Cardservice International
Unethical business practices "totally ignore my request for cancellation"

I originally had a website through bigstep.com on Dec 4. They offered a merchant account at Cardservice International for credit card sales. I signed up for it, and assumed it was on a month to month basis. I moved my website from Bigstep.com in Nov and tried to cancel the Cardservice International account by phone in Nov. They told me I could not cancel it until March or pay an exit fee of $300. So I waited until March and sent a fax canceling the account but would have to wait until June for the last payment. I again waited until June and they still were taking the payments from my bank card account, So after 7 months, I put a stop payment on the credit/debit card. The result was an immediate demand letter threatening to ruin my credit at credit bureaus. And they are still demanding the exit fee (s). I have called numerous times since Nov and they always have yet another deceitful clause in their contract to present and totally ignore my request for cancellation, and that's if I actually get to talk to a person. This company is practicing the worst most deceitful and fraudulent practices I have even seen from a credit card company. I do not know how many other small businesses have been paying for services not received, but it looks like they have found themselves a legal welfare program that is equivalent to Mafia extortion. I see from the list of others that the company does the same to everyone. I have filed a complaint with the NH Attorney General, but doubt if they will do anything. JohnRaymond, New Hampshire

Company: Cardservice International
Country: USA
State: California
City: Simi Valley
Address: PO Box 5180

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