Bank of America

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Austin, Texas, United States

Bank of America Reviews

Hong August 11, 2010
Bad service
I lost my Bank of America ATM card in China. I called Bank of America Emergency Services and gave them the address of my hotel in China. Bank of America Emergency Services promised to send a new card to my hotel in China within 5 business days. Approximately seven business days later my card still hadn't arrived so I called Bank of America Emergency Services to find out from them that they "accidentally" sent my card to my home address in the US. A representative from Bank of America Emergency Services apologized profusely for the error they made and promised to send a new card within 5 business days to my new hotel, also in China. Approximately seven business days later I still had no card so I again called Bank of America Emergency Services. I spend an hour and half talking to Bank of America Emergency Services and Bank of America Customer Service trying to get the tracking number for their second attempt to send me a card in China. Finally, a supervisor at Bank of America Customer Service admits that Bank of America never attempted to send my card a second time. The supervisor told me that it is too dangerous to try to send a card to me in a foreign country, so they simply never tried. The supervisors statements confirm that I was lied to twice by Bank of America Emergency Services when told that I would receive a card in China within 5 business days. The supervisor then suggested that I have someone at my home address fish my Bank of America card out of the mail and try sending it to me here in China. This suggestion suggests to me that Bank of America would rather someone else take the risk of mailing an ATM card internationally than attempting to do it themselves. Bank of America's actions left me stranded in a foreign country for approximately two weeks with no knowledge that the cards I was waiting for were never sent.
AAsingh August 10, 2010
Overdraft Fees
I urge that everyone who has ever been charged a Overdraft fee to Send $35.00 cash to the CEO of BOF
BRIAN T. MOYNIHAN
100 NORTH TROYN ST
CHARLOTTE, NC 28255

Also I have been told by a employee of BOA that the Alert system they have in place is not reliable at all and people should not depend on it to let customers know their balance.

I am happily mailing out an extra $35.00 to the CEO because its pretty obvious that he needs the money more then I do.

We are at the time where we get charged to use our own money...
paul paquette August 9, 2010
Make Home Affordable
We have qualified and made all the trial period payments and been making our new reg payments. We found out they were charging us late fees since the trial period even they they told us how much to pay. Then they said we were only making partial payments. That was the first scetchy stuff they did. Now BoA has been taking our money and not posting it till its late. we paid July payment and it cleared our bank in JUNE! and they didnt post it on our acct till the 19th of July ( it was due on the 16th of July!) We paid almost 3 weeks early and they still not posting it till it late and charge us a late fee and report us late to the credit bureau. Its really sad and frustrating when u call and one day u get someone who seems to care and wants to help then when u find out it still isnt fixed u call up and get some guy from india contradicting himself 3 times over. Cant anyone help us? We are at the mercy of the big banks
Jim McPherson August 4, 2010
Credit report
This is the letter I FAXED to BOA today. I still find it hard to believe what they've done to me and my credit score...for no reason that I can think of...
should I seek legal damages? I'm sure I would lose. With the cancer and treatement side effects I don't have much energy. I guess I was naive...

I am writing you today to express my extreme disappointment (and disbelief) about how I’ve been treated by BOA. Prior to my finding out recently that I was reported by BOA to all 3 credit agencies that I was 90 days late on my mortgage loan I thought BOA was a caring bank.
The reason I thought this is because last September 2009 I was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer. I immediately started undergoing daily high radiation treatments. By November 2009 I was so sick that I could not swallow and had difficulty talking. I had to have a feeding tube surgically placed into my stomach to receive nutrition because I was unable to swallow. During this terrible period I called BOA (with much difficulty talking) to ask if they had any special programs or options to assist someone like me – a good customer that expected to be back to work etc in just a few months but would appreciate a break with house payments for 2-4 months since I was unable to work and was feeling very stressed about my finances. I was told by a helpful BOA rep. that I could receive a special forbearance agreement and my monthly mortgage payments would be suspended for 3 months (interest etc would continue to accrue). When I heard this I was thrilled because, while I could and would continue making my payments on time every month as I had for the previous 9 years, a 3 month break would relieve some of my financial stress. I was so happy and pleased that BOA had this program to help people undergoing an unusual and temporary situational stress. I soon received a contract that stated I would not need to make payments for Dec., Jan and Feb. (12/2009 – 2/2010). I was very happy.
I was BOA’s biggest fan at that point. Suspending my payments for 3 months while I was receiving chemotherapy. WOW, a big bank actually caring that I was sick and giving me a break for a few months. I told many friends and family how helpful BOA was.
I received the contract, reviewed it quickly (as I was extremely ill and thought I could trust BOA) and returned it.
I guess I was painfully naive or just plain stupid.
Shortly after my cancer treatment ended I returned to work and tried to get on with my life. I did sell my home (that was financed by BOA) in March 2010.
I recently discovered that the 3 months of suspended loan payments was reported by BOA to credit agencies as me being 3 months late on my payments!!! This report has ruined my credit. I contacted BOA thinking this was some kind of error. They now tell me that it is stated in the contract I signed that while they were suspending my payments for 3 months they were still going to report me as late to credit agencies. I am in disbelief. Why would they do this to me? What do they have to gain? What purpose does this serve to BOA or anyone? If I had realized that this was their plan (to give me 3 months of suspended benefits but reporting me 3 months behind on payments) I would NEVER have signed the document and would have found a way to make my payments on time every month as I had for the past 9 years. So now I’m going to suffer for years because BOA wants to kick me while I’m down???
For the life of me I just can’t understand what their purpose is.
Why won’t they take this off my credit report???? Yes, I signed this contact…..yes; I did not understand this point in the contract….but again…why??? Is it punishment for being sick and asking for some help?
• 9 years of on time payments
• BOA Signed agreement for suspension of payments for 3 months while undergoing daily cancer treatment
• Now reported as 90 days late on credit report
WHY???? Punishment for asking for and receiving help?? There is NO OTHER REASON!!!
Let’s end this now. Please fix this.
[email protected]
BofA August 4, 2010
Home Mortgage
On May 17 I contracted to sell my house in North Carolina to a buyer who was prequalified by BofA on May 14. The house was supposed to close on July 16 to provide the buyer ample time for meeting the requirements of a VA loan. All appraisals were conducted and I was told they were better than anticipated, being above the contracted price. I was assured by my real estate agent who spoke with BofA that the loan "was fine" prior to moving from the home so that the buyer could take possession on the day of closing.

On July 15, my realtor informed me that the deal was not closing because BofA had not processed the loan. She was told by BofA that the bank decided to close all of the "government rebate" mortgages first, but that my buyer's loan would go to the top as soon as those loans were finished.

The following week, I was told that the loan was held up once again because the buyer needed to provide proof of child support and that she did the day it was requested. We set another closing date.

That date came and another excuse from BofA - something about everyone in the Jacksonville office walking out and more documents still being needed from the buyer. Once again we were assured that "everything was fine." Once again we set a closing date - today at 7:30 AM EDT.

Once again, no closing. This time I was assured that the underwriter has the loan, but no one call tell me or the buyer what is going on and when or if the house will go to closing. The constantly shifting explanations for the delays and the inability or unwillingness of BofA to expedite and finalize this loan are causing me emotional distress and are costing me money.

Had I know that this company was going to so mishandle this loan, I never would have contracted for this sale. While I do not expect that BofA will approve every loan for every buyer, I do expect that prequalification means more than BofA will accept an application. I also do not expect BofA, or any other bank for that matter, to take almost three months to approve a loan or close on a house. Most importantly, I do not expect BofA to continually fabricate excuses to explain what I can only conclude at this point is incompetence or negligence in processing this loan application. My conclusion is thus that BofA treats its customers with such disrespect because it is not only “Too Big to Fail, ” but it is also “Too Big to Give a Damn.”

As of today, I have paid 20 days of interest, taxes, and insurance that I should not have had to pay. With no closing date, I face the possibility of having to put the house back on the market. Since I have moved to my new home, putting my house back on the market will mean an unknown amount of additional monies for principal, interest, taxes, and insurance.
Upset also August 3, 2010
NSF/ Holds
I have been with BofA for approx 2 months, I have made weekly deposits from the same issuer and in the same amount. The deposited checks have never bounced and are from a local business bank. BofA places holds on my check every week for three business day which happenes to close at 5pm. This practice has caused me to have checks returned because of this hold. I call BofA and spoke with Michelle from costomer solutions, who could not explain why a hold was placed every week. I asked for the hold to be remove so I could access my founds. Of course she was a robot and could not think outside the box. I feel they place holds on checks in an attempt to get over draft fees. I would shop around before banking here at B of A.
bostonnj July 31, 2010
Online Bill Pay
I have been using online Bill Pay through my personal BofA account for at least seven years. Last month, I paid two of my credit card bills online and somehow that information was lost from their system. Fast forward to this month, I receive my statements showing late fees and interest charges that should not have been. I called BofA and they informed me they had no record of the transaction (naturally) and suggested I write down the confirmation numbers presented when submitting online bill payments. Lesson learned for me. I have to believe that there was some internal system issue that lost my data, and am posting this to see if others have ever experienced this issue. I have never had this issue before, pay all my bills on line each month--- just seems very suspicious that two bills I submitted for payment in the same session were not paid. I do agree that it could have been user error (me) but think it was pretty unlikely given my experience in using the UI.
Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
twee July 30, 2010
NSF fees
Bank of America reset my account to accept all transactions pending the law changes next week. I did 7 transactions all small when I thought my card should have declined if it was empty it APPROVED all of them, now they charged me 7 NSF fees of $35.00 each, I talked to management they said ALL ACCOUNTS were reset as the law would be changing AUGUST 1st and people had to opt in to not have the fees anymore. You think you have your account set, but this bank with Deep pockets just wants to take what they can until the law passes. They have no compassion, they even admitted it was changed, NOT BY ME, , , , they decided to line there cheating pockets before they lost income from broke people. WATCH out if you bank there they are HORRIBLE>
goblue5891 July 30, 2010
Check Cashing Fee
My 16 year old son got his first job and was paid via a check written on a Bank of America account. He went into branch and was charged $6 to cash a check written on BofA's own bank!

Talk about gouging! The bank took no risk on cashing the check because they knew the account had funds in it. It was written on their own account holder! Then to charge what amounted to a 12% interest to cash their own check!

Explanation given was that this was "their policy". Secondly, they didn't look at his age. I pointed out they sure looked at his ID and fingerprint! What scumbags!

How do they sleep at night?
bigbird123 July 29, 2010
corrupt, lying agents, fraudulent charges
Bank of America bought my escrow company. The beginning of my nightmare. They doubled my escrow payment for no reason. They then applied my principal/interest payment to that fraudulent charge. I immediatly got the escrow department to reverse that payment amount because there was no reason for it. The bank, for eight months so far, has been adding late fees for the misapplying of my contractually obligated payment to the escrow which I can, and will, cancel at any time. I have been through a dozen customer service agt who can not help me, but whose job it is to shut me up and get me off the phone. After a few months i just demand a supervisor. I have been hung up on when I ask for one. I was told by one that they reapplied the payment and the problem was fixed, but they cannot waivve all the late fees. I got a supervisor who did not have the power to waive but one late fee, when there were months of them. She spent a month and waived all the fees. but the fees kept being applied. She refused to waive more, because the misapplied payment, from months ago was still misapplied and showing each month late. She referred me to a different department and that person claimed they fixed it and waived the late fees. yet i am still getting late fees. and i am unable to get through to anyone but customer service agents with no power and bad attitudes.

This is all fraudulent by the bank. first doubling a payment, then taking the money from my regular, timely payment and put it on the fraudulenty doubled payment. then charging late fees every month. and NOT ONE PERSON who has power to see the problem and fix it, but everyone giving me run arounds and outright lies to shut me up and get me off the phone!

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