- Report: #558429
Complaint Review: HSBC - Orchard Bank Credit Card
| HSBC - Orchard Bank Credit Card po box 703
wood dale, Illinois United States of America |
HSBC - Orchard Bank Credit Card Orchard Bank Credit Card MISLEADING SCAM ARTISTS wood dale, Illinois
*General Comment: Open your eyes
*Consumer Comment: Little means can go a long way
*UPDATE EX-employee responds: Payment holds
*Consumer Comment: Limited Credit and Means???
*Consumer Comment: Check these films out....
*Consumer Comment: WHY Even Bother?
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Search TipsI'm so glad that I started investigating companies behaviors after I got ripped off by an ex employer. It goes a long way to do your research before you sign up for something or get hired.
Companies like "Orchard Bank" SHOULD be sued for the number of rippoff reports, BBB, FTC, etc complaints. I, for one, will never get a "secured credit card" because there are too many thieves.
#2 Consumer Comment
Little means can go a long way
AUTHOR: anonymousG - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
#3 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Payment holds
AUTHOR: yongy - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, March 09, 2011
1) Payment holds do NOT cause payments to be late. If a payment is due on 3/5 and is received by that date, but the funds are on hold for 14 days, a late fee will NOT be charged. The late fee is charged ONLY IF a payment is received AFTER the due date.
2) HSBC now does not charge $12.95 for a payment by phone unless a customer chooses to
set the payment up through an employee. If a customer chooses to do that and pay the fee,
the payment is not guaranteed to post any faster than a regular payment. What is guaranteed
is that the payment will be dated that day even though it will take 2-3 days for the payment to
appear on the account and may still be placed on a 14-day payment hold. However, this same
option is available without a fee through the automated phone system and online.
3) Payment holds are designed to protect the bank. Even if the funds have left your personal
checking account, your bank doesn't notify your credit card company of this, and it can take
several days for HSBC to receive the funds.
I hope this information helps someone out there better understand this particular HSBC policy.
I'm just sorry that the gentleman who posted this report had such a negative experience.
Thank you!
#4 Consumer Comment
Limited Credit and Means???
AUTHOR: Jim - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 19, 2010
If you have limited credit and means...especially MEANS, then why do you need a credit card?
Any and all fees and charges are disclosed IN ADVANCE in all the paperwork they send you or on the on-line application process. If you read those terms and conditions BEFORE you sign or agree to the card, then you would have the opportunity to NOT get the card! Complaining after the fact, (if you read the terms before signing), doesn't make a whole lot of sense since that is exactly what you agreed to!
You say you have limited means. Why then do you need a large credit limit? If you cannot pay the bill because you have "limited means" who do you expect to pay it? The reason the limit was set at $300 is because the credit reputation YOU brought to the equation, does NOT justify a higher credit limit.
#5 Consumer Comment
Check these films out....
AUTHOR: Bman - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 19, 2010
MAXED OUT and THE CORPORATION. It will help explain the game and might help you make a strategic plan?
I just contacted the bank being criticized and I found that they were not
offering anything substantive to make my life better. Instead everything was
geared toward their profits. This is not a good contract - a good contract is
when both parties benefit equally. I tuned down their lousy little card.

