He offered to close my card so it wouldn't keep charging me and told me "good luck" and to take care of it when I had the chance.

    After that, I still get calls every single day about the card. None ever leave voicemails, but today, Ben ** left one. He was very threatening and rude in his voicemail. I called back and explained that I've already spoken with someone about the issue and that I have no way to pay for it at this time. I told him "I'm financial unable to." He said I AM able to, it's just that I don't WANT to. I said "no, I would if I could, but I do not have extra money after my regular bills." He said, "ma'am I'm not going to argue with you. You are able to, but you don't want to make it a priority."

    I stated again that I am not able to. He asked "who makes the money then", and I said "my husband. But even after he pays all of the bills, we do not have extra money. We barely make ends meet right now." He said, "well I can see here that you were born in '93, so you are able to. You just don't want to. You can get an extra job. You can even get a second job. You just don't want to." I'm just lazy.

    At this point, I'm in tears, with my baby on my lap. I tried my best to speak through my crying voice and say, "excuse me, I stay home with my baby while my husband works, I do not have the extra funds, let alone funds to put my son in daycare to get an extra job. Daycare alone is $400 per week. I wouldn't even have a paycheck left." I hung up, bawling. I couldn't get anything else out of my mouth without sounding like a crying mess. So, specialist Ben **, I may be 23 and look lazy to you because I am financially unable to get a job, but I raise our child and that is the most rewarding "job" someone can have. I hope to never be as miserable and disrespectful as you are.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2016

    I set up the payment account with them that allowed electronic communication with my bank ie; payment due notices and auto draft. After a year plus, and the payments being withdrawn on my bank account the day it is due I checked my statements online and discovered a $37.00 charge each month for the payment being late. It was either a weekend, or on some, after 8PM when they received it. This was whether it was on the due date or not.

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    Reviewed July 2, 2016

    I found out today after paying my accounts and placing an order that all 5 of my accounts were closed with any type of notice. When I called the number for my Buckle account it rang and rang. I then called and selected the option for a new customer, it finally rang to a person who could not tell me the exact reason of why my account was closed, but she did tell me that all my accounts were closed as of June 15th. I used my cards after June 15th, so therefore that's a lie. I spoke to a supervisor who then told me that even if you are in good standing they hold the right to close your account. Say WHAAAT?

    I will now have a horrible credit report, I will now need to file bankruptcy. Thanks Comenity Bank for screwing me and my credit. I will never again trust an in store credit account. If it's not Visa or MasterCard from a bank that I bank with I do not need it. I have had a long standing with this bank as well. I am so angry. I read about this on the FICO forum but did not think too much about it. Shame on them!

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    Reviewed June 27, 2016

    Comenity Bank has taken over so many credit cards and their billing and payment practices are unsavory. They hold payments, and apparently have the right to do so. Often holding just long enough to make it late, charge fees and then not crediting as the minimum payment thereby making your next payment late again... an endless vicious cycle. Most recently they have been returning my payments back to my on-line bill pay and have done so two months in a row... they take no responsibility for this. My bill which was $27.00 and paid in full, is now due in the amount of $128.00. Nothing but fees because they RETURNED MY PAYMENTS TO MY BANK! Since there is no negative star rating, I had to give them one. Comenity Bank sucks and their business practices for posting, receiving and returning payments should be investigated. They should be fined for improper business practices!

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    Reviewed June 10, 2016

    I have a Crate and Barrel credit card that had a zero balance fraudulently used in store. I contact Comenity Bank who state that they will not correct the charges until there is proof that the card was fraudulently used. Crate and Barrel Loss Prevention contacts them the next day stating that charges were fraudulently charged (by a mistake of a sales person entering the wrong credit card number). Crate and Barrel contacts me informing me that a refund was made and they are ever so sorry. I log on and the charges (over $3,000!) are still there. I contact Comenity again who state that since the store is now involved and though they state yes I didn't make the charges, they still refuse to credit my card until they find the person who did make the charges and charge their account. Absolutely ridiculous! Close any and all accounts you may have with Comenity. They don't have the consumer's best interest in mind!

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    Reviewed June 7, 2016

    I applied for a J. Jill credit card for convenience and this is a nightmare. They moved me to paperless without my permission then the account gets locked up, I can't get my password - so I can't see what I owe. I returned a package and felt with the return my balance should be under $20, but the credit took a month to come through and I didn't want to pay the $100. I also couldn't figure out the balance and then had $50 of late fees over two months accrue. Please stay away from these crooks.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2016

    My experience is with the New York and company credit card. I used my credit union bill pay service and I have a years worth of payments 2015-2016 showing payments on the due date of the second of each month. NYC customer service said that although paid my bill on time to the credit union they did not receive it until the 3rd of the month (one day late), so I was charged $35.00 a month for 12 months equaling $420. I spoke with customer support and was told they could only refund me two late fees equaling $70 total.

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    Reviewed May 19, 2016

    I was contacted 5 times today by Comenity Bank, no messages left and when I called back they wanted personal information before they would say why they would be calling me. It is alarming to have that many missed calls between business meetings from 2 numbers that are from the same company and then no information on why they are calling. I looked up the numbers on the internet and found it to be Comenity Bank, seeing they are associated with a variety of consumer charge cards I realized it may have something to do with my Pottery Barn Card.

    Since my bills have been delayed in the past I called Pottery Barn automated service and found my account, to my shock, past due. I had made a full payment on time as I always do so this was news to me. I called, was transferred and found to my dismay that they had credited my payment to another account; they had my account with a past balance, 2 late fees and finance charges. They found the error and corrected but as you can imagine they had already put my account into a collections department which they said they would "undo." How do you undo the bad credit dinging they've done.

    This was the second time since reinstating my Pottery Barn Credit Card a year ago. Years ago I had a Pottery Barn Card but found they delayed in billing and other issues and canceled the card. I love the Pottery Product in the store and love the idea of the "rewards" (though mine also inadvertently went to "another account") but they should select a must better bank to do business for their credit card business!!! This is such a poor reflection on their company to even be associated with Comenity. Pottery Barn... you can do better by your customers than to provide this type of service.

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    Reviewed May 8, 2016

    I responded to an ad on Facebook on discounted rate for hair removal laser treatment with American Laser Skincare. During the "free" consultation, the rep was so adamant on having me sign up for the offer and even had me try their machine right then and there. It seemed to work for me so I consented. They wanted the money upfront which I did not have so they assisted with applying for a loan for me with Comenity Bank. I was immediately approved and it wasn't long before the business called American Laser Skincare shut down. The clinic was inside a huge, almost empty building with 2 white females (the manager and receptionist) and about 3-5 Asian "nurses". The vibes I got from the white females were negative, but, I have no reason to discount my intuitive emotions so I mistakenly dismissed it. I've only had 2 sessions and the third time I went, the office was closed. No warning, no reason, no notice whatsoever. The nightmare had just begun.

    Afterwards, I received calls and mail from American Laser Skincare saying I owe them the balance of $200 or something. I've already paid them at least $300 for the 2 sessions. The calls and bills kept coming and I tried to resolve this by writing them a letter and talking to them on the phone but they refuse to leave me alone. I told Comenity Bank that I refuse to pay a single penny more for undelivered services as the business shut down so the contract between them and me is voided. They ignored my argument and kept adding interest on top of a balance of about $250 until a year later, I received a threatening call from a collections officer saying I owe them $600. She said they waived the $1000 for me but I still owe $600. FOR WHAT!!!

    I was so tired of these low life blood suckers that I finally gave them my checking account number and gave them permission to withdraw $104 per month for 6 months to pay off the one-year interest rate they charged me. If they continue to harass me and charge me after I pay them the $600 for absolutely nothing, I will take legal action.

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    Reviewed May 7, 2016

    This is regarding the Comenity Bank Virgin America Visa. I've been embarrassed and/or inconvenienced by having my card declined when making a purchase. This has happened when trying to use the card in a parking meter and in retail stores. In October 2015, I was trying to buy something in a clothing store when the card was declined. I my time was limited because my car was parked at a meter; having to call Comenity and wade through the security questions, etc. caused the parking meter to go overtime, and I incurred a $64 parking fine. They said the vendor was on a blocked category - this was a clothing retail store in West Hollywood, CA!

    On a couple of other occasions I tried to use the card to pay a parking meter and it was declined. On May 5, 2016, the card was again declined when I tried to pay for an auto repair. This was embarrassing. Fortunately I had another bank's card that I could use. I then called Comenity to find out what happened. After a lengthy call verifying my info, transferring me to the security dept and again answering the same security questions I was asked to verify a series of transactions. (When I got home I discovered that they earlier had left a message on my home phone's message box, for me to call Comenity. Other bank cards do this with a text message on my mobile phone for more timely notification).

    The next day I checked my account on the Comenity website, and the account was still blocked -- said I had $0.00 available credit! So I had to call Comenity again, wasting time going through the security questions again etc. and again being transferred to the security department. They said that my account showed that my call had been transferred to them, but there were no notes that the card was unblocked. So once again I had to verify each of the same transactions I had already verified the previous day. I like to use this card especially for Virgin America purchases because of the extra mileage points, but it's become my card of last resort because I'm fearful that it will be declined. I'd never rely on this card for critical situations such as traveling in a foreign country. The nicest thing about this card is the unique pink and black color.

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    Reviewed May 3, 2016

    I applied for a Total Rewards Visa Credit Card through Comenity Bank. I applied for the card because I do go to the casinos and wanted to take advantage of the extra rewards that the card offered. After receiving the card, all the rewards that I was suppose to receive, I did not receive. I was given promotional codes for one free night stay any day of the week and when I called to use the promotion, I was advised that it was not true. I was told that I could only get a room from Sunday to Thursday. I was also told when I applied for the card that I would earn 10,000 reward point after spending $1,000 within the first 90 days and my tier status would change for the first year once I spent over $1,000. This did not take place and in fact I lodged a complaint to the casino and the bank.

    I was told that the complaint would be escalated and someone would contact me with a resolution within 48 hrs. To no avail did anyone contact me to discuss my situation. If you are looking for a good credit card that is going to honor what they advertise, this is not the company. Don't waste your time. Since no one ever contacted me back, I closed my account a week later.

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    Reviewed April 21, 2016

    This company has run 3 hard inquires on my credit report and 3 new accts from the same bank on my credit report. I only had this acct for 3 weeks and didn't receive any merchandise but they reported I did on my acct and credit report?? How can you report I owe something if I haven't received it? Also I returned my merchandise so won't be ordering from this credit company again. How do they have right to access my credit report?? Also their merchandise is low quality at outrageous prices. Stay away from Comenity bank and their predatory lending!! Frauds. Beware.

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    Reviewed April 3, 2016

    I have 3 credit cards from Comenity. After hitting some really hard times (hospitalized for dvt/pulmonary emboli) I called Comenity to work out a plan as I was unsure of any income until I could return to work. They were extremely rude and told me I needed to pay... period. They call my house 28 times a day beginning at 8am and going thru until 9pm. I try to sleep a lot so I can get healthy again but the calls just keep coming. When I ask for the calls to stop, they tell me it's an auto dialer and they have no control over it. I would disconnect my phone but my doctors and labs use my home #. I'm so upset that they can get away with this harassment.

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    Reviewed March 22, 2016

    All my accounts placed on Hold 3 days prior to my Vacation - Thank you for your quick action regarding the issues. I have spoken with several department representatives from your bank, too many to name all of them. The bottom line is the entire team worked together to resolve this issue and it is now resolved. I look forward to a long lasting Financial Relationship with your bank.

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    Reviewed March 16, 2016

    Comenity Bank Crate & Barrel credit card. Same as Dough reported earlier on this bank - no auto pay options on this credit card account, no emails, no post that I saw in my mailbox, no SMS for late fees. I had a phone call after missing couple of payments, approved my late fees over the phone and paid the balance in whole the next day. I agree with Dough, the Comenity Bank was designed to collect late fees and affect your credit reports.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2016

    Comenity Bank Lane Bryant store card. Without auto pay options on this store card account, I received no email (even though signed up) that I saw, I got no SMS for late fees. Had phone calls from a number I did not recognize and was not identified as Comenity or Lane Bryant (or I would have answered). They left no messages. Since I get constant calls from telemarketers I screen my calls. Ridiculous and fraudulent practices (designed to collect late fees and affect my credit report). Soon as I clear the card I will be canceling. I will also be doing away with any other Comenity accounts my wife has (Torrid).

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2016

    My wife had a Maurices credit card opened in Colorado in 2014. We moved mid year to Las Vegas and changed our address with both the US Post Office and with ALL creditors directly. After 6 months of not hearing a word from this company, Comenity Bank got a hold of us by phone to indicate an overdue balance. I quickly went to check on it and sure enough there was a $10 charged balance on her card. Along with that there was a minimal but significant interest charge of $11, but what floored me was 6 months of assessed late fees at $35 per month. Now this $10 charge had risen to over $150. I was livid and firstly paid the $10 balance and even their finance charges of $11, but refused to give them any late fees. We went back and forth in email for two months while I ARGUED THE POINT OF HOW USURIOUS this practice was.

    Finally they put me in touch with a collections person who agreed they would accept a one month late payment to settled the dispute. I reluctantly paid this but asked for confirmation of the agreement which they refused to do, saying they had to receive the payment first. I was bothered by this but went ahead and paid $35 more to get them off my back. Nothing was ever received and I monitored the account only to be horrified by the continuation of monthly late fees piling up. This account is now up to $300 and they are threatening me with "legal action". I WELCOME their damned legal action to expose what crooks this outfit is. I have never in 40 years dealt with a more dishonest, lying bunch of turds in my life!!! Stay clear of this outfit with any store credit card! I have read other complaints where people get screwed because of the lack of receiving bills. This is how these ** make their money.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2016

    The dental procedures were done with three promotion time periods. One for $595.00 to be paid in full by 4/1/2016, second one $874.00 to be paid in full by 11/30/2016, third one $2628.00 to be paid in full by 3/31/2017. I have paid $373.00 so far and they have distributed the payments to all 3 plans. I called and spoke to a customer representative tonight and they will not apply the payments I have made to the plan that will expire on 4/1/16. They have only applied $75.00 toward that promotion. She told me I would have to $900.00 (3 $300.00 payments) in order for me to pay off the first promotion of $595.00! If the promotion is not paid off by 4/1/16 they will add $49.74 to my bill as accrued interest and continue adding interest on the first promotion until it is paid off.

    I have reviewed the paperwork that I received when I received payment plan information and it does not state anywhere that they have to spread the payments. According to the representative, they have to do it because of the Consumer Affairs requirement. I believe this is unfair representation. Their interest rate is 26.99%. I had every intention of paying off each promotion before it was due so as not to pay their interest rate. Now I am sure they are making sure that I will have to do just that by not applying the payments to the promotion end date.

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    Reviewed Jan. 16, 2016

    I also a Comenity Bank credit card with HSN. I generally like to do auto pay so I don't have to remember mailing in my payment and worry about late payment. However CB doesn't have this option after I told them that other banks all already have this feature. Then unfortunately it did happen to me that few of my payments were late and it was a burden keeping this account so I decided to close this account. I didn't realize the account was not pay full and CB kept incurring late fees on my account without trying to reach out to me.

    After over 6 months and hundreds dollars of late fees incurred, they finally decided to try to notify me and put me on collection harassment. I started getting harassing calls during all days even at odd hours. I called them back and tried to work out the solution but they were unwilling to reduce the amount owed or help me out. I felt like I got ripped off with all those late fees and financial charges. Lesson learned is never apply any card with this bank and make sure all your payments are paid off and get confirmation letter from them to protect yourself.

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2016

    I owe Comenity Capital Bank 1,140.05 and I have been making small payments like 5.00 or 10.00 when I could because I'm not working full time. I'm looking for a full time job and I just graduated from college. I work part time 24 hours a week and barely make enough money to pay my rent other mandatory bills. Comenity Capital Bank has harassed me with calling everyday all day, writing threatening letters and sending threatening emails daily. I called them and explained my situation and they would not work with me on a payment I could afford until I could pay the debt down. Instead they wanted 91.00 or 500.00 and they want to send me to collection.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2015

    Well I have a marathon credit card. I use it to purchase gas at marathon gas stations. Recently I went to 2 gas stations in Kissimmee, FL and they have installed a skimmer on the gas pump. The crooks got away with $500 in fraud charges on my credit card. Fraud dept. at Comenity bank in Ohio was informed. They will close my account and send a new card. Do not ever deal with this bank, Circle K, Townstar Gas Stations. They have some crooks on the inside. The crooks that did this are drug dealers. Very top level crooks. Very organized. Well my life is ruined. I will have to do a bankruptcy over this. I will have to spend $1000s of dollars and 100s of hours of time fixing this. Thanks Comenity Bank/Marathon Gas.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2015

    12/14/2015 Express Next Brea Mall Brea Ca. The merchandising signs posted in the store were printed and exhibited as "Buy 1 Get 1* $xx.xx". The asterisk notating the discount would be on the lowest priced item (see photos). After check out, when querying the total amount of the transaction, I was then advised that the terms of the sale were "Buy one at highest retail price, and get one at the posted price", which was clearly NOT reflected on the sales poster, nor volunteered at the register before, during nor after the transaction, only when I asked to speak to "The store manager", only to have an individual represent himself as "The store manager" who was later identified as a "Floor manager" and I was not allowed to discuss the vast differences in pricing directly with the "store manager". A sensitive issue itself.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2015

    Recently, Ann Taylor stores and J Crew stores switched to Commenity. I paid my invoice for Ann Taylor online and received an email saying "your payment was processed". Now I get an invoice in the mail saying "we are charging you $25 late fee because we could not verify your bank info." Would they not call or email if there was a problem. Commenity looks like it just likes to charge late fees and I with a stellar credit rating do not want Commenity and I've cancelled my Ann Taylor card and will likely do the same with J. Crew. American Express is all too anxious to have you use their card as well as Mastercard and Visa. Also, if you try to call Commenity it is almost impossible to get a live person.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2015

    Applied for a card. Received a letter asking to call in. Was on hold for 10 minutes. During that time I came across this site. Having seen how horrible the company is I hung up. Thought having a Virgin Card and the mileage bonus would be good but realized the company is not good to deal with.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2015

    I've had and still have several credit cards with this company through various merchants. It's nearly impossible to get them to close an account. Even after you've paid off your balance and have sent them written notice that you want to cancel the account, they continue to bill you and ignore your request. I went through this a few months ago. Every time I'd pay the balance off, they'd find something to charge me for and kept billing me. And they're doing this again on another card. I paid off my balance in full according to their statement last month, paid on time, and sent notice that I wanted to cancel the card immediately. I also wrote: "Paid in Full" on the check.

    Today, I just received a statement showing that the account is still open and that I owe $24.00. For what? I've put no new charges on the card and my last payment wasn't overdue. IMO, this is a very shady company. I'm trying to pay off my balances so that I can close all of my accounts with this company. And heaven forbid that you're ever a day late. They'll call you numerous times a day and harass you.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2015

    I have the Comenity El Dorado card and it was the worse I have done. They only exist to charge interest and the telephone agents only know how to say NO, they don't help you nothing. I was paying the minimum because a promotion and then they after one year charged me the interest of the total amount. AVOID THIS BANK.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2015

    This is a ridiculous bank to do business with. They've asked me for my personal information a couple of dozen times. All I want to do is pay my bill in full and cancel the store card (Peebles) I foolishly got. I would have paid online but again, they want a lot of personal information that I never have to give to any other bank or store. I don't understand why they keep asking for the same information. Trying to contact them is also a hassle.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2015

    I have several of these cards, and send in the same envelope. However three payments now they have charged a late fee, when it's due the 11th and I send it the 5th. How can this be late? So I have been keeping track, and I send them all in same envelope. Well one of the cards didn't get a late fee but the others did in same envelope... all same dates due payment! Wth. I am calling Monday. I have 8 of these cards, and each one a late fee for three payment period. Oh heck no. This is a huge scam.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2015

    Having never heard of this bank and because I have no credit cards - just my debit cards - apparently I threw away bills from Comenity Bank for a couple of months until I got suspicious, because I was seeing this "junk mail" every month. So I opened one and found a bill for a clothing outlet that I had actually purchased from early in the summer. I only pay with debit and have no other cards. According to my PayPal records it appears that I paid with my debit and now am asked to pay again for same items. In my attempt to figure this out, I decided to just pay it since it was for a $58 purchase (and was now up way over $100 with interest and fees). I was not allowed to pay it in full. That's so outrageous, it should be illegal.

    I filed a complaint and have just received a letter from them that claims that I paid for a purchase with a Full Beauty credit account that used to be for OneStopPlus. I lost all credit over a decade ago and gave up credit cards. Life goes on and it's not bad to not rack up bills. It is possible to exist without credit - I've proved it. I don't even recall having credit with OneStopPlus, because I've been on SS and SSI for 5 years and for about 5 years before that I was scraping by every month, barely paying rent and utilities, depending on food banks and definitely not buying clothes (I was literally wearing mended rags, it was that bad). Things have improved, and I continue to live well without using credit. If this credit acct even exists, I sincerely doubt that I ever used it or even knew that it existed.

    I have a letter from Comenity saying that I opened the account 2 yrs ago, which I definitely dispute. I might have applied for an account just to see if it was possible but I am ALWAYS turned down and the date given for my alleged application for credit I was either in the hospital or recovering from abdominal surgery - and had I managed to sit at a computer, I would not have been spending money I didn't have.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2015

    I applied for a credit card with Virgin America Visa because of a promotion online when I was purchasing an airline ticket. First, Virgin did not state anywhere that there were annual fees associated with the credit card - and after a few short months there were fraudulent charges showing up on my account. I closed the account and opened a new one. Again, fraudulent activity almost immediately. That was SEVEN months ago - and I am still sitting on the phone on hold today waiting for someone at Comenity to deal with continued issues. Another charge showed up on my bank statement from the bank that they cannot explain. Unbelievable. Beware of this bank.

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    Reviewed Aug. 23, 2015

    Comenity Bank has called me 6 times from the hours of 9am-12pm today. Today is also a Sunday. That's twice an hour! I had to download an application to block their calls. I have no problem with them calling me once a day because I understand that I am late on my payments. They also sent letters to an address that I am no longer located at, and have advised them several times that I am no longer located at. I owe less than $500 to them, and they act like I'm cheating them out of thousands. Their harassment is out of control.

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2015

    The first time that I complained to Comenity Bank, I received a very nasty letter from them. They are not professional. The problem that I have with Comenity is that the interest charges at 24% are excessive, which means that if I make the minimum payment, it goes to the interest and not the actual balance. I fell behind on my payments, and they keep charging me money, but refuse to release my account to a collection agency so I can at least make payments without being charged interest. I have 3 credit cards with Comenity Bank, and I WISH I HAD NEVER SIGNED UP WITH COMENITY BANK. They call all day, everyday asking for a payment that I don't have. In one day, they called 18 times! I would like to tell people to avoid this bank.... no matter what.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2015

    Comenity Bank for Crate & Barrel credit card have been charging me late payment fees for each payment scheduled for "due date". There are 3 options you can pick on their scheduled payment page: 1 -"date of tomorrow", 2 - "due date", 3 - "another date". Selecting "due date" should prevent late payment fee. That is not applied on Comenity bank, the payment takes 3 business days to be posted on your account, which occurs late payment fees every month up to $150 a year. However, you can read on the scheduled payment page: "If you selected today's date and you submit the online payment before 6 PM EDT, it will post to your Account today." In legal terms, this means your payment always posts the same day, so if you selected "due date", your payment would post on your account the same day. There are no possible late fees to be charged.

    Therefore, when Comenity bank is charging you late fees for scheduled payment on due date, they can't refuse you a total refund. Agents will push back and argue they can only do one single refund. Ask for a supervisor who will proceed the total refund all late fees in one time, which will take 2 days to post on your account. Then, I recommend that you pay them full amount and delete your account. Comenity bank is a scam.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    I signed up for an Overstock.com card so that I could purchase a PS4 with NO interest for a year. Numerous times when trying to access my account, their website has timed out and I haven't been able to access it. I was charged a $31 late fee for being a day late because I couldn't get into my account. I can't wait to cancel this card.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2015

    I was shopping on the Modell's website today and upon checkout, I received an offer for the Modell's VIP Visa Credit Card. I saved the screenshot which pre-approved me for the Visa card. I read the pages and pages of jargon that came with the offer and nowhere could I find information regarding them changing the terms of card type.

    Now, I have seen this pop-up before on the site and it was for MVP credit card (their store card). This time, it said Visa. Therefore, I accepted the offer and to my surprise it was a Modell's store card. I would not have opened that card if it were a store card only and not Visa co-branded. I don't need another store card. If Comenity wanted to give me a store card, then their pre-approval should have said it!!! Don't offer me the Visa and then bait and switch me. I am extremely angry.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2015

    I recently lost card. Called in to get a replacement card. They because I was late on paying my credit, that I would not replace even though my due date is not until 8/13/2015. So any charges that are on there will be disputed with my congressmen, governor, attorney general. I have had a number of credit cards and never treated so badly.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2015

    I receive harassing phone calls 5 times a day from these people. They are calling for my daughter who no longer lives with us. They have been told that she no longer lives with us, and they have been told to stop calling, yet they continue to call everyday up to 5 times a day. This is blatant harassment! They have numerous lawsuits against them, yet they continue to harass people? These people need to be put out of business permanently.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2015

    I had an account with One Stop Plus women's wear for more than four years, never been late on a payment. Then I received a letter from World Financial Network National Bank telling me that One Stop Plus is no longer the creditor on my account. It had changed to Full Beauty which was taken over by Comenity Bank.

    One Stop Plus was sending me notices that I was behind in my payments and the payment was due to Comenity Bank. Three entities were billing me for payment when I wasn't behind. I asked Comenity Bank did they know about World Financial Network National Bank and they denied that they knew nothing about that bank. But my payments in the amount of $100.00 was given to them for the same account.

    I have a record of all my payments made to World Financial Network National Bank and to Full Beauty when it was One Stop Plus. Someone has my money and Comenity Bank is charging me $140.00 for back payments for what I do not know and it's a collection on my credit. What can I do but to have your company investigate this problem?

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    Reviewed July 9, 2015

    As a store, I love Meijers. They've been 'my' store for over 50 years. Here's my complaint - they have one nasty as heck bank servicing their charge accounts and while they don't run that bank (Comenity), it reflects back at Meijer for picking Comenity to be associated with Meijer. My deceased uncle had such an account. On January 4th of this year, he moved himself from an apartment in Howard City to the Veterans Facility on Monroe in G.R. The last payment he made to Comenity ($20.30), cleared his account on Jan. 13th. He passed away on March 30th. As of June 25th, Comenity shows a balance due of $233.03 which I assume is mainly fees because he only left the Vets Facility twice since arriving there - both times were trips to the E.R. Comenity will do nothing over the phone.

    After mailing them my Probate authority letter/death certificate, they still have not provided me with dates/amounts/locations of these supposed 'purchases'. They have done one thing - redirected their invoicing to my uncle under my home address. Individuals stand little chance against Banks and Companies that don't care about anything except collecting more and more money. Some also, I think, have no respect for Veterans or the dead.

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    Reviewed June 26, 2015

    I have two cards with Comenity Bank. Both cards asked me and qualified me for a $250.00 line of credit at Lane Bryant and Herberger's to get a discount on my purchases. At the beginning, I made numerous payments on these accounts only owing less than $50.00 buck on each card. Paid before time, no problems. When I was off from work due to a medical emergency and surgery, I discovered they added outrageous charges, late fees and other fees. I called and closed the accounts. When I owed less than $80.00 I paid $20.00 buck on it and the rep said, "you need to pay more". Then he gave me a total over $100.00. I asked for what happen, and he went on through a script of lies. I just got my credit back right so I can buy me a car for my birthday, so I kept paying. Every time I paid, the balance was getting higher. So as it stands I have paid more than $800.00 to catch up because they are adding more and more fees.

    Every month I keep getting charged for non-working cards, that I don't use and never been increased, just fees. Now why I am speaking up, Comenity Bank has a robot system that has been calling home and cell phone on an average 20 to 25 times out of the day, not leaving messages from random numbers, mostly from Texas and Ohio. I have blocked over 100 different numbers daily, and hourly, and will call back to back. I receive mail daily, and I receive random text messages from different numbers for example: ** even after I sent a text message of STOP..

    They have even as went as far as damaging my credit report with high balances reports not mentioning that they are their fees and not the actual line of credit or balance I truly owe. For what they granted me and I paid for 3 times over. They are making me sick and ruined my credit and my desire to buy a car. I refuse to pay an additional $880.00 for a line of credit of $250.00 that I have already paid. When I back-tracked how much I given them already it is a total of $1580.00 and they want $880.00 more for accounts that I closed, when they doubled up my fees and cards I do not use or even attempted to use. I had both cards shredded right after I closed the accounts back in December 2014.

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    Reviewed June 23, 2015

    When Comenity took over my credit card from Barclaycards, I had no idea how awful they would be. I run a small business and sometimes need to pay large amounts to my vendors. Even though I have thousands of dollars available in credit, Comenity will only let me charge $4,500 per day. They asked me if I could just break the bill up into smaller amounts and pay every 24 hours. How ridiculous! I told them to just forget it, I would use my Bank of America or Capital One card instead.

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    Reviewed June 22, 2015

    First of all, I rarely shop. However, when I do buy clothes, my favorite store is J.Jill. We have extremely good credit and are never late paying bills. Back in December and January, I purchased a few items, and made three monthly online payments on time - all of which were returned to my bank. Unfortunately, two things happened. First, my bank didn't notify us until the third check was returned - and we did not notice it on our statements (our fault!) - according to the bank letter, the "Biller Refused Payment" - we did wonder why our payments didn't show up on the new statements, but my husband kept paying the bills, which at this point started including hefty late fees and penalties.

    Secondly, J.Jill changed to Comenity, which meant that my J.Jill credit card account number changed - which I did not notice, and therefore, did not reflect on the three checks we sent to Comenity when paying the bills on time (my fault again!). So, I finally called Comenity and they said I was not in their system and they had no recognition of the credit card number on my payments - their only response to me was, "Ma'am, so how are you going to pay your bill today?" over and over and over again. It was as if my whole explanation just went right past her. Same thing happened each time I called Comenity. I finally paid the exact amount of the items I purchased and all that was left of my bill were all the fees and penalties and interest on the late fees - which now amounted to over $130 (the items I purchased and paid for came to only $310).

    I finally went to our local J.Jill store and the first thing the store clerk said to me was, "Well, this is your old J.Jill credit card number. Comenity should have immediately recognized it as such, and collected your payments under your new credit card number." She then suggested I contact the J.Jill customer service department. So, I just called them this week - I explained the situation and said, since I had made every effort to pay my bills on time and Comenity was the one to refuse my payments, I didn't think it was fair that I now had to pay all the late fees and interest on said fees.

    The J.Jill rep said she could only subtract the last late fee, which means I'm still stuck paying over $100 for something I didn't do wrong. The rep then said she would turn the matter over to her supervisor and see if he would reduce the fees and interest - but, I won't know the result of that until after the next bill comes out, at which point, the fees and interest have gone up again. Basically, I'm screwed. And I'll probably pay it just to get Comenity off my back. For the last month, they have called my cell phone at least 5 times every day. I'm so tired of this fiasco, and have already cut up all my store credit cards.

    This is obviously how Comenity makes money - and this is yet another example of how the little guy loses and big business wins. I'd consider a lawsuit, but I don't have that kind of money, unless it's in conjunction with other unsatisfied customers. Could someone please help??!! I will be filing a complaint to my state attorney general's office in hopes of resolving this issue. I think Comenity is taking advantage of me, the customer, and after doing some research online, I see I'm not the only victim. Thank you.

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    Reviewed May 31, 2015

    We have 30 online accounts, including: personal, financial, health insurance, credit, business and non-profit. We get regular notices when statements are available; all revolving credit accounts, except those handled by Comenity Bank Two, that are now cancelled, use Comenity Bank to handle their credit card business. From the start Comenity Bank's email notices were cryptic, making them look like spam. They have changed email addresses without notice, causing notices to go to our spam folder. Oddly, they will not send a zero balance electronic statement, even if there was a payment during the period; they tell me (by phone) "We can send you a paper statement". So you can't rely on a statement every month to ensure no payment is missed; you can't rely on Comenity Bank to send an email that goes in your email folder; and email in your spam folder doesn't always look like a notice regarding BonTon, or even Comenity Bank.

    Would you open an email in your spam folder from "ACCOUNTS" with the subject "ALERT". It appears to me that Comenity Bank relies on multiple past due and interest charges for income. They certainly do not have any interest in their clients retaining customers; we have cancelled both our BonTon account and Dress Barn account. They care so little about maintaining customers that there is no 'comment' portion in the automated phone system section for cancelling an account. You don't even need to talk to a person. It is more like 'a Comedy of Banks'.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2015

    I have purchased $1700 furniture items from Gardner White on 2012. I have opted 0% apr payment for this purchase and was making all my minimum payments without any interruption or delay. The financial plan ended on 03/2014 and I have received statement in March saying next payment due on 4/2014 (2 weeks later) and showing minimum payment as $25.00. There was nowhere in the statement page (page with pay stub) showing penalty details or even plan end date!

    I realized this little later and sent full payment for the purchase $1511 on 4/2014 and payment was confirmed by the bank on 4/2014. But the damage was done by this time and now the fees I am forcing to pay as penalties $1007 which is 66.63% of the pending purchase amount! Yes I agree I signed pages and pages of fine print stating this huge fees and penalties.

    But Gardner White has to think about customer satisfaction side as well before penalizing customer like this! I agree that I missed full payment but it was paid in full few weeks later the plan end date. If the bank mentioned this payment end date on first page or near to pay stub, I could have avoided this ridiculous fee! Now I am realizing this is how Comenity bank makes money from customer those who graciously offered 0% apr from Gardner White!

    I have talked to Comenity Bank more than 10 times but no one ready to waive this penalties and treating me very bad. They asked me to write this letter and expedite to their leadership. But nothing happened. I got a letter from Gardner White saying bank is handling and nothing they can do! Remember I purchased the furniture and signup the payment plan from their store...but that does not count ...it’s a planned game and I am one of the victims!

    I stopped paying the penalties & fees (remember I paid the purchased amount in full!!!). The bank started to post the late payments to my credit. This really impacted my credit score and I don’t have any choice but force to pay the penalty in full. So stay away from Gardner White and this bank. If you want to purchase furniture either you other furniture store or pay in cash with Gardner White...never ever sign up their no payment plan!

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    Reviewed May 11, 2015

    First off, they are NOT a bank. I know because I went to the Federal Reserve Board. My favorite stores switched their store credit cards over to them and the complications that ensued were torturous. The final straw is JCrew, and we are now no longer customers of that store because of this Comenity insanity. Basically, my son purchased a $78 sweater in October 2014, while I was in the middle of moving, changing addresses, mail forwarding and all that. By the time I got the bill with the late charges, I paid it on 1/1/15 and that $78 then cost us $104.71. Nope, not enough. They now call me every two weeks to demand more money. Their bills arrive in my mailbox 10 days after statement closing dates and then they want to be paid in 10 days. They are now threatening me with reporting me to a credit bureau. Think I can ruin their credit?

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    Reviewed March 11, 2015

    I've had the pleasure of having several accounts with this bank until, last year when I was approved for an account with a store. So I placed an order like today, received the card a few days later, then get a letter right after the card stating that the account was being closed but I was still responsible for the bill. Ok, no problem. Well I received my merchandise finally, loved it, etc... Well payment time came so I tried to log into my account but couldn't so. Didn't know what to do so I finally found Comenity bank's number the next day which caused me to be late. Well I explained what had happened and I was told sorry for any inconvenience and don't worry about the late fee. She was waiving it. I thanked her and made a payment on the account.

    Well the next month comes and I get my bill and it's still at the original amount of the order so I called and was told it's because of the late fee, so I tell her no that was supposed to have been waived so she put me on hold, came back to the phone, and said she would get off. I thanked her and made a payment we'll get May next and should've been. Last bill was even higher. So I called. Didn't get anywhere and I tell them I'm not paying a penny more than what I brought. Well this is my fault here. I was checking my ckng account balance just yesterday just to find out it was missing monies. Guess what? Comenity bank has been for months electronically debits from my account without my permission. Mind you for months. They also already damage my credit with that particular account. So if anyone out there can help me with this issue please do.

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    Reviewed Feb. 19, 2015

    Look I don't know nothing about this bank, but they got me owning them money. They said something about a credit card, man I have never had nothing but one credit card in my life. This is not cool and I'm not the only one they have done this to. I still would not know about this if I would have not looked at my credit report. This is bad business but I will be calling them about this tomorrow.

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    Reviewed Feb. 8, 2015

    This bank was the 1st of a few that contributed to my identity being stolen. They issued credit to someone who used an address I lived at over 3 yrs ago, which if they would have actually did research would've seen that immediately. I've sent the fraud documents to them 2 times, however I'm still, to the day, receiving anywhere from 2 to 20 calls a day. Harassing me for payment for an account that is fraudulent is ridiculous, I don't think they want to admit they screwed up and eat the loss. I've stop answering the calls and going to report to FTC every time they attempt to reach me.

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    After a positive interaction with Bread Financial, Mitchell increased their star rating on Jan. 4, 2015.

    Updated review: Jan. 4, 2015

    Company FINALLY was contacted by the Better Business Bureau. At that point, they re-evaluated my documentation which they should have done in he first place and at that point determined that my documents were in fact valid and they resolved my issue so I wish to withdraw my complaint against the company.

    Original Review: Dec. 7, 2014

    I opened accounts with Comenity Bank beginning in July of this year. I received a total of 30 credit cards with this bank and had so many cards they gave me, I had to close around 10 of them on my own. For whatever reason, every time I applied for a card, it would go to their fraud department. I was required to answer 3 simple questions from public record and they would almost always approve me. I used maybe 10 or so cards, giving this back at the very least 3,000 dollars, always paying on time and always paying at least the minimum payment.

    I applied for a Game Stop card, and that's when the fun begins. I got a very nasty, sarcastic and disrespectful supervisor who didn't do a thing for me when I told her "when I call and I correctly answer your 3 questions to verify it is in fact myself who applied, then got declined anyway." I had asked for a supervisor who IMO thought could get me approved. Anyway she did absolutely nothing for me at all. I yelled at her not screaming or cursing at her mind you, just raising my voice, and after I was done, she goes, "thats ok, I'll fix your **." A couple of days later, ALL 30 of my accounts were closed. They claim they needed to verify that I was, in fact, the one who applied for the cards. They advised me to send them a copy of my driver's license, social security card and utility bill.

    I did this immediately priority mail. They received it according to the USPS records and I heard nothing back from them. I kept calling them to see what happened to the paperwork and all they could do was humor me. I finally got a very nice supervisor on the phone who re-opened my accounts, but they only stayed opened for about a couple of days, then they were all closed again. About 3 weeks go by, again nothing, so I re-send the paperwork again priority mail (were going over ten dollars just in mail). FINALLY almost 2 months go by, they tell me the address I sent the paperwork to is only their mailing address and they forward the paperwork to the correct address. Finally after almost 2 months, I called them and they told me they tried calling me (which they never did, caller ID doesn't lie) and tried to contact the electric company and they couldn't verify my information.

    When I called the electric company they immediately verified I had an account and it was in good standing never late once in the 2 years I had service with them. Next thing I know, I get 20 letters that my accounts are being permanently closed because of security issues despite I have already proven time and again to them I am indeed who I say I am not only verifying this in the initial application process, but also sending them copies of my drivers license, social security card and utility bills. I was so proud of these cards, used them properly doing the right thing paying them on time and STILLED got screwed. You know, sometimes you wonder if doing the right thing is the right thing. I always thought you were suppose to have a relationship with you bank, but in this case, it is the bank who screwed me! To add insult to injury, I have to pay these morons back, otherwise they will really screw me!

    DO NOT USE Comenity Bank! They also charge 26% APR, but I didn't care because in the beginning I thought they were the best bank in the country. The bank is garbage, the people who work there are garbage and worse than that they use a PO box for all their correspondence and have no street address. Just remember every single card I have with them is being treated with responsibility and maturity.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2014

    I am currently in a dispute with Comenity Bank. I purchased a gift at Christmas ($28) and made the mistake of putting it on my rarely used Victoria Secret card. While I paid it off in full, it was apparently a few days late. Then over the next 5-6 months they claim I was mailed a bill with accumulating late fees and revolving fees. When I finally found the Victoria Secret bill, it was in a hot pink envelope... appeared like advertisement to me! They state I owe them over $190 in late fees and penalties because I paid my $28 bill late! I have written a letter with a $35 check for a ONE TIME late fee, because that is supposedly how many times I was late paying on an actual purchase, and sent it certified. I would enjoy nothing more than to join in on a lawsuit against these bottom dwellers! Charging a late fee for a late fee should be illegal. It's not as if the amount charged for merchandise was never paid to them! Yet, they have harassed me for weeks, calling repeatedly at all times of the day or night. I just block the number. Again, I’D love to file any sort of group complaint or lawsuit against these bullies!

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    Reviewed Feb. 21, 2014

    I thought I had paid off my rather small account with my Lane Bryant credit card (about $80) in July 2013, but they added a late fee and before I knew it, they were adding late fees onto more late fees. So even though my original purchase price was paid off, somehow I now owed over $200 just in compounding late fees. I called to complain, and the person on the phone agreed to cut that in half if I paid half of it then. I did so. (Because of their report to credit bureaus, my credit score crashed and I couldn't buy a home.) After this, due to their poor credibility, I double checked my account on-line to make sure they weren't adding more late fees, and guess what--they now said I owed 84 cents even though my account was paid off. I have no idea where that 84 cents came from, but I'm sure if I hadn't logged on and paid it, late fees would have started adding up again!

    This business has adversely affected my credit and my mortgage lender (who had pre-approved me) now says he can't approve me just because of this bank--Comenity! He suggested I look into it more. When I did, I found many other consumers had posted similar complaints and wanted to file a class action lawsuit or at least report this company. They apparently changed their name recently from World Financial Network National Bank. I believe there are grounds for a class action lawsuit or at the very least this bank should be reported and stopped. I don't know who regulates Comenity Bank. If you know, I would like to report them, and I would want to be included in any possible class action lawsuit.

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    Reviewed June 14, 2013

    I have store cards with both Avenue (for nearly 10 years) and now Dress Barn. The story actually starts when I opened the accounts and realized how they push the store employees (probably dangle a carrot in front of them of some pathetic commission) to get you to open the account. After what happened to me yesterday, I did think back about 4 years ago and remembered one time when they called me about a past due bill that I had never received. They told me that apparently I had signed up for my statements to be paperless (aka sent to me via e-mail). Now, I would never ever, even in my worst frame of mind, ever sign up for my statements to be paperless. I want that bill physically in my hand every single month. I told them over the phone that I never agreed to this and to change it so that I get my statements in the mail every month. I then paid off my balance and never gave it a second thought until now.

    Recently, I have been receiving several calls a day from numbers that were strange; and I never pick up for unknown numbers. This started last week and at first it was just like 2 times a day, but they were at weird times and even on the weekend. Yesterday, while I was at work, I got bombarded with calls. They must have called over a dozen times within the course of 6 hours. I finally gave in and picked up the phone. It was World Financial Network National Bank calling about a past due payment of $150 something on my Dress Barn account. I had never received a statement in the mail (and at that point I had deja vu).

    She asked me if I had my bank information to make a payment over the phone. I told her I was at work right now and that I would send a payment in when I got home. She was very rude and unapologetic for calling me at work and demanded me to tell her how much I would be sending. I told her I would pay for the whole damn thing and then close my account so that I never get harassed like this again. She then got very rude with me and told me that when I put my number in the application for the card that I gave them permission to call me. And then she had the nerve to ask me if I had a home or work number that I can be contacted at, and I told her hell no.

    I then did a search on the web for World Financial Network National Bank and saw all of the companies that they issue store cards for and saw that Avenue was one of them too. I then called Avenue and even though I had a balance of $0 to them, I closed my account with Avenue and then I closed my account with Dress Barn. If I ever think about getting a store card again in the future, I will be sure to read the fine print. And if I see World Financial Network National Bank or any of the other names they go by (and I will memorize all of them), then I will have nothing to do with that store's card, and I will tell them exactly why!

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2012

    I made the mistake of signing up for a Pier One credit card in the store for a lousy discount. Four weeks later, I began receiving incessant phone calls from World Financial Bank claiming I was past due on my bill. I explained that I had not received the credit card and had not received a bill, and it turned out that they sent it to the wrong address. They used an address in their credit system rather than the one I gave them.

    I told them I would be happy to pay once I receive the card and a copy of the bill. I didn't receive the card for two weeks and only received the bill two days ago. I called and told them I would pay in full at the end of the week, and have not stopped receiving anywhere from 8-10 phone calls a day, every day for three weeks. They do not communicate from one phone call to the next and requesting that the maddening and unnecessary phone calls end does nothing. And this was their fault to begin with. They sent everything to the wrong address.

    Do not apply for credit with them. They are idiots who can't get the address right and then they bully you for their stupidity. And again, this has all happened from signing up until now in less than two months. And yes, I'm filing a BBB report and a complaint with the FCC for abusive collection practices.

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    Reviewed May 29, 2012

    I recently had gotten offers for credit card accounts when placing online orders, and was happy to accept them. Each site I went to, under this bank, offered me credit. I may have taken too many offers but I was excited they were offering me credit. After a while, I had to start answering security questions and I didn't mind but they keep on asking me security questions about a person I don't know and an address that means nothing to me. I answered truthfully and they said I wasn't telling the truth and I may be committing fraud, so they closed all my accounts and I had to send them proof of who I was - picture ID, social security and a utility bill.

    They said they haven't processed my information that I sent them but they gave me a chance to answer the questions again, still, the same questions and I gave the same answers. I didn't know that person they keep on insisting I know. They won't give me back the accounts and I haven't heard anything from them in regards to the information, I had to send to a post office box number in Ohio. They won't answer me as to why I have to answer the questions about the person they keep mentioning. Could this person have used some of my personal information and they think I'm her? That's why they asked for ID? But I'm not committing fraud and I keep on asking them why I have to answer questions about a person I don't know. They say the questions are picked by the computer and they can't control them but someplace, somewhere in this bank, there has to be an answer that I'm not getting.

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    Reviewed May 18, 2012

    I received a letter today stating that my MetroStyle credit card has been suspended pending completion of their investigation of potential security concerns and/or irregular credit card transactions. I am supposed to call 1-800-888-1726 to discuss my credit card account. If I don't contact them in 30 days, my account will be permanently closed. This sounds very suspicious because until today I have never heard of World Financial Network Bank or the MetroStyle credit card. I do not nor have I ever had that credit card or done business with that bank.

    The second sentence in the letter mentioned "a review of your above-referenced credit card account" but there is no above-referenced credit card account in the letter. They had my correct name and address. The letter was not signed and had no name on it. At the bottom of the page, there is an address to send bankruptcy notice/related correspondence to. On the back page was information about the Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act and special notes for Massachusetts, Ohio and Washington residents. It looks like an official letter, but I do not know anything about this bank or this credit card.

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    Reviewed April 10, 2012

    World Financial Bank keeps calling me at work even after I have told them to not call me. They constantly call at least 20 times or more a day (back to back). I am currently working with a debt management firm and have told them that, but they keep calling. I don't know what to do.

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    Reviewed April 4, 2012

    World Financial Network and Express Clothing - I tried to pay an account (Express cloth) on line, not an option on expressclothing.com. I tried to pay in person at store with bill. They would not accept payment because I didn't have my driver’s license. I was hospitalized and lost my job. Calls started from WFNN, 3-4 times daily, have now reached 20 or more a day! The purchase I charged at Express was $36. The amount owed with late fees and finance charges is $260! Purchase was 9/21/11.

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    Reviewed March 7, 2012

    I have a credit card through Catherine's. I pay my credit card usually more than the minimum amount due. However, 3 months ago, the company that I work for changed the days we were paid. I notified my bank, I have direct deposit. However, my check did not go into my account. I was able to track my deposit down however, it took a few weeks. I notified Catherine's that my payment would be late.

    However, within 3 days, World Financial Network Bank began calling, at first 2 to 3 times a day. Then it got up to 5 times a day. I work a distance away from where I live and leave at 7:30 to 7:40 in the morning and return home between 6:15 and 6:30 PM. So the people I live with were burdened with the calls, they would ask that whoever was calling leave a VMM and I would return the call, either that night, or the next morning. They never once left a VMM! I hate World Financial Network Bank. My account is now caught up. They do not need to call!

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2012

    I have received a call every 4 hours every day from World Financial Network Bank. The phone numbers they are using are: 303 255 5347, 610 295 5284, 814 414 0782 and 913 677 8319. The big problem is, I am 12 years old. My mother has called so many times to get my cell number off their system but they won't stop calling! What do we do about this? My mom has said she thinks she needs an attorney to press harassment charges. Can anyone help?

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2012

    I signed up for Marathon Visa card with World Financial Network Bank. They advertise a very aggressive rewards program. Up to $0.25 per gallon, if you spend over $1,000 per month. They do not post your rewards balance on your statement. When I called to check on why rebates are not posted on statement, they said they were going to correct that, but when I asked my rebate balance, it was about 1/20th of what it should be. They said I was using it for commercial use, but could not provide proof of that.

    Their phone system is deliberately set up to make it hard to reach an attendant. I could have used a legitimate rewards card, like my Chase Freedom card, or Chase Ink card, and I would have earned $300 to $400 in rebates for these purchases. Instead, Marathon Visa promised higher rebate amounts, but didn't deliver. They denied me what I calculate to be about $714.28 in rebates. I suspect I am not the only one. It is very fishy why they would not post your rebate totals on your statement.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2011

    I paid my bill in full with WFNNB (Goody's Family Clothing) at the beginning of the year. Shortly after I did I receive a statement through the mail that I overpaid and I was entitled a refund of $100 plus. I never received my refund; instead I started receiving collection calls every 30 minutes stating I owed $349. I have told them several times I paid and was due the refund. They also continued to call my home phone number and I have asked several times for them to stop calling my home number. They refused. I need help.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2011

    I received paperwork in the mail which asked me to respond. When I called the first time, they pretended not to hear me. When I called back, I was disconnected. When I called for the third time, they asked me for my social security number. The reason for this paperwork they said is that if I do not contact them, they will release personal information that will include my social security number and income, account balances and payment history, and my credit history.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2011

    The WFNB is used by many retailers and other organizations for the purpose of handling billing and other financial services--in this case, Peebles, a department store in Chestertown, MD.

    In the last six months, my stepfather, who is now 100 years old and partially to almost fully deaf, made a purchase. He always pays his purchases and even many of his bills with his credit card. I must assume he got confused when the sales associate asked if he had an account with Peebles (offering to do a deep discount on 'today's purchases' if the customer signs up right away). I can't say what took place exactly, but somehow, he ended up paying for his purchase with a Peebles credit card, and not his usual VISA or MasterCard credit card.

    We can't seem to find the original invoice. I am going to assume that he paid it (I do remember a similar call several months ago from the same source, the MSNB), although he must have paid it late, because there are no purchases listed on this due-in-June-11 invoice. The June invoice lists a $13.98 late fee and $14.98 listed as "fees charged." So, now, he is being double-billed for I do not know what. All it says is "Fees Charged $14.98" which brings the balance of that bill to $28.98. In addition, on that same bill was another pending fee of $25 if he did not pay his balance (consisting of late fees on top of late fees).

    He remembers trying to pay over the phone using his credit card but the bank (WFNB) would not accept a 'credit card to pay another credit card.' Unable to resolve the issue, he set the bill aside.

    Today, we received an early morning call with an agent from WFNB, politely demanding for him to pay over the phone. He got confused and hung up. I continued the conversation a few minutes more, explaining that he can't hear very well, and that he is a senior citizen. She was very insistent that we pay right away, but you don't push my stepfather around like that. I told the agent that I would try and locate the invoice in question, then sort things out. I hung up the phone and went in search of the invoice, which I found deep in a pile of papers waiting to be filed.

    So, I found an invoice. On it were the items I described above: a $13.98 late fee from his previous transaction; another $14.98 in "Fees Charges" (whatever that means) and a dire warning that he would be charged another $25 if he did not pay this bill on time (June 2011).

    I found this absurd beyond reason so I called the bank (WFNB) to ask them what exactly these fees were for, especially the $14.98. The agent refused to speak to me about the account because my stepfather refused to give some stranger the last 4 digits of his Social Security number. My stepfather was growing upset at this point (his hearing gets worse when he is upset) so all he could do was to tell the agent that I had his permission to discuss his account. The agent insisted on having the last 4 digits of his SSN.

    I then asked if we could close the account. I handed the phone to my stepfather so he could confirm that he wants the account closed. I took the phone away from him before he could hang up to confirm that the account is now closed. I asked what the amount of the final invoice would be and she (the agent) refused to give me that information. I threatened to go to the Better Business Bureau and explain how they were taking advantage of a senior citizen and charging excessive late fees, undefined additional fees, and more late fees for paying the late fees not on time. She did confirm that the account was closed effective immediately (today is August 25th).

    After speaking with MSNB, I called the local Peebles store and asked the manager if he could help us out. After listening to my story, he was kind and thoughtful that he offered to contact the MSNB and try and get the late fees waived. I am now awaiting for his return call. If he is successful, we will be able to throw the bill away because it is nothing more than 'air money.'

    MSNB is charging exorbitant fees to customers who make all the right efforts to pay their bills. They are adding charges on top of charges so what was once a small purchase, of perhaps $20 or less, is growing into a behemoth. They must be stopped from harassing people who do not pay these suspicious fees and be penalized for charging excessive fees. In addition, they should be reprimanded for taking advantage of the elderly, confusing and upsetting them.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2011

    World Financial National Network Bank provides credit services to customers of Z Gallerie Furniture among other retailers. A purchase from Z Gallerie placed on credit through them with WFNNB was paid monthly on a regular basis until it should be paid off based on our calculations. Some small amount, as I recall, between $10.00 and $20.00, was said to be outstanding.

    We contacted WFNNB to resolve the matter and paid the outstanding balance. For reasons I don't understand, a small balance owning still appears on the account, which is then charged late fees and interest even after we've called twice to resolve the problem. I have documented, when I called, who I spoke with, their ID numbers, along with the claim by WFNNB that the next invoice would reflect a zero balance. The zero balance has yet to be achieved in spite of my efforts.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2010

    I am disgusted beyond belief with this company and the way they treat their customers. My headache began with not paying my bill last month. Now this past week, I have been receiving calls every day all week at 8 am. It's like they get to work and start the harassment. My account is not in collections. I intend on making a payment, but the more they call, the less I want to deal with them. Their customer service is absolutely lousy. They are all Indians, not American citizens from what I find. They lecture me about cursing, but then they want to harass me at 8 am every single day for something which really is no big deal. I have spent an hour today trying to explain to them this situation, but obviously, I am not dealing with very intelligent or bright people.

    I do not even have the emotional patience to deal with this. Stay away from this company at all costs. Their fees are ridiculous. They will harass you to no end. They are a horrible company. I have a $1000 balance on my credit card, but after complaining over and over again to them about their treatment and seeing no improvement, I have no choice but to get rid of the problem, which is these people, this so called company that could care less about consumers and their disgusting business practices.

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    Reviewed June 21, 2010

    I'm writing in hopes that you will help me to solve my dispute with the World Financial Network National Bank. In August 2009, I was billed twice for the same purchases in the amount of $78.40. One of the statement belonged to the above noted credit card account **, which was never used to pay for those purchases. Moreover, the items were completely and timely returned to the store. I continuously, everyday, morning and evening, receive telephone calls harassing my family as well as statements demanding payments. I've sent numerous letters and tried to call to explain the situation but to no avail. I have a grandson who is very sick. He does not sleep because of those morning and late evening calls that wakes him up. I, myself, am already emotionally destroyed. Every call and mail delivery from the bank affects my heart. Moreover, they spoiled my credit history, which was excellent before they started billing me for the money I do not owe.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2010

    WFNNB has placed 2 unauthorized and unlawful credit inquires on my credit report. I have made numerous attempts to have WFNNB removed the unlawful credit inquires and they have made no attempt to do so. I have contacted them via telephone several times and I sent them a certified notarized letter on 4/8/2010, asking them to remove the inquires. I have received no information about this from them and they have made no attempt to contact me. I am unable to get anyone on the phone that is willing to help me. The inquiries are still on my credit report. These unlawful inquiries are lowering my credit score and I am less likely to be able to receive credit from new companies due to these inquires.

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    Reviewed May 17, 2010

    I have a Metro-Style Credit Card that owned by World Financial Network National Bank (WFNNB) they are demanding card holders to pay a processing fee if they do not go paperless. I do not always have access to a computer and if I don't get a hard copy bill I'm subject to forget to pay. I am disable I asked the bank to wavier the processing fee and they said no. this is unfair consumer practice. Can anything be done about this?

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    Reviewed May 17, 2010

    I'd like to find out if it is legal for a credit company to now begin to add a charge for paper statements. Blaming the fee on the recently passed law that necessitates a longer 2-page statement, WFNNB says "register for paperless" or pay the fine. As if they couldn't take any increase costs out of the interest that they collect at the present time! I will now have to pay $1 every month for any store credit card that's been issued by WFNNB, because I don't own a personal computer.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2010

    A telephone internet rep tried to force her services on me, telling me she was trying to "help me." She began screaming into the phone very loudly at a very high octave, and she kept cutting me off. And she never did do anything that she asserted. She was very angry and raging, and her energy caused me a headache.

    And when I reported her to a manager, he offered me a twenty dollar gift card, and I told him that it seemed like she had another agenda, and I had to remind him of the purpose of the call originally. This company is exploitative, and the customer service is very poor. Every time I call to pay my bill or set up online bill pay, they give me red tape. And i still haven't paid a bill since this summer, because the customer service start fights with me or they just won't take the payment electronically or over the telephone. They urge me to mail the payment or go into a store, causing me stress and inconvenience.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2009

    I am getting notices about accounts with Woman Within, Blair and other companies that they own that they are going to start charging $1 per month for sending out paper statements for their bills. If you don't have a computer or don't want your bills sent online, your account will be charged $1 extra/month. People should be made aware of this change. I will have to make a point to check my e-mail more often. I don't get online every day as I am very busy raising my family.

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    Reviewed Feb. 17, 2009

    I have had the displeasure of calling about my Victoria's Secret card three times. Each time it has taken me at least five minutes to make it through their automated phone system into the queue for a customer service rep - just to get in line. This last call took 6 minutes and 18 seconds just to get transferred into the queue.
    When I opened the account in '07, I signed up to receive online statements. Just as I have with every single bill I have that offers the option, but unlike those other companies I deal with, I have never received a statement for my VS card. Each time I have called about it, the customer service rep has assured me that they have been emailing me and I must not be checking my email/junk folder. This email is my main email for work, school and family - I have to check it several times a day and I know enough to check my junk mail folder every time I check my inbox. Still, they insist that I am doing something wrong. This is the first time I have been late (by two days) making my payment, despite a complete lack of reminders from the card company. Finally I convinced the customer service rep that I'm not a complete idiot and that I do, in fact, know how to check my email. After having to argue with her (really? yes.) she set my account back to snail mail statements. Hopefully they'll come now. After being rude and implying that I'm dim, she actually tried to sell me some lifestyle credit nonsense. I had to tell her three times that I was not interested. Finally the call should have been over and I was waiting for her to disconnect so that I could take the customer service survey at the end, but she just stayed on the line. Finally she asked what I wanted - she was rather snotty about it - and when I told her that I was waiting for that survey she said Oh. and click, she transferred me without another word.
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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2008

    I made a purchase with dressbarn an affilate of World Financial Network National Bank on 07-18-2008 for the amount of 26.00. The company elects to send there invoice electronically via email. I did not receive an invoice via my email until 09-24-2008. The invoice stated that I was 2 months deliquent on this account. When I received this statement I could not believe that this account was 2 months deliquent. I have always paid this account as soon as I got the bill and never made installments payments, I have always paid this account in full. When I called and explain my problem to the customer service office thay explained to me they could only take one late payment off.

    This same issue happened to me with another company that uses this company to service there credit card account. The issue consisted of about the same dollar amount and once again I did not receive a bill until 2 months of deliquent charges was placed on my credit card. For this issue I went into the store to complain to the store manager. As I approached the service counter another customer who I have never met before was complaining to the manager about the same issue that I was having. This is not an isolated problem.

    Appartently, this company is having issues with sending out invoices via the internet. This is a problem that the company knows about and has not taken care of this matter. They are stealing from there customers by charging them unnecessary deliquent fees. This is very coinsedential that the same issue has happened to me twice for about the same amount in funds. Please invesigate this company.

    I would like for all deliquency to be refunded and for my credit rating to be returned back to original credit standing. excellent

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    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2008

    I purchased an item from Friedman's Jewelry including the purchase of a lifetime warranty on the item. I used my Friedman's credit card. I received a letter from World Financial Network National Bank advising me to destroy all Friedman's Jewelry credit cards I have. The item I purchased is broken and I have contacted customer service at World Financial Network National Bank discussing that the credit card is to be destroyed and I have a lifetime warranty on this item purchased. I was given a customer service phone number by World Financial Network National Bank to reach Friedman's warranty.

    When I called that number I was then told that the number I was given was indeed the warranty department, however they only addressed two year warranties and that my lifetime warranty was now void. I called World Financial Network National Bank back and spoke with another customer service rep and explained my case in full. I also, NOTIFIED THEM OF THE BILLING STATEMENT THEY SEND TO ME MONTHLY HAS A STATEMENT ON THE BACK OF IT EXPLAINING HOW I COULD POSSIBLY NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CURRENT CHARGES IF THIS TYPE OF MATTER WAS EVOLVING WITH THE MERCHANT. World Financial Network National Bank then advised me that I was correct, however I had to send in an enormous amount of paperwork to show this type of problem.

    WORLD FINANCIAL NETWORK NATIONAL BANK then offered to eliminate the amount of the warranty that I had originally paid and as I explained that just was not fair. The interest on the amount was way more. I feel that I should no longer be liable for this account being that my receipt shows I paid for the warranty and WORLD FINANCIAL NETWORK NATIONAL BANK monthly billing statement s they send out says that I possibly will not be liable if I experience this type of problem. I was told that I have to continue to pay the remaining bill with interest and if I do not do so that this will reflect on my credit report and affect me mentally and more. Please help me in advising me on what to do.

    Pu native damages, stress, absence from work trying to resolve this matter, and more.

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2008

    helping with hardship has not been true. I was told that my late fee could not be removed I was told today that a collection rep could have removed the late fees. This bank needs to have an audit regarding helping customer who are behind. the bank has charge me close to $261.00- $285.00 in fees. What was the purpose of me giving them my bank account number to post date payments? This has been going on since Dec of 2007. I had death in the family. I called them to let them know. I tried also to use my credit insurance and they cancelled me.

    I have been treated very unfairly. I have been depressed because I have been trying to recover from three lost a Business partner and two family members with no insurance.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2007

    The end of October of 2007, I applied online at Chadwick Of Boston for Credit Card since I spend about $200-500.00 on online purchases and was recommended by one of their representative to do so as well. So I applied for the credit card which is provided by World Financial Network National Bank; then I received a rejection letter dated November 8, 2007 that I was rejected due to having poor credit performance with Lane Bryant. I never had a account with them. On November 16th, I responded to this letter stating that there must be a mistake and asked them to take another look at my application. As the same time I asked for my three credit reports, and there is nothing on my three credit reports stating that I had ever had an account with Lane Bryant.

    In the meantime, I went to the bank regarding my application. My credit reports came back faster than them responding. So, I looked up the bank's telephone and called it regarding my application, and the person that assisted me could not find any records of my application when I gave her the reference number from the letter. Just that fast my application was dumped. I was told that they do not keep these reference numbers long enough for an applicant to call about their rejection letter and to find why they are rejected. Now Chadwick of Boston and Lane Bryant credit cardholders are under the same bank. I was highly recommended to re-apply due to this happening often, per the representative who was trying to find my application. So, I applied again and received another rejection letter for a completely different reason and different reference number. Now this states that I was rejected due to limited credit experience, excessive obligation not in use, lack of open accounts, and excessive obligation in relation to credit limit. None of these make sense.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2007

    I purchase a dress for my daughter on 1/19/2007 at Ann Taylor San Francisco Store. After discount and 10% credit for opening a charge account the price reduced to $92.26. I paid the entire balance on 2/14/2007. On May 2007, I received a letter from Ann Taylor Card Holder Service, stated that When we checked our records for your Ann Taylor account, we found that we made a mistake, we credit your account with another customer's payment of $52.26. To Fix the mistake, we added $52.26 back to your account balance. The correct amount you owe us will be on your nxt billing statement.

    I have called and written letter to both Ann Taylor and World Financial Network National Bank explaining my story. It has been 6 months since I correponce with this 2 entities. I am still receiving billing statement each month with late fee and financial charges added onto my account. I do not feel that I should be paying for mistake that Ann Taylor's empoyee made, and I can not afford to keep paying for one dress over and over again. I think this is a scam to get customer to pay extra money and financial charges on the charge account. Please advise on the next step of communication. I would appreciate very much for your office to look into this matter, and deliver consumer from suffering unnecessary harassment.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2007

    I made a purchase on this card in May, they failed to send me a bill by mail or email for over 5 months or any contact for that matter. I was charged over $100 in late fees and interest because THEY FAILED to live up to there end.

    This caused me over $100 in fees of which they credited me only $50. Additionally me credit rating has been severly damaged, as it now shows that I am over 120 days in arrears for this account. I would like them to correct the credit notices and refund the remaining amount.

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    Reviewed March 28, 2007

    On march 28,2007 i attempted to pay a parcial payment on my newport news account . they informed me that my account was under bankruptcy chapter7 . however, i never filed a bankruptcy . i asked when this had come about they told me they recieved a court order on march 2, 2007 .i asked for a docket number , where &what court this was issued from and no one was willing to cooperate , they told me that it was ''irrelivant''.

    i was completely outraged because i never filed a bankruptcy at all .this could affect my credit report and ruin my life in a big way.noone wanted to give me the answers that i needed to know . i am not a victim of identity fraud , this mistake i believe is on thier end and someone needs to rectify this and iam at a nowhere with this .please help me !

    they were very abusive with me .they caused me mental stress and no peace of mind ,afraid my credit is at stake and could affect my life in a big way .

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2006

    This is a credit card account I got tricked into at Victoria's Secret. The Angel card was supposed to be a membership for special offers and coupons and such. I gave them my VISA card but they started this charge account and charged the $33.00 purchase to the Angel Card. By the time I received a bill, it had a finance charge already. I called customer service to dispute the finance charge, they refused to do anything about it.

    By the time I gave up and just paid them the original charge plus the finance charges, they received it after the due date. So now I've paid $90 for a $33 purchase and I just received another bill for $43. I called customer service again and they refuse to do anything about it. I will again pay the finance charges on the finance charges to avoid negative credit reporting but I will never do business with Victoria's Secret again.

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    Reviewed July 10, 2003

    Jan 2003 I order merchandise from Chadwick's of Boston. Merchandise was received. I go about my life. May 2003 my tenant gives me a stack of envelopes from Lerner's. I haven't bought anything from Lerners in over 10 years, so I tear open the envelopes and learn that my Chadwick's purchase has been billed by Lerners, payment is long past due, there are over $100.00 in late fees and my credit rating is being threatened.

    I don't make the connection between my January purchase and these statements because. I ordered from Chadwick's; the statements were sent to my old address (haven't lived there in 4 years); and are in my maiden name (I've been married 6 years). Still confused, I call the numbers given because I suspect identity fraud. I ask Mary in customer service about the bill and tell her of my concerns of identity fraud. She can't help me and gives me another number to call (1-800-888-5562).

    I call. They can't help and give me another number to call. I call. They (Misty) can't help me and gives me Chadwick's address in Columbus, Ohio. On it goes and I'm no closer to having this resolved. I'm on the warpath. I call World Financial yet again and this time speak to Stephanie, Toni, some guy and am told I need to speak to 'Carol' because no one I spoke to will remove the late fees. Meantime, I've already written and e-mailed Chadwick's, who told me I need to deal w/World Financial.

    No one cares that I did not authorize using my 10 year old Lerner's charge account, my maiden name and address. No one is taking responsibility for the screw-up Chadwick's made, which has the markings of an intentional act, since they managed to send the merchandise to my correct address, using my correct name. I've sent a check for the purchase to Chadwick's, because I placed my order w/them. I didn't know, nor do I care that they and Lerner's are the same company.

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    Reviewed March 26, 2003

    My wife and I purchased two new chairs from Kanes Furniture using their twelve months interest free financing. We never reieived a bill or our credit cards and just assumed they would send us a bill after twelve months. After a year or so we tried to remember which month we purchased the chairs. Soon thereafter we applied for a credit card and were denied due to delinquent credit payments. We knew this was not true and couldnt figure out why this was.

    Three weeks or so later we received our first bill from a collection agency from within World Financial Network National Bank. We contacted WFNNB and were told that they had the wrong address and phone number but no letters (bills) were returned to them. After some research we found that all the information was right on the bill of sale from Kanes and was clearly their mistake. We also checked the address they were sending the mail to so we could ask the residents why they threw our mail out.

    The searched found that this address did not exist. We contacted account manager Mr. , who told us that the mistake was theirs but we still had to pay at least eighty percent of the balance which included interest and late fees. We didn't care so much about an extra two to three hundred dollars but our credit had a black mark because of their mistake. They would not budge on removing this from our credit and told us that our credit wasn't that good anyway.

    Three weeks later we received a call from WFNNB's legal department telling us that this is our fault and not theirs. We could pay eighty percent and still have this on our credit or pay the full amount and they will remove this from our credit. I told her this was blackmale and I was told to take it or go to court. My wife and I decided to just pay the minimum payment until we checked this out further and were told we could not make a partial payment only the full amount. I don't see how this can be legal.

    After all this haggling we have a seven month late mark on our credit and interest and late charges are still building to the amount of almost 700 dollars.

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    Reviewed March 6, 2003

    I have a caredit card with this company. In January the payment went past due. I received a phone call at my work from the company. I cannot receive phone calls at work unless it is in the event of an emergency. I told this to the caller and they said that they can call me at work and they will call me at work. Then on March 5th I received another phone call from this company at my work and again I told them I cannot receive calls at this number.

    The lady name Jody said that they didn't care and they would continue to call me at my work. I finally had to hang up on her because she was so rude. She would not let me speak and she was yelling at me. I then spoke with a lawyer and they stated that under the Fair Debt Collections Act that a collector cannot call you at work if your employer doesn't allow phone calls. I have filled a complaint with the Better Business Bureau, the Federal Trade Commision and the Attonery General's Office of Ohio. I would appreciat some action against this company's unlawful actions.

    If they continue to call me at work, I can lose my job over it!

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