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 […]
IB in New York said: “I just received a notice in the mail that effective 1/2/09, my interest rate on my HSBC Credit Card will be going up. I have made double and triple payments, and always on time. The customer service representative was rude and told me that everyone’s rates are going up. […]
MR in North Carolina said: “I purchased a jet ski with an introductory apr of 6.99%. I was late on only 1 payment. Here it is two years later and my apr has jumped to 18.99%. My payments have gone from $152/month to $330/month. To be honest, when I purchased the jet ski, […]
VR in Florida said: “I just received a notice of an interest rate increase of about 3% on my HSBC card after they jacked it up last year when I requested a reduced rate. (They said “NO”) I have made all payments on time for the past 5 years and make most payments […]
CG toldus: “I received a letter in the mail from HSBC. Usually I don’t open letters from strange banks. Although this time I did open it to find that HSBC claims that I owe the annual credit card fee. I took this as strange and a little infringing on my personal rights since I […]
BH in Missouri said: “I was just checking out my credit report and noticed this HSBC/RS. I was like what the blank is that…so I put it in my search browser and this is why I am here. Apparently they are affilliated with Best Buy? I don’t even have a Best Buy near me. […]
CG in Colorado said: “Just gotten an email saying that my credit card was charged, but that some information was not matching. I cancelled my Best Buy card about a year ago. I’ve called the number they provided on my answering machine, and left voicemail, and an email stating that any charge […]
EI in Oklahoma said: “I received a phone call from HSBC account collections regarding my overdue balance on a Best Buy Credit Card. I explained to the caller that I was not the person, they had the wrong person, as although the last name was the same, the first name was not the […]
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