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Tumelo C

1 reviews | Active since Apr 2019

01 Aug 2020, 13:11

****ing ****ed

So Standardbank decided to take an extra R1000 for my car without my consent! When I call in they tell it is for insurance and if I have my own insurance I should provide proof and my money will be returned, I was not contacted for this otherwise they would know that I'm insure by outsurance! So after two years of paying for my car consistently only now during the pandemic they (standardbank) decide I dont have insurance and they should just debit me extra and put me more debt because all my money is allocated for! Especially now because of the pandemic but my debits bounced and of course this bank charged me for it! I then tried to contact VAF and all I was told is to send proof of insurance to an email address that does not work! I cannot afford to drive with my money to fix what I did not cause, i have already proceeded through the legal root to resolve this because it is my (the client) responsibility to get insurance not for Standardbank to take my money without my knowledge! That's *****!! I am very unsettled by this because they (standardbank) are supposed to make life easier for us not rob us of our money because even if they do refund me which they will, all the other charges I got because of debits that bounce won't be paid! To be set back with a R1000 is maybe nothing for Standardbank but for the average joe like myself it is alot of money and by doing what they did I AM already in debt! So cudos STANDARDBANK!! U have made my life hell! I will be switching to a bank with more respect for clients and which is not ********** by taking client's money without the client's knowledge! What is worse is that especially during this trying time we need all the little money we have but Standardbank is so competent that they just decide to assume I dont have insurance after 2 years of consistently paying for my car! Wow

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Standard Bank
Standard Bank's reply02 Aug 2020, 05:31
Official
 Hello Tumelo 

Thank you for posting your comments. 
Your matter was escalated accordingly. We will revert to you as soon as possible. 
Kind regards 
Complaint Resolution Centre 
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Best regards,

TC
Tumelo C's update04 Aug 2020, 12:09
Reviewer Update
This bank Standardbank is really an inconvenience or they simply see me and my acc as a playing ground! They do not take me serious! After I provided proof of insurance like they requested, they want me to follow a procedure that they failed to when they took my money! I bank with this bank for God's sake! Outsurance debits from my standard bank acc so as to how they assumed I dont have insurance just proves how ********** they are and this is how they ***** people's money! I will writing about my experience so people know and hopefully we convert to FNB, capitec or ABSA! They are failing to give my money back as fast as they took it even after I provided proof! They want me to wait for 2 to 3 days for their Consultant to call me which thereafter my money will take between 7 to 14 working days and in the mean time I must just wait! Been in more debt as my **** keeps bouncing and they just keep charging me and putting my acc in errors!! This is really appalling