Discover Credit Card Complaint

Discover Credit card department,

Closing/Cancelling account Texas

After 5 long arduous years, I finally managed to pay off my Discover card. Or so I thought. I contacted Discover to ask for the exact final amount, which I paid right then and there. I then asked to closed my account. I was transferred to " Account Retention '' where I spoke with another agent about closing my account. After listening to a litany of reasons why I should stay with Discover and keep my account open, I declined everything and asked ( once again ) to close my account. I was then told that I could n't do that ; that the account could n't be closed, only " inactivated. '' After several minutes of argument about that, and being told it was pretty much the only thing I could do, I had to accept this status. Little did I know that Discover 's version of " inactivated '' was very different from mine.


do n't want to do. I contacted Discover again, and expressed that I was not going to pay the charges due to their inherent lack of customer service, and their not following my initial request to close my account. I asked that they remove the charges, and stop contacting me going forward, otherwise I would take it as harassment. I would like to know what type of recourse I have in this situation. I do n't want this affecting my credit score, and while the amount is small, I do n't want it suddenly exploding into something more significant due to them compounding costs. They really are crooks in my opinion, leaving me ( the customer! ) with little choice but to continue to pay them for something I did n't want in the first place! What can I do in this situation?