Capital One Platinum Costco MASTERCARD Consumer Reviews

Had never had such an awful experience with any credit card companies. Every time I wanted to speak with someone - my time on hold was close to an hour! They transferred me back and forth, I never experience that stupid amount of questions (my name, age, DOB, where did I lived 15 years ago, etc), then they were transferring me to another person with the same set of questions. Never had an answer to my question, they just refuse to provide me with the information after I've answered for 100 security questions. Going to close this card and would never have it again with this bank! It was convenient for our Costco shopping, but I'd rather buy in cash.

Capital One Costco Mastercard constantly has a lot of mess up's such as scams on the card which you have to wait for 2.5 hours on the phone to cancel the charges that you didn't make. Next mess up is once you submit for a new card the provider made a mistake and your card doesn't come in. Once 7-10 business days go past and the card doesn't arrive, you have to wait for another 10 business days to get the card. Think very carefully if you really need to deal with Capital One.

We called 5 or 6 times to activate our cards. Finally, my husband was able to set his up however mind still doesn't work. The steps were being told are what we're doing. For example, we keep being told we're entering the incorrect pin and we keep responding it declines before allowing a pin to be entered. The solution they offer isn't a solution as they do not listen to the issue. Also, they were not able to set up online account access and I was asked to go to a different location and computer as my account was locked out. We're cancelling simply because of horrible customer service.

Unbelievable! A little short ($50) one month (May) by 2 days and the interest they charge they are still charging months later is nuts! (now July)? I consistently pay more than the balance every month as I have been using the card a lot so I pay more to lessen the amount next month - however, apparently this isn't enough for the greedy company who have now charged me 3 times the amount I was short several months ago - they just keep it going every month and I don't know why? The guy on the end of the phone kept saying something about several months ago and then every purchase is subject to the compounding - what I thought this was now illegal- wasn't there a case in court several years ago where credit card companies couldn't do this anymore?

I have had the worst credit card experience ever with this Company and would not recommend anyone to use it. They could not care less and have no idea what they are doing. One of the most embarrassing experiences of my life, the card was frozen over a $20. Payment 2 days late? Oodles of room on credit limit and past payment experience of often very large payments, never mind they did not send a statement for the past 3 months which they admit.

I am not going to get into full details because there is not enough time in the day to express my horrible experience with this card so all I have to say is do NOT waste your time getting this card. My husband and I have had our fair share of credit cards and still do and never has one given us this much trouble. At least once per week, some issue arises where both our cards are declined, I waste 20 minutes being on hold to figure out what happened just for them to say "oh you had actually placed the lock on your credit yourself"! Next time it is something else, we have had the exact same address for 3-4 years ever since we got this card and yet I keep getting e-mails that say your address needs to be updated we cannot deliver your mail, so yet again I waste my time being placed on hold, going through all the security questions just for them to then ask me my address again (which has not changed) and they saying "now we need to send you a new card JUST in case". A month or two passes, the same thing happens again. These are just some of the issues, every time it is something new. Do NOT waste your time.

Is FINISHED WITH CAPITAL ONE MASTER CARD - After 10 months of requesting reimbursement of a $6,418.00 credit card charge for a trip that we could not take because the company had been found insolvent 7 months after the charge, and after more than 20 telephone calls to the representatives of this horrible company, I finally received a written decision ( possibly made late last September) saying that because my claim was made after a period of 120 days after the initial purchase, the company was not liable to reimburse me. SO if you are going to make a large purchase where you will not receive the merchandise or service until some future date beyond 120 days DO NOT use the Capital One Master Card because they will not support you if there is a problem with not receiving the merchandise or service. For 10 months I waited on "hold" for an average of 20 minutes for a busy attendant to answer my call and tell me I should have received compensation and they would get back to me ( which almost NEVER happened) - Again DO NOT USE CAPITAL ONE MASTER CARD if you expect any sort of decent customer service.

For no apparent reason, Capital One cancelled my card which effectively cancelled the pre-authorized payments they were taking from my bank every month. I was totally unaware of any of this as I was out of the country for six months. When I returned I had a three-inch stack of letters from a collection agency. Even if Capital One had a legitimate reason to cancel my card (which they didn't) one would think they'd have the foresight to take their payment from my bank account first! I have spent about two hours (so far) on the phone with Capital One with no resolution in sight. I am beyond livid. I am now using my PC mastercard at Costco. As other posters have said I also lost my yearly rewards payment from Capital One because of their incompetence.

I can understand that Costco ended its relationship with a great company like AMEX. But it didn’t have to go to the worst provider, Capital One. Anyone I know feels frustrated dealing with this company that has had more relationships broken with different brands than it has currently. In the past, I gave up on their Hudson’s Bay MasterCard and I lost one when they gave up on IHG brand, leaving Canadians loyal to Intercontinental group in a lurch ever since.
Recently, I purchased a jewelry item at Costco, found a better and more expensive one at another, returned the first one and I was going over my limit by 300 dollars as the return credit doesn’t show up for a couple of business days. I called Capital One for an increase of my limit by less than 10% but was refused despite my excellent credit and record. I asked them to allow a temporary one time increase of 300 and that was turned down as well. Fortunately, I was able to make purchase with another MasterCard that had much higher limits.
I won’t ever touch Capital One by a barge pole ever again. I hope Costco finds a better and more reliable partner.

Decided, at last, to get the card because we spend a lot of $$ at Costco. Since it was associated with Costco (5*+), I thought it would be simple. But no! They got our names wrong and we have to fly to the moon to change that. Further, if I want to check my account online, I MUST have a cell phone; what rubbish! I don't want one, don't need one and will never have one. But, if I want to go online with my computer, I have to have one to get sent a text. 19th-century software. All they can say is sorry. Attitude is terrible - well why don't you have a cell phone. I do not have that issue with any other bank or CC that I deal with. Sorry, keep it!