Synchrony Bank Credit Card Complaint

Synchrony Bank Credit card department,

Credit card protection / Debt protection California

I opened an card account wit Walmart in -. I made my payments loyally until I lost my source of income in -. When I learned I would be facing financial hardship I called Walmart Card services ( also know at the time as ge Capital ) and informed them of my circumstances and that I needed to activate my ( i.e enable ) the credit card protection program but was told that I was ineligible because I did n't have a job or by their logic a way to keep up my payments which is the reason I contacted them to being with. Thus I paid for a service I was never able to use. Somewhere along the was my account was sold or transferred to synchrony bank. So I attempted to call them after being harassed at work, at home and anywhere else I had access to a phone to resolve the debt set up a payment plan. I literally spent hours calling 'synchrony bank ' which is customer service for the card. Every single time I called I got the same automated response saying, " I 'm sorry we are not taking calls at this time. ''


to a line of synchrony bank that FINALLY PICKED UP. The man then proceeded to tell me that my account had been sold to a collection agency. He could not provide me the date this happened, or even the amount I owed. I ended up utilizing my free credit report from - to see what company was reporting debt on my credit profile and saw tat my Walmart/synchrony bank/ge capital card ad been sold to -. So I disputed the information reported on my account for the reason tat my original payment/hardship plan was supposed to take over payments for my card but never did. Now I am strapped wit a debt that should have been taken care of by a hardship/payment plan and that was sold without my knowledge or consent to a company that refuses to compromise with me. I am trying to et my life on track and was accepted into rad school but part of my aid package was denied because of adverse credit history reported by these companies. If synchrony/ge bank, - and Walmart were never willing to work with me to repay my debt I am not sure how I was supposed to clear up this mess. There is no way I owe as much as - is reporting if a program that was supposed to help me should have taken over the payment for my card until I got on my feet.