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Archive for » August, 2007 «

Still trying to resolve monies due me by HFC from 1997 through 1999, I keep getting the run around. I call for Mr. Doby’s boss (North Carolina) they would not give the telephone number to me. Per their legal dept 800-395-5323 there was not anything they could do even when I explained my situation. The legal department said to call the branch in Greensboro NC, so I did and I asked for Mr. Jim Doby’s boss. They would not even give me his name or number. I submitted a complaint to the North Carolina Attorney General. No one cares when they owe you money but God forbid you owe them money. HFC and HSBC call you so much that it is almost harassment. Do not ever believe they care because they don’t. All they care about is the color green! They owe me to date $27,000.00

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TC in Tennessee reports: “This company was doing billing for QVC. They changed to another company and I was not notified. However, all my payments were cashed and not applied to my account. I am still fighting them to refund my money. I guess they thought it was a tip. Now I have 4 months of payments not credited to QVC. I have sent them photocopies of cashed checks and they will not respond. Any suggestions?”

This is a reported from NB in Washington State. It is a true sign of HSBC as a predatory lender. It reflects Household International through and through, although HSBC bought Household back in 2003. Warning - this report will make you mad, sad, or both:

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DR in Arizona said: “I have used the Best Buy HSBC credit card to buy products with deferred interest over the past several years. The theory being if you can use someone else’s money for free, why not. Otherwise, I do not carry balances. On their account I was down to a very low balance, and in fact would have paid it off with one more payment. However, I did not receive a statement in July which of course went unnoticed by me When I received the August statement of HSBC it included a late fee and of course the accumulated interest due.

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CR in Ohio says: “My boyfriend has his house loan with HSBC. His former wife took responsibility of the house when they divorced and then stopped paying. We followed the hardship site they have on the HSBC web site and they would not help us with anything even though we paid and it was still current. They dragged us by the chain and said we could get a short sale and then didn’t and tried to trick us into it at the end.

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