Discover Credit Card Complaint

Discover Credit card department,

APR or interest rate Illinois

I have been a Discover credit card member since 2005. Several years ago, I used the card to purchase home improvement material. The monthly payments were being made on time. However, after making payments for some time, Discover representative informed me that the low promotional interest rate would now change to higher interest rate. While I tried to explain this promotional rate should remain, they would not hear of it and raised my rate to around 9 %. After another year of making on time payments, Discovered called again and raised the interest rate a second time to around 16 %. I objected to raising the rate on purchases that were initially made on a low promotional rate offer. In addition, for no reason provided, Discover significantly reduced my limits on the card to the balance remaining further preventing me to purchase on the card. I continued to make on time payments, and once again Discover reduced the limit to balance remaining. This practice of reducing limits continued as the principal was paid down. I objected that if I am making on time payments at higher rates and never late, why the reduction in credit limit. The bank stated that


was once again reduced. I believe the bank is illegally changing terms in the middle of the contract and continuing to raise interest rate higher than those offered by competing banks. Also, Discover continues to reduce my credit card limit although payments are always made on time. This is not a fair bank practice and in my opinion illegal. A loyal customers like myself who has been with this bank since 2005 should not be taken advantage of and who has demonstrated good on time payment history. Because the bank unreasonably increased my rates several times and reduced my limit several times, these actions by Discover has placed undue hardship on me and my family, taken advantage of my financial situation, and in my opinion is an illegal practice.