Consumer complaint received 2022-02-06
Company: U.S. BANCORP
State: MD
Product: Credit card or prepaid card
Sub-product: General-purpose credit card or charge card
Issue: Problem with a purchase shown on your statement
Sub-issue: Credit card company isn't resolving a dispute about a purchase on your statement

Complaint:
My complaint is with US Bank Visa and XXXX XXXX, XXXX 
I placed an order for windows in XXXX of XXXX ' with a deposit on my US bank visa for {$3900.00}, a balance of {$7900.00} was due at installation completion and signoff. 
In XXXX of XXXX, the installation, and cleanup began, but was never completed and signoff never happen. The lead rep on the job was supposed to return to bring screens and complete a walk through and signoff, which never occurred. We found a damaged window and a need for screens on two windows to be added to complete installation. 
The lead rep never returned and the only indication that i had that the job was complete from their perspective was an unauthorized charge to my credit card. This was deemed to be illegal from all sources i managed to check, including US bank reps. 

I have tried to contact the merchant, who did not have my authorization to charge my card, with a supervisor from the credit card company. I left a message with the merchants answering service, which was recorded by the US bank, which i never received a reply. 

I have been working with US Bank since XXXX, which is when i noticed the charge on my credit card statement. I have made XXXX calls to the credit card company over XXXX months without success. I was told that because i did not respond timely to an inquiry they made, which i never received, that the case was closed and could not be revisited period. Later i was told by a supervisor that this was not completely accurate ...... 

My complaint is the following, with both the bank and the merchant : how can you charge my account without my authorization? This is a question that the bank could have answered on day one, but they have not, so if i had an oversight of a call, which i have not, they should have been able to answer this question on my initial inquiry. Why has the merchant not been contacted to see why they charged the account without authorization? Had they bothered, i am certain the transaction would have been resolved by now. Since the merchant and i both are paying for the bank 's service, why are we not treated equally with this transaction? Am I not able to get a hearing from the credit card company? Finally, the credit card company told me, which I still did not get an answer to my original question of why, but told me that i could claim a lesser amount to dispute because part of the job was completed. I did not agree, but i capitulated in an attempt to bring closure, but this too failed as the bank never responded to this solution either, which they suggested. Final complaint, they charged me interest on a dispute, which they claimed to restore, but the never did. Why am i paying interest on a dispute?? 

I can provide bills, contracts, account numbers and statements at your request

Company public response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation