Presidents Choice Financial MASTERCARD Consumer Reviews

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I cannot believe how dumb and unhelpful customer service is at PC MasterCard! I applied for a credit card in August and got approved in November and when I called to activate my card they told me to go into their kiosk in the superstore in person to show them proof of id and verify who I am. I did exactly what was asked, I also did all the verification steps when I applied online and sent documents and proof of id. I had to wait again for months and would call and wait 3 hours on hold to speak to a representative at least once a week to activate my card and they kept making me send documents every time and claim they either didn’t get it or they needed more. I have never in my life have had such a difficult experience in activating a simple credit card that was already approved. I ended up closing the account altogether and went to another bank and applied for a credit card and got it in the mail in a week, with no problems whatsoever… My advice is to never apply for a credit card through Pc MasterCard! Customer service is horrific and won’t help or solve problems...

I applied for a credit card 3 months ago. I was approved and had it sent to me. I moved the day the credit cards were delivered and when I went to activate the cards I was forthcoming about this information (I waited 2 hours on the phone before I was able to speak to anyone) as I wanted another card sent to the new address for my partner to use. I was told that they could not activate the card now as I recently moved and needed to reapply with my new address. Alright fine. I reapplied within the same day after getting off the phone. I was told I needed to provide the new lease agreement so I did. I waited a month with no answer. I called back and waited on the phone (waited 3 hours this time) to be told that the information isn't correct - it was missing a signature on the lease. Nobody had called to tell me this, but alright fine. I hung up and resubmitted it within ten minutes. Two more weeks went by so I called back again and waited another 2 hours on the phone to be told that the information had not been processed and that there was no need for me to call them to follow up as they will call me when the information is processed. I doubted that, but okay. I waited another 2 weeks before calling back (another 2 hours on the phone). The man on the phone told me that they had received the documents and he put me on hold to make sure that the information was correct. He confirmed that there were signatures and that everything was correct. He told me he would put a rush order on the card as it had now been 2 months since I applied. I was told someone would call me. Three weeks later I received a call from the very same man. He was now telling me that the documents he had confirmed 3 weeks prior did not exist and that they were still waiting for me to resubmit them from 2 months ago. He said, "If you're having trouble sending the documents we can try a different form of address verification". I cancelled the application then and there. I don't understand how a company that handles money can be so unorganized. Not to mention the wait times... 2-4 hours on the phone before speaking to someone is unacceptable. Going weeks/months without receiving a call back is unacceptable. I understand it's a pandemic, but at what point do covid wait times just become an excuse for terrible customer service management? Not to mention the call representatives clearly have no idea what's going on. I received contradicting information/advice every time I talked to someone. And then to turn around and blame me for not providing the information? Man... Get it together.

I have called on several occasions and sat on hold for hours! I've talked to 3 customer service agents who were not able to help! The first one said a supervisor wasn't in until 9 and would call me back. The second agent was transferring me to a supervisor and he either hung up or the line dropped. The third agent just today took my number once again and the supervisor still hasn't returned my phone call! Such poor customer service! I work for a call center myself and this kind of business definitely wouldn't fly with them! You should be ashamed of how you treat your customers. My Mastercard still isn't activated. I wouldn't give any stars for this rating if it would let me bypass that part to finish!!

Several emails, final got a response, said they would send this to an advisor and someone would contact me by phone in 2-3 days, 10 days later no contact...

Impossible to get phone support. The activating card appears to require you to "set" i.e. change password then gives you a warning about problems you may experience with the password. The feedback tab doesn't appear to work with Edge.

Save yourself the headaches and don’t apply for this card. This is the most inconvenient card to apply for. Customer service is not the best and using the card is difficult (ex. Taps not being accepted or not successfully changing your information).
I initially joined for the promo they had for 10,000 optimum points after signing up and it was terrible from the start. My application took a while and when I received my card they gave me the wrong card. So I had to call them again to get the correct one I was approved for which took a while to come again. So overall the application process took two months!
Then when using the card their mobile application doesn’t post your pending statements on time causing you to pay more than you need to.
Also, when trying to change pin codes it would never work! I tried to change my pin code and my account got locked at the checkout when trying to purchase groceries with my new pin!
Also, when trying to reset my password on the mobile application it never worked and I would have to sign in to the website to do it which is super inconvenient!
Lastly, when tapping in groceries stores it would never get accepted and I would have to insert it all the time! Even for purchases below $100. I searched the grocery store and the tap limit is $100 so was my $70 transaction not accepted?!
Now I’m on hold waiting for a customer representative to see if there are any changes that were made.

FRUSTRATING customer service. If you enjoy spending hours on hold and a website that doesn't work, by all means, get this card.
I haven't used the card because the first time they sent it, it didn't arrive. I sat on hold for an hour to be told "sit tight - it's probably going to arrive in the next day or two!".
Three weeks later, still hadn't arrived. I sat on hold for another hour to be told "we'll send you another card!"
The card finally arrived.
I try to activate it online, fill out everything, get the message "The system is unavailable. Try again in 10-15 minutes".
Tried the chat feature. It's a bot that cannot answer any but the most basic questions.

I signed up for this card after being approached by one of their representatives at No Frills.
When I got the card, it was next to impossible to activate it online, so I called customer service. In all, I was on hold for almost 3 hours spread over as many days before I managed to get someone.
I found their website user-unfriendly. You can't even change your user name without getting someone on the phone, which is very difficult.
After reading these comments, I decided to close the account. Activating a credit card and getting a CSR on the phone should be seamless, but definitely wasn't.
Avoid this card, it's too much trouble.

Applied for a credit card and was refused, with no reason given for refusal other than a list of generic and non-specific factors. Not very professional but I can accept that. The tone of the letter was what troubled me: it was needlessly dismissive and disrespectful. I got the feeling they were perturbed by having to deal with an applicant - so I won't be bothering them again on that account.