Consumer complaint received 2019-05-15 00:00:00
Product: Credit reporting, credit repair services, or other personal consumer reports — Credit reporting
Issue: Improper use of your report — Reporting company used your report improperly
Company: DISCOVER BANK
State: CA

Complaint narrative:
I have a Discover card and got an unfair late payment report on my credit report. 

In XX/XX/2018, I noticed that my Discover card payment was late when I logged in my online account. I was surprised because I had automatic payment setup, but was able to update my payment bank account and fix the problem. However, Discover didnt tell me that the reason for my failed payment until the second failed payment after I chose to pay the balance immediately. I learned that my XXXX  XXXX XXXX account was closed due to inactivity. 

I called Discover card customer service and was told that I updated my automatic payment using my XXXX checking account that there should not be a late payment credit report. However, I was surprised again by my credit report again later in XX/XX/2018 because of a 30 day past due. 

I have never stopped fighting the issue. I called last week and learned that from the customer service that theres no record of my late payment, but 2 late  payment instead, and Discover does not report late payment unless its 60 day past due. 

I have communicated multiple times with Discover using their secure messaging system and got inconsistent replies, found their customer supports dont well comprehend their products and rules. 

Now, I think the passive way, emailing, Discover notices customers account issues is direct targeting on servicemembers because Discover doesnt try their best effort to perform their part of the agreementinform customers about late payment and servicemembers may be in training or missions where they can not access their emails. 

And, when I saw my first payment, I, like any average person, would pay the balance right away to avoid a late fee and late payment credit report. And that was a trap to pay a return check fee again as they didnt warn you that it probably would fail again and you should check your automatic payment. 

Furthermore, Discover uses automatic payment system takes advantage on people, who trust the system because I was told I was not past due since I updated my automatic payment when I called the customer service the first time, but in fact, the system considered I was late on a payment and report it automatically. 

Additionally, Discover have failed to deliver the service agreements for years and the Discover Card Account Terms ( PDF ) can not be viewed or downloaded from my logged in account on Discover website. ( Figure 1,2 ) And I just send Discover a message about the issue this morning and hope they can fix it. 

I had never late for any payment and had XXXX FICO score ( Figure 3 ) before this happened. I am an XXXX veteran, always have difficulty receiving mail from Discover while in the military, have never received any call from Discover, believe Discover took unfair advantage on me while I transitioned from military to civilian.

Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation