Complaint Review: Bank Of America Office Depot - Tampa Florida
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- Bank Of America Office Depot www.bankofamerica.com Tampa, Florida U.S.A.
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Bank Of America, Office Depot skimming transactions done with BAC credit card at 2 Office depot locations florida Tampa Florida
*Consumer Suggestion: Cancel the original card
*Consumer Comment: Bank of America consistantly lied to me, but yelling got it corrected
*UPDATE Employee: Not Office Depot's fault
*Consumer Comment: The problem was....
*Consumer Suggestion: I don't know for sure...
*Author of original report: One more thing
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On 1/30/08, 2 transactions were done within 1 hour at 2 separate office depot locations in Florida. I live in Hawaii and my card was with me at the time the transactions took place. On 2/6/08, I filed a dispute with Bank of America basically saying that I did not authorize the transactions and it wasn't me that made the purchases.
I received 2 separate statements back from Bank of America dated March 04, 2008. Bank of America also included a copy of the sales draft with 2 very different signatures made by the ID thief. The statements said, "Since the credit card was present when the transation(s) took place, we consider the charges(s) valid." The dispute was considered resolved by Bank of America and I needed to pay the balance.
1. Because the signatures were totally different, is it the responsibility for Office Depot to take the blame for this? Then again the ID thief could have made 2 duplicate cards.
2. Does Bank of America take skimming seriously? My impression is that they closed the case and did not take skimming into consideration.
3. Who usually takes the responsibility for these types of fraud. Is it me the card holder that usually pays for these types of crimes?
Thanks
Surf
honolulu, Hawaii
U.S.A.
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#6 Consumer Suggestion
Cancel the original card
AUTHOR: Steven - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, August 23, 2008
If you are going to keep a credit card account open with them I hope you cancelled the old card and had them re-issue you a new one. Especially since the card has apparently been compromised.
#5 Consumer Comment
Bank of America consistantly lied to me, but yelling got it corrected
AUTHOR: Russell - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, August 22, 2008
Bank of America is the main company that I can think of that I have consistantly caught in numerous lies to me. Luckily, they are an "ethical" company in the warped minds of the regulatory agencies. Otherwise Bank of America would be considered on a list of thieves and robbers. I still have a card account with them, but do not use it. With them, I would reverify everything several times before trusting them to square one. Then I reverify again.
#4 UPDATE Employee
Not Office Depot's fault
AUTHOR: Brent - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Saturday, June 21, 2008
This is not Office Depot's fault. They took a card and someone signed for it. Merchant agreements (with Visa and Mastercard and such) do not let companies require ID to process their cards (See consumerist.com).
#3 Consumer Comment
The problem was....
AUTHOR: John - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, April 03, 2008
that you disputed it instead of filing a fraud report (as this is clearly fraud). They are handled differently. I don't know if you can go back and file a fraud report but you could try.
#2 Consumer Suggestion
I don't know for sure...
AUTHOR: Qwerty777 - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, April 03, 2008
I don't know exactly how to go about this, but one idea is to call the police department of the counties in Florida where this happened. Calling your local police in Hawaii won't do much good because the crime happened in Florida, however, they may know how to handle this better than I do. Also, it would help if you can prove you weren't in Florida that day. They don't know if you were on vacation that day and are now trying to get your money back, so you would probably have to prove that since the actual card was present. And I forget, but where did you get the copy of the signatures? If its from Office Depot, then BofA may not have seem them or taken the time to compare, so find out who to fax it to, and keep bugging them about it. Maybe they'll just get so sick of you they refund your money. My first stop would be the police though in this situation.
#1 Author of original report
One more thing
AUTHOR: Surf - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, April 02, 2008
what's the best way to get my money back?
Thanks
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