H&R Block / HRB Digital review: terrible experience 19

Dear Sir's/Madams I always recieve my tax advance from H@R Bank every year for 3 years now.all of a sudden this year I can't get it because I filed bankruptcy 4 years ago and it denied me. My question is why did you people give it to me for the past 3 years and now I can't get it? Great way to to business-- it's my money. It's not like I'm borrowing it . Thank you Frank Ardito

we have been customers there for the past 8 years and we have been doing the emerald advance for the past 3 years and we tried for the the emerald advance on 11-22-08 and was denied me and my husbnd forgot to take one our check stubs and i called nora at the princeton wva office and she said she sent an email to have it reset and i called her on 12-2-08 and nora told me that it was gonna b reset at the end of buisness day on 12-2-08.. on 12-3-08 i recieved a phone call from nora and she said the bank denied resetting ours so we cant go back and refile for the emerald advance.. i feel like they should have gave us another chance because we have been getting our taxes done at hnr block for a long time but since this happened we are very unhappy customers and we wil no longer file taxes with handr block again, , we was goona use the money to buy our kids christmas but now thanks to hnr block thye wont have a christmas... so hnr block needs to think about there customers a little more have a great day...

i tried to get my advance this year and they are saying i owe 400 dollars so i was turned down which i do not understand what in the world they are talking about.whoever the person i talked to said h&R NEVER got thier fee out.how is that when they get thier money before i get mines!i want that peace of mind insurance that i pay for every year to get to working like right now!how do i tell my 8 year old daugther i can't get her at least one thing for chirstmas you people need to stop playing with peoples many.

THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL I'M GOING TO TRUST THESE MORANS WITH MY $5000 TAX RETURN. I WAS APPROVED FOR A $900 ADVANCE THRU H&R BLOCK, WHICH WAS PUT ON THIS STUPID CARD AND I CAN'T USE IT ANYWHERE! ONLY TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM ATMs WHICH OF COURSE CHARGES ME $1.95 EACH TIME PLUS WHAT EVER THE BANK CHARGES. I WAS ABLE TO USE IT FOR MY CELL PHONE BUT NOW THERE ARE SEVERL $1 PENDING CHARGES THAT STILL HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED TO CARD. I CALLED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE "PENDING $1" CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED TO CARD. SHE STATED THAT I HAD TO CALL MY CELL COMPANY AND HAVE THEM TAKE THE "HOLD" OFF. I CALLED MY CELL COMPANY AND THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THEY CHECKED MY ACCT AND THERE WERE NO HOLDS ON THIER END. I CALLED H&R AGAIN TO LET THEM KNOW AND SHE TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO WAIT FOR THE HOLD TO EXPIRE. I ASKED TO TALKED TO A SUPERVISOR AND SHE FLAT OUT SAID "NO". I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT! SHE SAID I HAD NO REASON TO TALK TO A SUPERVISOR. I ARGUED WITH HER FOR 20 MINS. SHE JUST ENDED UP HANGING UP ON ME. THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I'VE EVER ENCOUNTERED. AFTER CALLING THE EMERALD CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE I'M GOING TO MAKE IT MY MISSION IN LIFE TO TELL EVERYONE I KNOW NEVER TO USE THIS CRAPPY EMERALD CARD. I'VE BEEN AN H&R BLOCK CUSTOMER FOR YEARS, I'M EVEN CONSIDERING CHANGING JUST BECAUSE OF THIS CARD ISSUES.

i filed my tax return january16.2009 and still havnt got it yet.I applied for the 1-2 day return for my money.The person that did my tax return told me i would get the money monday or tuesday(19th or the 20th).i didnt get it then.I spoke t a person on the 21st, they said if i didn't get it by the end of that business day, i would get it no later than this morning the 22nd.Its been longer than 2 days, i should've already gotten it.I just want to know what the hold up is, when am i going to get my money.It is suppose to be deposited on the emerald card.

roy white

january22nd, 2009

im trying to do my texes at hnrblock but reading all theas comlaints i just might just not.thankyou for your honesty.

Every year i file my taxes i am always approved for the 1-2 day loan. This year i decided to use h&r block and was denied. I am mad as hell because I am always approved and why the heck would they deny me like they wont get their punk ### money back. HHEEELLLOOO you guys have access to my damn federal check before I do. H&R block is gonna lose a lot of loyal customers of they continue to fool around with hsbc bank. And as far as that emerald card ### its a load of crap and listen to me people when i say DONT ### WIT THE EMERALD CARD!

I have always done my own taxes but decided that this year since they were doing the 1 day thing that i would go ahead and pay the money and try to get it that day. Well they said i couldent get it that day that i was approved for the 1-2 day so i was like fine thats cool. So when i try to go get my money after that weekend she said i had wasent apporved to get it in 1-2 days that i would have to wait 8-15 business days. I am mad as hell i will never in my life ### with these motha ###as ever again. This ### have reunied people lives and i am going to really and truly do something about it. I hope no one ever goes to these stupid ### people again becuase i damn sho aint. I filed mine 01-24-09 and cant get my money till 02-06-09. and trust me iam calling them everyday to see they gone get sick of me but i dont give a damn. An if they dont have my money then they better have it on the 6 or iam gone act a straight fool fa sho. So take it from me please do not go to these slow stupid non careing as motha ###ers

THE EMERALD CARD IS A JOKE BEFORE WE DECIDED ON USING IT WE ASK ARE AGENT IF THERE WAS ANY HIDDEN FEES THAT THEY WOULD CHARGE US, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WASN'T.$3.95 EVERY TIME WE USED IT, 1.00 FOR AN INQURRY AND I CALLED THEM TO GET A STATMENT SENT TO ME AND WAS CHARGED FOR
THE CALL.
WE HAD AN $8, 000 RETURN AND HNR BLOCK GOT 2TO 3 GRAND OUT OF US.
THEY PREY ON PEPOLE LOOKING FOR A FASTER RETURN IT'S NOT WORTH IT AND THEY WON'T TELL YOU THAT EVEN WHEN YOU ASK WHAT THE DOLLAR DIFFERENCE WOULD BE.
NOW I'VE DISCOVERED THAT HNR BLOCK IS A BANK, IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS I WOULDN'T
HAVE GONE THERE.I DON'T TRUST BANKS.
NEXT I'LL PROBALY FIND OUT THERE OWNED BY BANK OF AMERICA WHICH WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME, B OF A IS THE BIGGEST THIEFS THERE IS!

I filed my taxes jan 23rd 8-15 days to trach my emereald card its now the 11th of feb. no money yet..But when I hit into the irs link give all my info it tells me they have no info on it yet ...whats that bull ### ...it should have all ready been processed whats going on any help please...thank you

i so agree with every1 on here. the emerald card is a load of crap. she (being the tax pro) said we get our money on the card within 2 days. so of course when that time expired i went into the office to find out why it wasnt there. "O" she says, a diff tax pro...she must of failed to mention since my hubby is active duty military we cant get the RAL( the loan) because of the intrest rate. the irs put out a thing saying it was wrongful to charge such obsene intrest rate...if it is so obsene why are other ppl suffering the wrong doing? hmmm! then finally we get our money and i admit i misplaced my card so i called to report it and the operator was an ###! i asked him which would be cheaper transferring funds to my personal account and call it a day or to replace the card. needless to say i never got my answer. but i did get the transfer of funds paper work...but since i dont have my balance how am i suppose to fill the paper out correctly. so i call back and they refuse to give me the balance because im the primary account holder. WHAT THE FRENCH! did i not sign along with my husband on a JOINT return...but that doesnt mean nothing! STAY AWAY from this! i wish i found this blog 2 weeks ago!

i have been using hr block for 10 years in2006 my husbend took out a loan for 577 and the took 1800 to pay back the loan we did not know this we had a large tax retern that year in 2008 i took out a loan for 600 i payed my loan and they made me pay the 577again thats when i found out they took in2006way more money not only did i pay it 2 times they will not give me my money back they owe me 1800 dollars and my card sites at a- 350balace there saying i owe them more money they stell money from people im not giving up i will fight

I have been a customer for 10 years +. or the first time I did the advance loan. Yea, well, NEVER AGAIN!
I was told I had to make my payment of $40.00 because the IRS hadn't deposited the funds by the payment due date. I went ahead and made my payment, I was told I would be given the money back- because the payment coming out of my actual return was greater than the balance I owed. This was late Jan. So, I gave it a little time, waiting... I have never in my life spoke to such ignorant customer service agents. No a single person could give me an answer on when my $40.00 would be credited to my card. I was told call back in 2 days. Ok(charged $2.00 for every call that requires me to speak to an agent) I called back on the 2nd day- It would be credited within 2-3 business days. This was the spiel I got everytime I called. When in frustration I demanded to speak with a supervisor- I was put on hold for 83 MINUTES! Still, my answer was 2-3 business days. Here it is March 17- still no $40.00, did I mention now the account is negative because everytime I called- yes, they charged me the $2.00. I do believe this has left a sour taste for HR BLOCK- I will no longer be using them- nor will I make referrals as I have in the past.

I am a seasonal employee of H&R Block. My position is Client Service Coordinator, which is essentially a receptionist position. I have a friend that does taxes for them, and she told me about it. I needed a part-time job, so I applied and got hired. I worked from January 15 until February 21, because they don't tell you that after the big "crush" of W-2's coming in, they don't need a receptionist anymore. I don't get my taxes done by these people, and they charge a fortune. $89 for one W-2 that you can do yourself, is a big ripoff. I don't like the was they try to "push" the clients into more services so they can make a larger commission. I won't work for them again.

I have used HR Block for MANY years to do my taxes. Now that they have the Emerald Card, I've been getting my refund put on there. It is ok if you get your taxes on it, use the money and are done with the card. I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT USING IT FOR PAYROLL DIRECT DEPOSITS OR ANYTHING ELSE. They don't mail statements. I've tried to be able to view them online and can't. I've had money transferred to the card on the two dif. occasions where the first time they "rejected" the funds and this time my money was stupposed to be on it yesterday and STILL isn't. The customer service is HORRIBLE. You get foreignors who don't comprehend anything you say, don't resolve your question and then you get charged $2 FOR EVERY PHONE CALL YOU MAKE TO THEM. Even if THEY srew something up which makes you call them, they still charge you! I call there and they NEVER know what they are talking about, they always give me wrong information, I've had dif. reps all tell me something dif. on the same day, I've asked for a supervisor and been hung up on. After MANY years of giving them my service and paying a ton of money in filing fees, I'm going elsewhere next year because I am tired of their poor customer service which could care less about resolving issues.

i lost my old emerald card a while back right, called in and them fools said oh certainly sir a card will be right out to you, this was jan 3rd 2009. no lie i didnt recieve that mother for a month. constantly it either got lost in the mail, someone didnt take care of their end, somehow it was my fault, i had 600 bucks on the mother, and guess what the balance was when i got it...87 dollars. you can bet i spent the next 2 hours arguing with some mother ###er on the phone about the lack of said 600 dollars and i made them give me my money back, which they did...in ###ING INSTALLMENTS! ### suckers. its a good thing my credit sucks so bad i cant get a bank anywhere else otherwise id walk into the nearest hnr block tax office and insert this dumb ### card into someones rectal cavity.

I got my Emerald card 3 yrs ago. I use it for my Direct Deposit and I have NEVER had ANY PROBLEMS! It's convienent...ppl don't take the time out to READ the paperwork that comes with it. It's been the easiest way to get my payroll and I USE IT EVERYWHERE! Jan L

I too have had it with HR BLOCk. I have an emerald card which I have used many times. Suddenly, my card is blocked at 8:00pm on Aug 20th 2010. I call customer service to find out why and a recording states they are closed. and hours are mon to friday 8am to 8pm. I tried to check the balance online and a message pops up that I have exceeded my pin attempts Funny, I used the card at 7:30pm with no problem and tried again at 8:00pm and the card was declined. Tomorrow is my daughters 11th birthday and all my funds are on this card. It is absurd that a company can freeze your card after hours with no way of contacting them. Oh, did I fail to mention we are connecticut residents on vacation in FLA. and now have no way to pay the horel bill? I have to have my brother wire me money for the bill and a gift and probably gas money to drive home. These people should be sued and put out of business. I WILL NOT LET THIS GO! contact me at stantonrichard2@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining a c lass action suit against them.

ok well we did are taxes thee this year and are refund was 7, 000 and some and when we got are refund it was 6, 000 and some so we thought that it might of been from the taking a over payment from the Christmas loan so we called and they said ok yes we will put it on there with in 5 to something business days well we waited and nothing so then we call back and they say no there was not a mistake... So then we go out of town and stay at a hotel and a couple weeks later we are being charged for the rooms again with put us - in the whole so how can they do this if there was no money on the card in the first place we used it all prier to us going out of town so we call and the person on the phone says they let it go through so that we were not embarrassed how does that work and they are so rude so rude, now back to not getting are full refund what do we do about that money that is a lot of money just to let go, so if I am correct that they take all the money you owe before they give you anything so why would there be missing money if anyone has and info please let me know I really could use that money...