If I could give zero stars, I would. No, I don't have an account here, but my mother and sister do. And from what they've told me, service has gone to Hell in a handbasket since Wesbanco took over from Oak Hill Bank. My own personal experience just left me boggled.....
I was in Wal-Mart with my mother, and got $100 cash back on my debit card transaction. The cashier handed me a $100 bill and quickly closed the drawer before I could ask for something smaller. So rather than make a big deal with the cashier, I thought, "Hey, there's a bank! I can just go over there and they can make change." At least, that's what any normal bank would do. But this, I was soon to learn, is not a normal bank.
I walked over to "Kendra", who looked as if I was interrupting her day, to ask her if she could please exchange my $100 bill for some $20s. Her question: "Do you have an account here?" Really? Just to make change? I mean, hey....I can understand requiring you to have an account to cash a check or do something that would actually place them at some kind of risk, but just to make change? REALLY????? Well, yes....really. She refused to make change.
So, I went over to my mother who was checking out behind me and asked her to get change for me, since she does have an account. Kendra watched me hand over my $100 bill to my mom, then rolled her eyes and sighed, giving us both a less than friendly look, and subjected my mom to multiple ID verifying questions before she would give her the requested change. Finally, stopping just short of a DNA sample, we had our change and were on our way out the door, with my mother complaining the whole way about how bad the customer service has been since the change.
So my question, of course, is WHY WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM YOUR BUSINESS? The answer? "It's too much of a hassle to change."
So there you go, Wesbanco.....you're staying in business because people are just too lazy to go elsewhere. Congratulations. read more