226, Report:
#33551
Posted Date:
Oct 27 2002
Merrick Bank consumer fraud ripoff outlandish fees Old Bethplace New York
Merrick Bank (?) purchased the accounts of Nextcard- now they do not acknowledge my excettlent payment record, have addded a monthly fee,doubled the interest rate to 29.70 % and took 15 days to credit payment to my account.
This is a rupoff company from the start. The note on the s...
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Categories: Banks
227, Report:
#33538
Posted Date:
Oct 27 2002
Merrick Bank Corporation ripoff business from hell, illegal, fradulent Draper Utah
Hi:
I too have been taken by Merrick Bank, from my former NextCard, credit account. I had a PLATINUM account, 9.99% Fixed, with a $6,000.00 card balance... I was extremely upset in receiving the New 'Terms & Conditions' from Merrick Bank.
I am doing what I can, with the help ...
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Categories: Loans
228, Report:
#33055
Posted Date:
Oct 26 2002
Merrick Bank BOUGHT BY NEXTCARD victimized many consumers outlandish ripoff late fees ripoff Hicksville New York
I use to pay 19.9% with Nextcard. Now that Merrick Bank took over, the rates are outrageous!!! There are also added monthly and annual fees. I am not the only victim of this underhanded trade-off. There are many people who listed complaints on-line for the same thing. This has ...
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Categories: Banks
229, Report:
#33384
Posted Date:
Oct 25 2002
Nextcard Merrick Bank ripoff consumer fraud ripoff dishonest ripoffs old bethpage New York
Im writing this report to get people to be aware of these small credit card companys that rip people off like nextcard and merrick bank.
On July 31st I got a letter from merrick bank telling me that they are taking over my nextcard account.With that letter they sent me new terms ...
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Categories: Credit Card Fraud
230, Report:
#32995
Posted Date:
Oct 20 2002
Nextcard, Merrick Bank Ripoff of Nextcard customers changing terms and jacking up rates Hicksville New York
I called Merrick Back back in July when I got their letter stating welcome after reading the fine print and seeing that they would jack up my rate to 29.99% - at that them the rep stated to call Nextcard and close my account stating I did not agree to the new terms, I did just that....
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Categories: Banks
231, Report:
#32959
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2002
Merrick Bank in Hicksville New York Mastercard statement with balance and a 35% interest rate Never heard of them Fake card number rip-off scam liars Hicksville New York
Received and official-looking mastercard statement with a card number I have never heard of. The statement said Kenneth R. Gatten 1st (which is ridiculous -never have been addressed this way).
Says I have a balance of $213.00 -no list of what was purchased or what the charge is ...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
232, Report:
#32919
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2002
MERRICK BANK I AM VERY ANGRY AND CONFUSED deceptive company New York New York
I decided to try Merrick Bank a year ago. My credit is not the best and I wanted a chance to start over. Merrick bank had a direct paycheck deposit and they gave you a Mastercard debit card.
The monthly fee is $9.95. Then, I began having problems where I would go to an ATM and...
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Categories: Banks
233, Report:
#32493
Posted Date:
Oct 19 2002
Merrick Bank, Next Card sells My account to Merrick bank & my account was CLOSED! Now I am stuck with high intrest rates Old Bethpage New York
Early in the year, NEXTCARD had financial troubles and had to shut down. They apparently sold most of their accounts to MERRICK BANK. I received a letter in July stating that my account would be transfered to merrick bank and that my interest rate would be 29% and that I would also ...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
234, Report:
#32549
Posted Date:
Oct 15 2002
Merrick Bank Next Card extorts astronomical finance charges from captive customers Hicksville New York
Add my complaint to the ever growing pile. A customer in good standing with Next Card my monthly bottom line was sold to Merrick Bank and since I am unable to instantly pay off my $800 balance, I am powerless to do a damn thing about.
My interest rates rose by 8% overnite and I ...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
235, Report:
#32500
Posted Date:
Oct 14 2002
Merrick Bank ripoff consumer fraud ripoff fraud Old Bethpage New York
Merrick bank bought out Next Card in doing so they upped the credit interest rates on the Nextcard customers to 29% and 35% cash advance.
They never contacted the Nextcard customers or even gave them an opt out option to decline the increse. Rude theives......well rude isn't the...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
236, Report:
#31878
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2002
Merrick Bank ripoff outlandish late fees Hicksville New York
For the last two months I have mailed my payment to this company seven days before due date and I know that it only takes four days to reach that destination, but to accumulate late fees it's so easy to tell me that I've sent it to the wrong address or something when I only have one...
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Categories: Credit Card Fraud
237, Report:
#31872
Posted Date:
Oct 05 2002
Merrick Bank ripoff evil dirt bags screwed others too Draper Utah
I am another former NextCard customer that Merrick Bank is trying to screw. When I received the letter from Merrick advising that they were taking over my NextCard account, I nearly hit the roof! They wanted to charge me $120.00 yearly fee and 29.9 percent interest. I immediately...
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Categories: Banks
238, Report:
#31429
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2002
nextcard ripoff San Francisco California
I HAVE HAD MY NEXT CARD VISA CARD FOR 2 YEARS AND TRYED VERYHARD TO WORK WITH THEM YES I HAVE SOME BAD CRDIT IN MY HISTORY THATS WHY I HAVE THERE CARD BUT THE WILL CHARGE YOU A LATE FEE EVERYTHIME THEY CAN I THINK THEY LIVE ON THERE LATE FEES AND OVERLIMIT FEES THE EVEN CHARGE YOU A...
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Categories: Credit & Debt Services
239, Report:
#30851
Posted Date:
Sep 25 2002
Merrick Bank ripoff Draper Utah
I logged onto Nextcard like I always do to pay me and my husbands account. It directed me to Merrick Bank,I have not recieved any letters concerning this,So I was a bit confused.
I called them on the phone and they advised me they know own the nextcard accounts. I told them I ha...
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Categories: Banks
240, Report:
#25418
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2002
Merrick Bank ripoff, unexplained charges, holding payments so you get a late fee ripoff liars victimized us old bethpage New York
Merrick bank credit card company takes pleasure in mistreating their customers and schemes on how they can milk more money out of you. they sent my bill to the correct address for 6 months and then claimed that we were late and they did not have our adress. we set our payment any ...
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Categories: Banks
241, Report:
#11649
Posted Date:
Jan 15 2002
Merrick Bank ripoff ..simply the most horrible customer service Old Bethpage Long Island New York
closed my account in September 2001. Than I received a statement that I had a positive balance of $34 . I called Merrick Bank what should I do since I closed the account already and cut up my card. They told me that you can send me a check . Ok I said. When I got the check they c...
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Categories: Banks
242, Report:
#4945
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2001
Merrick Bank a scam from the get-go
When I recieved my card, I was told that I would receive an increase after after one year of use.
Well, its been 16 months and no only do I have the same limit, whereby my payments are always a minimum of 5 times the required, no one from the bank has every contacted me about up...
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Categories: Banks