Presidents Choice Financial MASTERCARD Consumer Reviews

Have had this credit card on and off for over 15 years and I continues to be a pain! My card which is completely paid up continues to get declined for absolutely no reason. Call the customer service, wait for over 45 mins to be told it is my fault that the card is locked! Have to change my pin number for the 4th time! So sick of it! Don't bother with this card!

Just recently got rid of my annual fee World Elite BMO card in favour of the no fee World Elite PC card.
I've been using credit cards for everything as we live quite remote and rely on online shopping. Also I need a "large" card because I need to travel for work alot and require features like the included car insurance.
The PC card arrived in the mail with no problem. The issues started when we tried linking our existing PC account to this card. It just simply would not work. Also many time I did not get points a PC store as the cashiers don't know how to run this cards to give you the points. (They need to swipe them twice apparently).
The worst part was, that my new PC card become compromised after about three weeks of using it. Someone, somehow spent $3,000 before this fraud was detected by myself. I've received a fraud detection text message from PC after the damage had occurred. PC opened a fraud case and most of the money has been refunded except one larger charge. It has been over ten days and I still haven't received a new replacement card yet. Once this fraud case has been resolved I will most likely cancel this card and return to an annual fee BMO or RBC Mastercard.

I fully agree with other reviews that their customer service and fraud departments are horrible. Two weeks after I reported that clearly fraudulent purchases were made on my card, and I was assured (after 5 hours of wait on the phone and inane conversations) that the charges were reversed and the card cancelled, new fraudulent charges were posted (which I reported), and I am still getting repeats of the same fraudulent charges. We love the free groceries, but this is not worth the aggravation. My new card took a week to arrive. Needless to say, I will not be using it.

I used to have this card many years ago. This was before the Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart points programs were combined. I paid off the card and closed the account at my request because of very poor customer service. The small rewards I received were not worth the frustration. Today, in 2022, my credit report still shows that my account with a status of Open, an available credit limit, but no activity. I have no confidence in the accuracy of the data they send to credit bureaus. Ironically, I just received an email invitation offering me a pre-approved account. No thanks. I checked the other reviews here and it appears things have got much worse with this company. My advice is to stay away. There are much better credit cards out there where you can get more value in rewards compared to the stingy 1000 points for 1$ standard offer from the current PC Optimum program. I still collect Optimum points when I happen to be in a store, but I use a different credit card than this one.

PC Mastercard product is the worst product on the market, with poor customer support, extremely long wait times, and customer service representatives who aren't trained, don't know what they are talking about and their advice varies from one customer service agent to another. Really frustrating trying to get anything resolved. I am a customer for the last 5+ years and only recently had the unfortunate experience of dealing with customer support since my card was involved in fraudulent activity.

PC MasterCard obviously does not respect their customers time. The card has decent return if you shop and gas at PC stores and affiliates but who has 1+ hours to wait and speak with a live representative?

One time I was informed by an online representative that I would be contacted in person, approximately 2 days later I received an email stating I would not be getting a callback and to call the generic number.

PC MasterCard customer service doesn't deserve the 1-star minimum rating. I live in a small community with limited grocery options so the PC MasterCard makes sense. If I lived in a larger hub with more options, I would not give them my business.

I've been trying to get through to them for over 2 hours...
Their app doesn't let you remove authorized users.

PCMC you really need to hire more people to reduce your phone wait times. No excuse for such lengthy waits. Your customers have lives that need to carry on instead of just hanging around waiting for someone to answer the calls. No option for a callback was given.

-Compromised Transactions were correctly removed from the card
-New Card never arrived
-Called in for a repeat request
-Was sent the same compromised Card number meaning the card was never cancelled
-Used Card was rejected
-spoke to CSR again after 45 min wait;
Told me the card would be expedited but needed to talk to another CSR
- Asked if I needed to wait more time; no would be quick according to CSR
- waited another 45 min and I needed to go out and hung up
Conclusion: Presidents Choice Master Card does not want Business. I am considering another Master Card which offers comparable money savings.
Message: We are currently experiencing long wait times is misleading as I have heard this message for at least 5 years. Be honest with your consumer. Let them know you prefer online instead of a phone. Believe me - We are capable of understanding.

Wait times are unreasonably long, in excess of an hour. This is unacceptable given the many options for comparable credit cards. Do better.