Wednesday, August 27, 2008

HSBC credit card glitch

i almost had a heart attack yesterday when i got home, just finished eating dinner and saw that i have a letter from HSBC, my eyes dilated and i swear my eyes turned bigger than araneta coloseum reading that i have exceeded my credit limit by over 100,000 pesos and my outstanding balance is almost 150,000 pesos! OMG i was freakin worried and i immediately thought that someone got hold of my credit card, but no my card is still sitting pretty on my wallet, and i am sure that my account wasnt hacked from the internet or somebody used it because i've never used my HSBC red master card in any online payment.

i remember that the last time i used my HSBC card was on 18th of august at sm san lazaro, and i even asked my brother to pay some of my dues last 20th of august. the letter i received was dated 19 august 2008, so i was like WTF!!!! *#$%%&^ i am billed by over a hundred thousand pesos and i didnt receive any call about this and i receive the letter just yesterday (26 august). a week (talk about how fast our mailing services are!!!) so imagine the thoughts running through my head on how could i stop whatever transaction transpired and i was already thinking of calling a lawyer cause there is no effin way that i am going to pay them for something i didnt purchase and i was thinking at the same time that OMG i should just have bought a macbook for myself then!

i was really racking my brain thinking who could have used my card and how could they have allowed such a thing, because normally once you have used up your allotted credit limit you're automatically declined right? and also, whenever you purchase something that is a huge amount, they usually call the subscriber and the bank for verification! that didn't happened or i didn't get any call or whatsoever. i was itching to call the collections department but they were close and is only open between 8:30-5:30 (talk about great service eh?)

so early morning i called up HSBC collections hotline and as soon as i gave my number the collecting agent immediately apologized for the letter that i have received (note that i have not informed them yet about the letter), seems that they have been getting calls about the incident and is apologetic about the "technical problem" and that according to the agent whose name is spencer romano (do HSBC hire people with showbiz sounding names?) well anyways, the guy said that it is now a know issue and that they had a technical glitch during the holidays which is last aug. 18. apparently all those affected by the said glitch are those who made a purchase using their master card credit card and swiped by the BDO machine. and he said that they already received a notice from BDO about the said problem. he again apologized for the inconvenience and i really told him that i almost had a heart attack and wasn't able to sleep last night because of their error!!! i was like you could have at least called your customers to assure them that there was an error blah blah blah!!! you know what i mean. what if i really had a heart problem?

i even called their customer service just to make sure that my account is ok, and i was not overcharged or antyhing, the girl i spoke with (bhie) assured me that my account is not overcharged and that they have already amended the problem blah blah blah!!! apparently during the holidays the BDO machine swipe cards have erroneously charged you in US dollars instead of pesos, so like mine i purchase about 2500+ last aug 18 so they billed it as 2500USD! WOW

well whatevs, the fact is i had a sleepless night because of their error and they didnt even call their customers about this, instead they were waiting for their customers to call them!!! tsk tsk tsk what a bad service from HSBC (though the guys i spoked with this morning were ok) i'm talking about how HSBC's system fucked up!!!

i'm really annoyed at this and i hope that this wont happen again! or else i'll be the ninja in the photo and shove their cards up to their big fat asses!!!


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Unknown said...

hahaha, i almost had a heart attack myself while reading your post. back in the PI, i used to own an HSBC card but luckily i didnt encounter glitches like that. thank God. if that were to happen to me, i dont know how to react. anyway, yeah wow 2500 USD yowza! i've never spent that much yet in one credit bill since i got here. :)

Nina said...

Read about it at BPI website. They made an announcement in their website. Grabe, ang bilis naman ng HSBC. This was rectified 2 days later - the fact na hindi na nabawi ng HSBC yong letter - ibig sabihin 19th pa lang na-mail na yong letter. Wow! Talk about efficiency!

Anonymous said...

Sana nagkatotoo tsk

pusa said...

@jenn - hehehe :0 hay naku ako rin grabe di pa ko nakakaspend ng 5digit in a single transaction tapos bigla ako makakauha ng bill na 100k eh 3k max lang ang self credit ko! LOL

@nina - talaga it was in bpi website? yeah according to the agent i spoke with that was an auto generated mail, un nga lang kung gano sila kabilis sa collection ganun naman kabagal un customer support nila, they were not able to inform their customers na nagkaron ng error

@frenemy - ganun? sama mo naman

Anonymous said...

oh my!! what an experience...! something nobody wants to undergo...

fortuitous faery said...

wow, sounds like fertile ground for a lawsuit, indeed. i mean, if they knew about this problem as they told you, and it sure appears you're not the only victim, why not correct it immediately by sending an explanatory, apologetic letter? what if you DID have a heart attack? why did they just sit there and wait for shocked and outraged customers such as yourself to call them?

and isn't HSBC a big name, international banking firm?

pusa said...

@random ramblings - oh yeah and i dont want to experience it again!

@fortuitous faery - *sigh* yes HSBC is an international firm and when i googled hsbc credit card glitch it seems that they had technical problems before during holiday too wherein their customers transactions were declined!

Nina said...

Yes - Bpi client kasi ako and they have an advisory in their website. Tapos I told my hubby about it and how stupid can that be - BDO made a mistake of sending the transactions in USD. When he checked his internet banking - he was charged 2000 USD for a purachse he made at SM - but since I told him about it already and the charges have been reversed, hindi na sya na-shock.

I am a BDO client too but I didn't see an advisory in their website. That's why I love BPI!!!

pusa said...

@nina - wow mabuti pa ang BPI

alam mo panget talaga un services ng BDO and it sucks na na-merge na sila sa EPCI bank, before i can pay my cards sa mga atm machines but now na bdo na ang atm card ko kelangan ko pa magsadya ng bank para makapagbayad! kaines

Amor said...

OMG...Nakaka high blood ha! Kung sa akin nangyari yun, naku, ewan ko na lang kung anong magagawa ko. Buti na lang wala akong credit card. haha!

frenemy? hmmmp insecure lang yan...

pusa said...

@amor - hay naku sinabi mo pa! buti ka pa walang credit card!

hay naku yang frenemy na yan deadm lang, korek ka jan insecure lang yan! hehehe :D

Anonymous said...

me glitch talaga ang HSBC anobeee!!! ang balance ko $750 nag-bayad ako nang $50, dapat $0 na sya. at ang call center nasa Pinas hahaha, ayokong kausapin ang mga tumatawag hehehe

pusa said...

@reyna elena - hehehe talgang glitch kung glitch! waket di makapasa ang eksent nila sayo? hahahahaha

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