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Netspend - Who's Interested in a Class Action Lawsuit?

Netspend Prepaid - Complaint
Review by toolmanmcnamara on 2013-02-07
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AUSTIN, KANSAS -- We did our taxes and had our money sent thru Netspend. huge mistake. I advise no one use this. they will lie to you, and are extremely rude. I've had enough. attorney time.
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Posted by madconsumer on 2013-02-07:
what are the issues you experienced?
Posted by Whiteduck on 2013-02-07:
And why do so many people want to start up class action lawsuits? No one wins with those except the lawyers. It'll take 5 years, then you'll get a check for $.37 while the lawyers retire on the millions they made.
Posted by mark on 2013-02-08:
they have falsley added funds to an account which was not verified to collect interest, and have "lost" 3 forms of identification. on top of lie after lie about when the card would be activated. 50 different people with 50 different stories. that's fraud, neglegence, and identity theft.
Posted by brittany.neill24 on 2013-02-08:
I'm in!
Posted by CAUbound on 2013-02-13:
I personally just filed my taxes with Turbo Tax and used the third party ,NetSpend to allocate the funds. I am currently waiting for the arrival of my card with my tax refund loaded . In the event I don't receive my card or any issues surface with NetSpend . I'm in for the class action lawsuit
Posted by Trenton,NJ on 2013-02-13:
I am moving forward with a class action suit threw the IRS against them starting Tuesday. I work for a law firm and it is rather easy to do the paperwork yourself. you need a 14157-A form and 14157 form threw the IRS
Posted by steamed Anon... on 2013-02-16:
I tried to activate my card on a monday 2/15/13 and was informed ny acct was blocked. I faxed all documents at 10 pm that night....i called the next day , still blocked, 36 hrs in i called again and was told it was still blocked because they dont have my docs ..I demanded ti speak to a manager and did...he said i needed to resend my documents and it would take another 24_48 hrs to unblock, he gave me an email address to send to.. did on wednesday at 8:14 pm...i called the next day and was told it woulit
Posted by steamed anon on 2013-02-16:
(Continued) i was told the block would be removed that day....its still blocked on Friday im a single mom of 3 and need access to these funds ASAP...Tax refund ....I told the manager last night that i wanted to cancle the card and them to send my money back to the irs for a paper check....i got disconected :-)
Posted by fed up on 2013-02-18:
i did my taxes with turbo tax and got the netspend card i never received my card and never activated it they told me it had not been ativated but yet someone transfered 1500.00 off of itits now been 3 weeks and i havent got my money they are a scam and count me in..... ive called everyone i know to call i mean the irs send my money and they have someone steal it or so they say
Posted by Brandon on 2013-02-25:
I'm down for a class action all the way!
Posted by NetSpend on 2013-02-26:
We apologize for the problems you have experienced. We can assure you that customer service and account security our very important to us.

Please send your information to feedback@netspend.com and we will be happy to assist you with this.

Thank you,

NetSpend
Posted by loyalty on 2013-03-03:
I wish i would have used my bank for my tax refund i used the card as credit on a purchase of 294 and was charged 46 dollars in fees no bank that i know charge outrageous prices. My insight card was better than this scam of a card oh well lesson learned i would never put money on this card not even my tax return.
Posted by stacey on 2013-03-13:
Im in made a purchase an canceled my order three weeks ago. The vendor (best buy) relinquished the hold on my funds rhe day after the order was canceled. Net spend will not give my money back.. spent hours on the phone begging to talk to somebody who speeks English. I am not going to loose my 755.00 dollars!
Posted by Tawana on 2013-03-21:
I am so in for a lawsuit against netspend. They are robbing me blind!!! $5.00 fee for this. $1.00 fee for that. A limit to how much of MY money I can take off MY card. I can withdraw a certain amount per day and an additional fee every time I use the ATM. Worst card ever!!!
Posted by Would gladley on 2013-03-26:
Would gladley enter into a lawsuit with them. refuse to lift my"fraud protection" block on my card no matter what I send them. I send what they ask. They reply insufficient every time. They are complete scam artists.
Posted by david brown on 2013-03-30:
Taxed loaded over a week now, still no card over 20 days waiting tired of lies, i'm down for lawsuite..let lawyer get rich,as long as netspend is punished
Posted by MuQuiter Burke on 2013-04-12:
Did you hear they are being bought out by a company called TSS or Georgia-based Total System Services Inc. (NYSE: TSS). http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2013/02/27/netspend-shareholder-files-lawsuit-to.html

I am switching my stuff as soon as I possibly can to my Wells Fargo account. I'll just have to wait 2 days to get paid.
Posted by Amanda on 2013-04-15:
My money is lost I'm pissed mine as well talk to a robot then them... I want in email me mandertrip420@Yahoo.com
Posted by Jamie on 2013-04-22:
Im so in with law suit! Im calling better business bureau on them as im typing.! They are scammers! Email jamjones1248@gmail.com
Posted by R.H. on 2013-04-30:
They advertise you can get your money five days early. That's just a lie in the commercial just to get people sign up for their card. Then they tell you the check wasn't mailed out yet. But even a 10 year old knows that from the IRS to Social Security sends all checks out on computer disks for direct deposits the no longer send paper checks. I agree everybody who has dealt with Netspend should file a class action suit and close their Netspend accounts down.
Posted by Amanda E on 2013-05-01:
My story is almost the same as everyone else, but My check is currently lost, SCAMMERS AND LIERS!!!!!!!!! I am in for lawsuit,Email, amandadannyjr@yahoo.com
Posted by Melissa D on 2013-05-20:
I accidentally made a purchase thru Amazon i cancelled it within 4-5 hrs the vender and Amazon are at their wits end also netspend will not remoive the pending transaction hold its been 16 days $289 isn't nuch to some but a single female in disability and in a wheelchair its over. 1/3 of my mthly income I've sent all the information thet have asked for and I've had amazon also send it... i don't know what to do I'm about to loose my handicapped apt because of this in my smalk rural area there aren't many wheelchair accessible apts or houses mldavis411@gmail
Posted by BEW on 2013-05-29:
I signed up for this card today and then decided to check out the credibility of Netspend. I am shocked at thee amount of theft and fraud these people are getting away with. If you need more fodder for the class-action lawsuit check out this site for 25 pages of complaints against them. http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/directory/netspend

Thank you all for posting this and saving me a huge headache.

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