27 June 2012
Citibank NA
8th Flr., 1 Eastwood
Libis, Quezon City

Letter of Complaint – Citibank Visa

Sir,

You have had my business since 1995 and in all this time I can only describe your service as
mediocre, at best. This starts with just trying to get in touch with you; a telephone system that is such
an ordeal, it would leave anyone in a real emergency dead before he got through. It was hard enough
getting this contact. It seems Citibank does not offer the option to send them complaint letters. While
I would not be surprised that nothing comes out of this complaint (as nothing has ever happened to
those I’ve made by email and to your telephone operators) I write it anyway for the record, and for
purposes you will find out later why.

A more concerning issue is the cavalier manner by which you cancel and/or block cards with blatant
disregard to the inconvenience you cause to the customer. In my particular case, note the following
from 2009 to-date:

- that card was reissued on March 2010, valid until March 2013;
- the card was again reissued on June 2011, valid until March 2013;
- the card was yet again reissued on June 2012, valid until March 2013;
meaning the card will be reissued again in 9 months.

When I tried to use the latest card received last week it was again blocked. After the painful exercise
of calling, you “reactivated” the card, but cannot, or will not, give a reason why it was blocked. You
do not seem to care about the hassle, and embarrassment you put the customer through. This seems
to be a regular event, each time shortening the card validity. Thank God I did not fall for your sales
pitch to have my utility bills paid against this card.

In the past the reasons have always been the same - card has been compromised or was part of a
batch of cards which you had to recall. You like to say you are doing this for my protection. If this is
true, and if the card was compromised because (e.g.) I used it in establishments or on vendors that
you consider dubious, then why not tell me who they are? You are already charging me extra for an
“added security service”. What’s so hard about calling my celphone while I’m doing the transaction
to warn me. You used to do this before? Otherwise, cut the bullshit. The truth is your security system
sucks. And you are so fixated on profit generation that “service” (a word you have yet to learn to
spell) does not come into the equation.

Please tell me then how you are going solve this, or if I should cancel this card, and all my other
accounts with Citibank, and take my business elsewhere.

Yours truly,