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Green Dot Reviews Summary

Green Dot has a rating of 1.1 stars from 681 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Green Dot most frequently mention customer service, debit card and monthly fee. Green Dot ranks 17th among Debit Card sites.

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Georgia
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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DO NOT GET ONE OF THESE CARDS IT MAY WORK TODAY BUT IF YOUR MONEY GETS TAKEN THERE IS NO ONE WHO CARES, CAN SPEAK ENGLISH OR UNDERSTAND IT. THE ONLY PERSON I'VE HEARD SPEAK ENGLISH IS THE MAN ON AUTOMATED LINE. THEY ARE WORTHLESS THE COMPANY THERE EMPLOYEES AND I'M NOT SO SURE THEY AREN'T THE MERCHANT, THAT DOES'NT EXSIST, WHO TOOK MY MONEY. ALL I WANT IS A REAL ENGLISH SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING PERSON TO CONTACT ME. ALL COPIES OF DOCUMENTS UPON THERE REQUEST

Date of experience: September 3, 2020
Kansas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bad customer service
August 28, 2020

I will never recommend GreenDot for anybody because I had bought a car from Walmart I registered it I got money on it I cannot access the money on my GreenDot I cannot talk to a human being they do not recognize the number I gave them on my card that do not recognize my social security number it's all been registered and it's all been in your system and I still cannot talk to a human all I am getting is that computer I do not like that as far as customer service goes so from this point on I will not use and or recommend GreenDot to anybody if they ask me about it I will tell them to go to venmo or somewhere else

Date of experience: August 28, 2020
New York
1 review
15 helpful votes
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Card is terrible
August 23, 2020

This card is, by far, the worst card I've dealt with. The ATM they were using that charged no fee are no more. You can't transfer your money to a REAL bank to pay bills. (In order to do so; you get hit with fees) If your trying to build credit you can forget it with this card, because no cc company accepts this card or "Bank" as they call it. Green dot is just a terrible excuse for a card that coerces you to spend even more money than you already have to.

Date of experience: August 23, 2020
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wesley Tyler
August 17, 2020

Fast courteous service. My Air con went out last night (Sunday), sent an email around 23:00 with the problem. I got a call at 09:16 Monday morning that told me they'd be there around lunchtime. Showed up about 13:30, fixed the issue plus installed a best thermostat. Pricing was fair and service was impeccable. Highly recommend!

Date of experience: August 17, 2020
New York
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Be aware if you open a bank account here you will pay 7.95 a month which is insane to have a maintenance fee for nothing, the customer service they know nothing and are based in Philippines it seems which would be fine if they educated people who answer the phone and had enough supervisors available when those people know nothing

Date of experience: August 13, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Deposit
August 12, 2020

Horrible liars I never get my deposit 2 days early been with them 2 yrs it a lie I went to another bank my deposit comes Wednesday morning 2 days before like they promised

Date of experience: August 12, 2020
Kentucky
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Sold as a debit card. Dollar Tree will not refund my money. Lousy store. Green Dot is lousy company as cannot contact by phone or website. BEWARE!

Date of experience: August 12, 2020
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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First of all I purchased the card because I needed it to be able to pay a bill because it was going to get cut off today but needless to say they cannot activate my card for some reason and I have to wait 3 days for the technical support teen to get in touch with me so I guess by that time I won't have a phone so they won't be able to get in touch with me so I lose all my money I don't see them paying me because I have to go pay another company to pay all I can say is I'm sorry as if I'm sorry really fixes the problem they don't know what they're doing they don't know how to help anybody all they needed to do was just activate my card but they say they can't

Date of experience: August 11, 2020
Kentucky
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Horrible
July 25, 2020

I still have not received my card for taxes or stimulus money called and called sent emails nothing.

Date of experience: July 24, 2020
Rhode Island
1 review
0 helpful votes
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STAY AWAY
July 22, 2020

Scam artist use this site. It is difficult to close an account and you have NO protection. STAY AWAY

Date of experience: July 22, 2020
Philippines
1 review
1 helpful vote
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GREEN DOT BANK
July 20, 2020
Updated review

Still have not resolved the problem they never answer your emails and it is impossable to talk to them on the phone its like they dont exsist whatever happen to customer service very sorry way of doing business they are a total embaressment

Date of experience: July 19, 2020

Customer service is non-exexistant
June 23, 2020
Previous review

I have been trying to get money from them for almost six months they never get back to you its like they are tring to steal the money very dishonest way of doing business

Date of experience: June 22, 2020
Florida
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Scammers!
July 12, 2020

I have never seen a company that is this big of a scammer. They advertise their cards like they are a gift card. My kids received 2 $50 cards for Christmas and I registered them immediately. I first found it weird they wanted my social security number, but I put it in as they would not let me continue until I did. My kids finally went to use their cards and no money left on them. The company charges $7.95 a month and for what? They stole $100 from an 8 and 10 year old. This is the worse company around and I don't know how they are still in business with a 1 star rating

Date of experience: July 12, 2020
Colorado
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I've been doing business with Green Dot 4 years now all of a sudden my contact information not good enough I bought a card to pay a bill online now I can't pay the bill online because you can't verify my contact information the same contact information I've been using for years the last two times I purchase the card I had issues with GreenDot Never no more anyone that I know. I want to tell him don't touch the card because they changed and used to be good but not at no good now my bills is screwed up

Date of experience: July 8, 2020
Oklahoma
1 review
12 helpful votes
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This is the worst credit card company I've ever dealt with in my life! I recently got a green dot platinum secured credit card and upon receiving the card I got on line to add my security deposit and register the card. Well I was able to add my security deposit no problem. But when I went to register the card. I could not. Kept getting your information does not match our records and than due to my repeated attempts to enter my information somehow my account/card was blocked. Next I called the number on the back of the card only to get a automated response telling me that my card number and social security number didn't match and to go visit the website for more info. Next I go online only to find the live text format doesn't work and every customer service phone number I called I could not reach a live person for help. So now I have a useless credit card that I can't activate or register and green dot credit card company has my hard earned money and no way for me to get help to fix the problem or get my money back! What a nightmare! Had I known from the beginning that green dot credit card company didn't have live customer service representatives or a way to help the customers when they were having problems I would have never dealt with this horrible company! From my own experience with this company I would advise you to Run away like ten rabies infected pit bull dog's were chasing you!

Date of experience: July 2, 2020
Spain
1 review
14 helpful votes
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I purchase a prepaid card from Green Dot. I have been trying to activate it for over a month period, I completed all personal information required 3 times, at the end the system tell me to try later. I finally did it and my card is still not activate it, now I have to wait for a card being mailed from Green Dot. I don't need a credit card, I just need to be able to use the prepaid I purchase. This is a scam. Do not buy it.

Date of experience: June 30, 2020
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam Alert
June 24, 2020

I have an account with Greendot Bank. I had 1,025.58, next thing i know, my account only has 58 cents. I assume it was a inside job because on how the money was taken away in the first place. I reported this to them and I have had a very hard time trying to get my money back even though they are the reason I have no money in my account in the first place. They investigated and told me that i will receive a new card with the money on the card, Because its been a month since this happened and that was my rent money, and that money was the only thing that I had until my next check, when I finally received my card they tell me that I can't have access to my money because my birthday does not match with the new card they gave me. Even though the first card I have from them my birthday matches so they tell me someone put a different birthday on this new card which was a error on their part so I'm starting to see this company is very unprofessional and I still don't have access to my funds which has caused me to pass out at my job from having no money to eat then i had severe break down, which caused me to have severe Anxiety, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Depression.

Date of experience: June 24, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Ok I buy this visa green dot after reading 7,95 monthly fee ok no problem I'll be using this card after my order for my new job activate it bam they took the 7,95 befor my online card shows up and cant place my order now and it was time sensitive never again will I use this company's card

Date of experience: June 21, 2020
Ohio
3 reviews
4 helpful votes
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A total waste of time and money will never use them again. Customer service is non-existent and no way to get a representative to file a complaint or get any type of help and the fees are just a way to steal your hard earned money stay far away if you value your time or money

Date of experience: June 17, 2020
Florida
1 review
14 helpful votes
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SCAM
June 15, 2020

Do NOT get a prepaid card from them. They keep charging you a monthly fee long after you are closing the account. On the phone they lie to you about waiving the fee and closing the acct, but the following month all feed add up again. It's like a nightmare, it keeps coming back to haunt you! Worst of it, the have your SSN. Also when you activate the card, they are opening a checking acct on your name too, without you asking for it, or even activate it! Beware people, find someone else!

Date of experience: June 15, 2020
Louisiana
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Money eater
June 14, 2020

This is my last ever attempt at prepaid cards. There's no way to speak to customer support about issues. The monthly fee of $9 was not expected as I read there were none. I also cannot access my account using the app. I know I am entering the information correctly, and password reset isnt even going to my email. I will just not bother activating the registsred card they sent in the mail. I doubt there would be cashback credit given for my purchases--i would rather keep using my bank account and PayPal. Thanks for wasting my money and time greendot.

Date of experience: June 13, 2020