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Presidents Choice Financial MASTERCARD
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NOT SAFE

by Bob on Sep 1, 2023
1 out of 5 stars

I was charged $1400 on PC Mastercard for a service I never used. I disputed the transaction, PC said they would get back to me within 5 business days. I didn't hear anything until I called them a month later and they said no one had looked at the file, but that they would push the matter and someone would get back within 2 business days. I didn't hear back until I called another month later. They said, someone left us a voicemail on a friday afternoon and that we were instructed we had 2 days (over the weekend, while we were off the grid) to respond or the matter would be closed. We found a voicemail that was completely inaudible, which I assume is PC. We were told that they can't reopen to dispute and that the matter is closed. We made a formal complaint and again, we were told someone would get back within 2 days. It's been a month and I haven't heard a peep. After 15 years, we moved on to another provider, as we DO NOT TRUST PC WITH OUR MONEY!

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TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE

by Geseka Abdelmalak on Jun 15, 2022
1 out of 5 stars

TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE! On the phone, the representative actually swore at me. First, I had been waiting a long time to speak with someone, and when I did, a representative answered the phone. The agent misled me on the app because she didn't understand how it operated or where the prompts were located. I became irritated and requested to talk with a supervisor. When the supervisor answered the phone, he didn't care about my wait time or the fact that his representative didn't know how to navigate the app; instead, he yelled at me and swore. When I tried to refocus the conversation back to the original argument of the dispute he started to tell me that the transaction came out from the other card on the account and when I was telling him that he is wrong, it came out of the other card, he hung up the phone. As per their corporate policy, the call was recorded, and I'm hoping that someone will be able to listen to it. His tone, demeanour, and reasoning left me speechless. I'm now on the phone, attempting to cancel the account, and have been waiting for another 20 minutes to speak with someone. The worst experience I've ever had, and they effectively stole my money. $59.99 for four consecutive months in a row.

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1.5 hour call wait times, customer service doesn't know what they're doing

by Sunnee on Mar 22, 2022
2 out of 5 stars

No definitive answers when asking questions, getting shuffled around on hold repeatedly.
Not to mention they were rude when I tried telling them how frustrated I was.

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No customer support

by Harold_B on Feb 9, 2022
1 out of 5 stars

I have had a PC Mastercard for 15+ years. When it works, it's great. If anything goes wrong, getting any kind of support from PC Financial will be a nightmare.
A while back, the tap feature on my card stopped working. I ordered a new one. I tried to activate it on the website, but the system wouldn't let me enter the activation code. I called the helpline, which put me on hold and scolded me repeatedly for not solving the problem using their useless website. I waited for maybe an hour and a half.
During this time, I actually walked to a store location and visited the PC Financial kiosk. The guy there told me that PC Financial deliberately made people wait for hours for telephone support, and would not help me anyway.
I hung up and called the next day, and after another hour and a half on hold, I finally reached someone. She told me that she would not do anything to help me, and in a rude and disapproving tone, told me to do it on the website. I told her that the online activation wasn't working. So she told me to call a different telephone support line. I called that one, which sent me into a series of useless online menus, but wouldn't put me through to anybody.

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Garbage card with little to no value

by Wontmakeapennyfromme on Dec 6, 2021
1 out of 5 stars

The card is basically useless. Restricts many online purchases. Treats the customer like they are doing you a favor. Customer service is garbage, and wait times are ridiculous.

DO NOT RECOMMEND!

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Application

by Gordon Bannerman on Oct 30, 2021
1 out of 5 stars

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.

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Poor customer service

by ART on Sep 27, 2021
1 out of 5 stars

I waited for 11/2 hours for customer service and this lady having bad behaviour or say unacceptable way of talking telling me she knows everything because she said she's been working there a long time!!!! And in the end, hang up on me!!!! Just clarifying my bill's statements, how come they hire people like her.
I will cancel my card because it's frustrating dealing with this kind of service, not in my life again to get PC financial card and letting to know my friends and relatives how bad their service...

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Rude and long wait

by Annie ho on Aug 27, 2021
1.5 out of 5 stars

Incompetent staffs. Took forever to reach to a live agent. Staffs were rude and unable to identify or reactive my new card. Poor judgment skills

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Bad Customer Services

by User123 on Mar 31, 2021
2 out of 5 stars

The customer services is bad and they make it hard to dispute a transaction. My calls to customer services often got disconnected and I would have to call back again to wait in line again.

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The worst

by bleh on Jul 9, 2020
1.5 out of 5 stars

Putting high-interest rates aside (holy moly their interest rates need to chill). I just called customer support because I have noticed that $600 has left my account with no transactions or pending transactions. I simply asked (4 times) if there was maybe something they saw on their end that I didn't see because it just didn't make sense. The woman talked in circles for about 20 mins only to get frustrated with me asking the same question that wasn't being answered by saying "it is probably the hefty $500 bill you have". I always keep my cool with customer support because I've been in their shoes but to disregard my concerns and then address my problem (finally) with such an attitude really pissed me off. Don't get a card with them, this is not my first issue and it will not be my last.

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