What a terrible experience! I have a personal and business account with Chase and I'm currently debating what to do based on such an awful customer service experience. A few months ago my personal account was hacked. I was told by customer service how to handle it and I did as I was told - I closed the account and opened a new one. Nearly three months later, the new account was hacked. Chase customer service advised me to close the account again and open a new one. I called the branch as well and they told me the same thing. I also requested for the bank manager to call me. She eventually did, but for some reason the phone number she left on my voicemail (twice) was not a working number. In the meantime, I decided to investigate the situation myself. After hours on the phone, I found out it was actually a mistake all along! The hackers weren't hackers at all!
Once I figured out the mistake, I called the branch and asked to speak to the branch manager - what a mistake! My phone call with Sylvia Rodriguez made me feel degraded, embarrassed, and belittled. I kept trying to explain the situation and she continued to tell me that she fixed it and alluded to the idea that I should be indebted to her and relieved because she handled the problem by sending an email to the "escalation team". When I tried to explain it further, she made it seem as if I was actually angry at Chase bank and further told me none of this was her fault because what I was referring to happened three months ago and she has only been at the branch one month. Eventually she hung up on me. I didn't even call back. I'm still not sure what to do at this point. I was initially relieved that I didn't have to close my account after all, but after this terrible experience, I think I have to bite the bullet and turn my life upside down again by closing both accounts. read more