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HSBC sends replacement card to people perpetrating fraud

SB in New Jersey said: “In 2008, HSBC contacted me about someone trying to purchase three $500 gift cards using my Best Buy account number.

They canceled my card & were going to send me a new card under a new account. Meanwhile, I had to contact the FTC, sign an affidavit, file a […]

HSBC threats continue in Nebraska

AG in Nebraska said: “So far HSBC has called our house 10 times a day and night. Right up until 10pm. They have begun to threaten repossession of my motorcycle. They lowered my wife’s credit card limit which put us over the limit…Jeezus will they ever stop harassing us? We made a deal with […]

1-800-395-2274, or how HSBC earns a black eye in America

DL in Maryland said: “I’ve recently been getting A LOT, and I mean A LOT of calls on my cell phone (no land line, I only use my cell) from the phone # 1-800-395-2274. When answered, I would get the computer “please wait for an important message” line…then it would either hang up, or, […]

More GM card complaints haunt HSBC

SA in Michigan said: “I have excellent credit and have had my GM card account for 10 years. My credit limit was $6500 until yesterday when I received a letter from HSBC stating that due to inactivity, my account credit limit was being reduced to $300. What a joke. I haven’t […]

Perfect credit but GM Card limit lowered to $300

JM in Illinois said: “I have had a GM Card for over 10 years. I’ve never made a late payment. My credit is excellent. My account is active, i.e. I have current charges on my GM Card to be paid in January 2009. My credit limit during all that time has been $3,500 which […]

Best Buy Consumer Electronics Store Financing Blasted

DJ in Florida says this about HSBC merchant Best Buy Stores, the consumer electronics giant: “Why does Best Buy use the horrific HSBC Nevada Household Finance credit card company to service its credit cards. These people are like mafia loan sharks! There are so many other better companies that could be used. […]

Best Buy and HSBC sounds like racketeering again

AR in California said: “I got a Best Buy HSBC card for approximately $900 to buy a laptop prior to leaving on deployment. They advertised 6 months no interest, so I set up automatic payments to go out every month and thought it was all paid by the fifth month. Upon my return HSBC […]

HSBC increases credit card rates effective January 2009

RM said this about HSBC credit cards: “Looks like Black November for HSBC card holders. On Nov 13 2008 I also received a change of terms stating that my rate was going to increase from 8.24 to 14.99 effective Jan 2009. I have never been late on a payment on any debt in […]