I am an experienced business person, which is why I am stunned by the lack of rectification Amex has produced regarding the misinformation they provided about my gift card. On 5/7/10, I attempted to use the small remaining balance on a $50 gift card ($11.65) toward a much larger purchase at an area Walmart.in order to process the card, the clerk needed the balance, which I'd forgotten, not having used it in a couple of months. She advised me to call the # on the back of the card, the "help" #. I did and was told the card no longer had any balance; that it had been used up in a February Target purchase. Therefore, the clerk discarded the card, and I paid for my purchases otherwise and left. When I got home, I reviewed the register receipt from that Target purchse, only to find the card, in fact, had an $11.65 balance... NOT A ZERO BALANCE!!! I'd been misinformed;HURT BY THE HELP FOLKS!!! I called Customer Service 5/10/10 and, without the card #, they could do nothing but advise me to fill out this form... Sort of "the victim being punished" theory.in the computer of the gentleman who took my call Friday, lies the information about my card... They have it, I don't. I was told it was worthless when it wasn't. It's sort of "legalized theft" by explanation of "Oops! I made a boo-boo." CS must have told me 25 times how sorry they are and how much they apologize, but not once did they offer to send me a card for the $11.65 they, in effect, took from me! That's all I want... An $11.65 Amex gift card. As a business person, I might even continue to consider Amex gift cards I'd thought of doling out. Without it, I most certainly won't! How could I give the gift of victimization to someone?! I cannot provide card #'s due to Amex's misinformation, so my money becomes Amex's. What kind of business environment do we have; what kind of human beings are making and dishing out policy within businesses? Sad thought, no?
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