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Friday, December 9, 2011 - 5:02 PM

TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE-DON't BANK WITH THEM!

BB&T (1 stars)
I recently opened an account with BB&T in North Carolina. Being from out of state I wanted a bank that was close to my new location here and had good customer service. I was told that by opening an account I would recieve $50 within 60- 90 days. After over 90 days of waiting they still had not deposited the money and would not give me a reason as to why. I let it go figuring it wasn't that important and I went ahead and continued to bank with them even with the poor customer service I was receiving I figured maybe they would improve and I gave them the benefit of the doubt. This past week I deposited a several hundred dollar check into my account that I planned on using for Christmas gifts and the teller asked me if I had reported my card lost or stolen. I replied that I had not and she said someone in the bank had made it so that my card was no longer good to use. She told me not to worry and that my deposit would reopen the card for use. Problem is, two days later (it was a saturday late afternoon), I went to make a large purchase with my card and it would not work. I called customer service and they told me that someone at the bank had hot blocked my card and my money would not be accessible until I went into the branch on monday and that it was MY FAULT that I hadn't gone into the bank on saturday morning when I have a job that I had to be at and it was not my fault that they blocked my card in the first place. I was very upset and without any money since all of my money was in that account and so I was left stranded for the rest of the weekend. When I went to resolve the issue at the bank the girl would not give me a reason as to why my card was blocked and continued to try and push a new debit card on me when all I wanted was an explanation. I decided to take my money and close my account and she never once tried to convince me to stay as a customer or showed me any sort of customer service. She nearly through the envelope of money at me and when I stated that I was appalled at the level of disrespect I received and that not one person offered an apology she went on a rate about how it was no ones fault and I should not point fingers and blame anyone and when I came in blaming them, for something that they did, they would not offer me an apology. I am so happy I never have to deal with this awful bank ever again. 
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Dec 9, 2011
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