A Master Class in How to Lose a Decades-Long Customer
My experience with PNC has been so consistently poor that it is difficult to overstate just how disappointing this bank has become.
I was a customer for decades, dating back to the 1990s when this was Compass Bank. During all those years, I never had a problem that would have made me consider leaving. Unfortunately, my experience with PNC has been an entirely different story.
The most remarkable part is what happened after I left.
I closed my accounts. I made multiple, very clear requests that PNC stop contacting me. And yet, the communications continue.
Apparently, PNC has mastered the art of customer retention by simply refusing to acknowledge that the customer has already left.
There is something particularly absurd about having to repeatedly tell a financial institution that you are no longer a customer and do not want to be contacted, only to continue receiving communications from them anyway.
This isn't a case of a customer misunderstanding a policy or being unhappy about a single interaction. It is a repeated failure to respect a very simple request.
After decades of loyalty, PNC managed to accomplish something I wouldn't have thought possible: they turned a longtime customer into a former customer who feels compelled to warn others about the experience.
Compass earned my business for decades. PNC earned my one-star review.
If you're considering opening an account with PNC, I would strongly suggest researching what the customer experience is like before you hand them your business.
Because based on my experience, PNC apparently has no problem letting customers go.
They just don't seem to understand the concept of actually letting them leave. read more