26, Report:
#377996
Posted Date:
Oct 08 2008
Advanta - Dennis Alter is New Enron's Ken Lay Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19101Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Enron's Ken Lay is not dead. He is still alive. He is incarnated with new name of Dennis Alter. He is the Chairman of Advanta Bank Corp. He is terrorizing small business people.
Just like many of you, I am also a very small businessman tried to make a living in the US on a day t...
Entity
Advanta
Categories: Banks
27, Report:
#345787
Posted Date:
Oct 06 2008
Advanta Bank Corporation Advanta Bank Corporation engages in abusive, predatory, bait and switch tactics Spring House Pennsylvania
About a year and a half ago, I signed up for an Advanta credit card to take advantage of a balance transfer offer. I signed up for the offer online. It was for 0% for 12 months, and then 4.99 (or it may have been a bit higher, but not much higher--I could kick myself for not print...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corporation
Categories: Bait-and-Switch
28, Report:
#377384
Posted Date:
Sep 30 2008
ADVANTA CREDIT CARD A FEING RIPOFF !! ADVANTA CREDIT CARD A FENING RIP OFF !! SALT LAKE CITY Utah
THEY PROMISED ZERO APR FOR THE 1ST YEAR. THEN WHEN MY BILLING CAME THE APR TURNED OUT TO 7.99 . WHEN I CALLED THE ACCOUNTANT MANAGER TOLD ME I SIGNED UP FOR ZERO APR ONLY FOR BALANCE TRANSFERS WHICH WAS COMPLETE BS!! KNOWNING IT WAS GOING TO BE A LOSING BATTLE TRYING TO FIGHT THESE ...
Entity
ADVANTA CREDIT CARD
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
29, Report:
#377054
Posted Date:
Sep 29 2008
ADVANTA Credit Card Company ADVANTA Bank Corporation - Credit Card Company Increase in Interest Rate from 14.5% to 35% WITHOUT NOTICE and WITH EXCELLENT CREDIT RATING!!! Salt Lake City Utah
For months I have been attempting to contact a human being with Advanta Credit Card Company but have been put on hold, told it was not their working hours, or sent a pat and dry form letter to contact at a website. The attempt to contact Advanta was due to a consistantly sleek incre...
Entity
ADVANTA Bank Corporation - Credit Card Company
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
30, Report:
#374003
Posted Date:
Sep 18 2008
Advanta Credit Card - Advanta Bank Corp Company will screw you endless with sand paper Mutiple Internet
I almost maxed my credit card out and when I just had a few hundred dollars left for credit , Advanta shot my interest rate to 35%. This made my balance go above my limit and I'm always late now cause the minimum payment tripled.
Now they pile the overlimit fee and the late fee f...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
31, Report:
#373601
Posted Date:
Sep 17 2008
Advanta Credit Card Small Business Raised interest to 35.08% after 9 years with them, NEVER LATE WITH PAYMENT! Spring House Pennsylvania
I'm in the same boat as the rest of you. Small business, retail store, have carried the Advanta Card for 9 years. They just increased my spending limit, sent me new cards, and then, low and behold to my surprise when I opened this statement, interest jumped to 35.08%. I did not r...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card Small Business
Categories: Credit & Debt Services
32, Report:
#373435
Posted Date:
Sep 16 2008
Advanta Corporation Gang of White-Collar Crime Board Members Found at Advanta Corporation Spring House Pennsylvania
Just like many of you, I am also a very small businessman tried to make a living in the US on a day to day basis. I never missed to make a monthly payment. This month, they raised my interest rate to 35% on Advanta Credit Card. They will not reduce it no matter what now. What to do!...
Entity
Advanta Corporation
Categories: Federal Government
33, Report:
#373012
Posted Date:
Sep 15 2008
Advanta Credit Card Company, Advanta Bank Corp Advanta jacks APR from 12.49% to 30.08% overnight despite Excellent Credit and Perfect Account History Philadelphia Pennsylvania
I went online to pay my monthly Advanta credit card bill and was shocked to dicover that they had jacked the APR up to 30.08%. As of last month, it was 12.49% and I've been a cardholder for over 9 years with a perfect history of paying my bills on time. I have never had a late payme...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Attorney Generals
34, Report:
#371716
Posted Date:
Sep 10 2008
Advanta Platinum Business Card Usurious interest rates retroactively applied Salt Lake City Utah
I've never missed a payment on my Advanta Credit Card and yesterday I discovered that my monthly finance charge went from $24.21 to $79.29. I made 0 purchases with the card during the last month. When I called to find out what happened, I was told the company raised its rates--from ...
Entity
Advanta Platinum Business Card
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
35, Report:
#360400
Posted Date:
Aug 07 2008
ADVANTA-EXPRESS MPS BY FIRST DATA ADVANTA-EXPRESS MPS BY FIRST DATA STEALS YOUR MONEY HARGERSTOWN Maryland
I started business with these companies because I got an offer from Advanta Credit Card that I have for my business, right after i signed the contract started the hidden fees that these companies charge you.
Without any processed transactions my first statement already showed a $6...
Entity
ADVANTA-EXPRESS MPS BY FIRST DATA
Categories: Credit Card Processing Companies
36, Report:
#355881
Posted Date:
Jul 26 2008
Advanta Credit Card Increased my APR form 10% to 30% with no explanation Salt Lake City Utah
With no explanation they took my interest rate from 10% to 30%. They said that they sent me mail indicating that this was going to occur with no explanation. I don't recall receiving it and asked them when I called that a message of this importance should have been also communicat...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card
Categories: Attorney Generals
37, Report:
#354473
Posted Date:
Jul 23 2008
Advanta Credit card company Salt Lake City Utah
I also was blind sighted by an astronomical APR on last months billing cycle. I have asked them to send me the disclosures and where I had agreed to a rate that could sprial into oblivian. Let's see if they send me the documents requested. I'm paying off the balance but I wonder ...
Entity
Advanta Business Cards
Categories: Credit Card Processing Companies
38, Report:
#353996
Posted Date:
Jul 22 2008
Advanta Credit Card - REQUEST FOR A CLASS ACTION SUIT! AGREED TO A 9.99 FIXED RATE FEE - NOW IT'S UP TO 34%! IS THAT EVEN LEGAL?? Utah
I signed up for a small business line of credit with Advanta. I was specifically told that the interest rate would be 9.99% fixed. It was brought to my attention that the rate went went up - to 34%!!! I sent them a notice - that I've decided that the balance due is a gift and no ...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
39, Report:
#353812
Posted Date:
Jul 21 2008
Advanta Credit Card For Small Business Apr went from 21.74% to 34.99% overnight for absolutely no reason Salt Lake City, Utah
This is just another story of this rip off company jacking up the apr for no apparent reason. I'm glad I found this ripoff report website because I thought I was the only one! I have excellent credit, own multiple houses, never been late on a payment, always pay more than the minimu...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card For Small Business
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
40, Report:
#351611
Posted Date:
Jul 15 2008
Advanta Bank - Advanta Credit Card Interest Rate Fraud Salt Lake City Utah
Opened the Advanta Credit Card account July, 2006 at 7.99%. Never missed a payment or made a late payment.
On the June, 2008 statement, my interest rate went to 19.99%. I called and asked why my rate had changed because I had never missed a payment or made late payments. The p...
Entity
Advanta Bank
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
41, Report:
#321300
Posted Date:
Jul 11 2008
McGeorge's Rolling Hill RV They charged my credit card $1000 to hold an RV but did not refund the money when I decided to buy another RV. Asland Virginia
McGeorge's Rolling Hill RV had an RV I was interested in (02/07/08) but I could not get to see it until the following week. The only way they would hold it for me would be to sign and fax a pre-sales agreement and let them charge $1,000.00 to my Advanta credit card. This would be re...
Entity
McGeorge's Rolling Hills RV Supercenter
Categories: RV Dealers
42, Report:
#339520
Posted Date:
Jun 12 2008
ADVANTA Credit Cards For Small Business Interest Rate Ripoff Salt Lake City Utah
After being with the Advanta credit card company for several years and having a significant balance, they decided to raise my interest rate. Not by a little bit either. They doubled it. It went from %18.75 to %34.99 with no advance warning. When I called them they said it was due to...
Entity
ADVANTA
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
43, Report:
#335048
Posted Date:
May 28 2008
Advanta Bank Corp (Advanta Credit Card) ALERT: HIGH FEES, FINANCE CHARGES - Example: payment $549.00 - finance charge $361.91, fees $39.00 = 149.09 payment. Salt Lake City Utah
Beware of credit card companies. Advanta made a very inviting offer.
However, a cashflow problem turned this GREAT CARD into a nightmare.
Example: I called Advanta to make a phone payment. April 18, the phone pay was for 200.00. On May 2, the paymnet was 349.00 (more than ...
Entity
Advanta Band Corp (Advanta Credit Card)
Categories: Credit Card Fraud
44, Report:
#332522
Posted Date:
May 14 2008
Advanta Credit Card Fraud Paid bill in full and on time only to be charged late fees and increase in int rate to 29.96% Draper Utah
see http://www.understandingfinancials.com/advanta%20fraud.htm
I am in the process of filing a Federal complaint against Advanta Credit Card company for consumer fraud, failing to comply with Regulation Z and the Fair Credit and Billing Act.
Nov. 2007 I applied for a credit ca...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card Fraud
Categories: Banks
45, Report:
#324621
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2008
ADVANTA INTEREST RATE FROM FIXED 7.9% TO 16.99% AND NEVER LATE WITH MORE THAN MINIMUM PAYMENTS! Utah Salt Lake City Utah
Opened credit card as advertised on brochure for 0% apr for 15 months and 7.99% thereafter. Advanta recently raised our rates to 16.99% for no apparent reason! NEVER made a late payment and ALWAYS made well more than minimum payments. Called them and asked for specific reason sinc...
Entity
ADVANTA
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
46, Report:
#322670
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2008
Advanta Bank Corp Ripoff Bogus late charge, refused to waive Spring House Pennsylvania
After reading many of the other Advanta reports from good small business customers like me, the incident I have to report doesn't seem too hard to believe. When it happened though, I was outraged. I've heard of others being treated this way by banks, but it had never happened to me ...
Entity
Advanta Bank Corp
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies
47, Report:
#320513
Posted Date:
Mar 24 2008
ULC Solutions UNAUTHORIZED credit card charge! Scottsdale Arizona
I just received my statement from my Advanta credit card. I have not used that account since 2006 when I ONLY obtained, and repaid, a cash advance. I have NEVER used the card, or account, to charge ANY service or product in person or on the internet!
However, the current statem...
Entity
ULC Solutions
Categories: Websites
48, Report:
#312132
Posted Date:
Feb 26 2008
Advanta Business Master Card Statement arrived past due date raised 3.9% promo rate to 22.74% plus $540 finance charge Salt Lake City Utah
Got the Advanta credit card bill, yesterday, 2 days after the due date. We've had some crazy mail delivery problem in this city. Immediately went online and made payment, then called their rep and explained that mail just arrived. She said she would take care of it, unfortunately...
Entity
Advanta Business Master Card
Categories: Banks
49, Report:
#211149
Posted Date:
Sep 25 2006
Arrow Financial Services ripoff -- attempt to collect debt never incurred Niles Illinois
My husband recently received a notification from this company that he owed almost 7,000.00 to Advanta Credit Card that he has never had. We contacted Arrow to demand they send all application copies, charges, etc so that we could formally dispute charges.
When we called they h...
Entity
Arrow Financial Services
Categories: Collection Agency's
50, Report:
#162426
Posted Date:
Oct 28 2005
Advanta Credit Card Bait and switch. Tell you offer over phone then do not honor it. Ripoff Salt Lake City Utah
I'm speaking with them over the phone. I had received an offer in the mail about a low 2.99% rate providing you spend $50 / mo in new charges. The guy over the phone offered me 2.99% no strings attached. I said, you mean I won't have to spend $50 a month on new charges? He said,...
Entity
Advanta Credit Card
Categories: Credit Card Processing (ACH) Companies