Square
Reviews and Complaints

I have had four chargebacks with square that were obvious that the chargeback was unfounded. Square never would represent us and always returned the funds.

Move over "Bernie"......You may be getting a new "cell mate" soon!

I used squareup for my business and it was the worst thing i did. My company sells a high price item .

We recieved a chargeback and with out any notice from squareup they took the money out of my bank account. The customer had the system for 97 days which was way past our cancellation date.

Now I use

http://MatchRatePLUS.com/3149

The fee are much lower and they give me cash back on transaction .

If you use the the 4 digit code 3149 you get free equipment . They will beat any merchant fee's so you can save money

Tony Young

Being judged and sentenced without being heard or defended, that describe charge back from Square. I had one customer taken money out of my bank account without me being contacted or questioned, or even weighted to evaluate if the charge back was legitimate or not.

Plain and simple, a customer just got my services, and stole the money back. I had no hearing, no defense, and not notice.

It is that fair? Be aware of this practice that legitimate an activity that has not other name; a legal ways to receive service and products for free.

Same issue as all the rest. I won't be using square ever again. Braintree is a little more tricky to set up but their next-day deposits NEVER falter.

http://www.merchantmaverick.com/pos-software-reviews/square-register-review/

Negative Reviews and Complaints:

A quick Google search will produce way more feedback on Square then you could ever hope to read. Here is a summary of the most common complaints.

Terrible Support - This is the number one complaint lodged against Square. Some Square merchants even go so far as to suggest that Square is a "scam" because of their appalling track record of processing funds that have been placed on hold. Square support indicates that they will respond to email inquiries within 24 hours. The time frame is sometimes closer to 2-3 days according to a slew of frustrated merchant reports.

Issues with Deposits - Difficulty with inaccessible funds is a close second in the complaints department. Square's aggressive fraud prevention tactics have put many small businesses in a position where they can't access their income because their transactions have raised a general red flag for any number of reasons.

Crashes and Bugs - The Square interface isn't perfect. Numerous Square merchants report that they regularly have to reboot after crashes. Other common issues include malfunctioning credit card swipes and occasional bugs. :eek

I confirm Square most certainly deserves a big fat F for customer service. I literally received the worst customer service of my life from this product.

I have been working for the past couple months to start a nonprofit organization with a few other founding members. We decided to have a fundraiser to kick things off just recently. Several weeks before the fundraiser we bought two Square readers to take credit card donations during the fundraiser. On the Square reader box, it says it only takes a few minutes to get you up and running and accepting credit card payments (They are flat out lying about this; total false advertising here.) So a few days before the event we decided we should probably get the square readers set up so we didn't have to do it last minute. Then the nightmare began....

There is no possible way to get the Square reader to start accepting credit cards in a matter of minutes because you have to wait 1 to 3 business days for them to deposit two test deposits into your bank account to verify all of your information.

Because it was going to take 1 to 3 days, we freaked out and tried to contact them directly. As mentioned in the review, they have no customer service number where you can actually talk to someone. All they have is a number with an automated message telling you to contact their customer service email and you'll receive an email back within a "prompt" 24 HOURS!!

So... emailed them with an urgent request to get our accounts up and running asap and to contact me via phone so we could get it all figured out soon. NEVER received a phone call, only sporadic emails over the course of 3 days that were of absolutely no help. Actually, we finally received our test deposits and had set up our account to receive credit card payments the day of our fundraiser and then I get an email back from the "customer service" person that he found something wrong with the information I gave him and so he DEACTIVATED OUR ACCOUNT on the day of our fundraiser and said he could try again within 7-10 business days!! Are you kidding me?? He never tried to verify or confirm any of the information I gave him. He probably inputed it wrong since we were able to do it on the website ourselves. Yet, he took the liberty to deactivate our account and make it impossible for us to receive credit card payments on the day of our fundraiser.

The day of I received NO response from customer service although I flooded their inbox with between 75 to 100 emails in hopes of getting it all figured out before our fundraiser began. Again... this was by far the worst experience in customer service in my life. I highly suggest waiting until there is a direct customer service line before ever attempting to use this service.

I rent high end beach property on he east coast $10,000 a week avg billing- I can not get my initial payments transferred to my bank account, This is my customers money- i will have to pay this out of my own pocket !

Square DOES NOT RESPOND TO EMAILS.

DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTUAL PHONE LINE THAT A HUMAN ANSWERS- JUST AN OUTGOING MESSAGE THAT REFERES YOU BACK TO WEBSITE TO EMAIL YOUR QUESTION----WHICH WILL NEVER BE ANSWERED!

STAY AWAY- USE A LEGITIMATE CARD COMPANY. LEARNED MY LESSON THE HARD WAY. SCAM--SCAM--SCAM--

be scared of square !!

STAY AWAY !!!!!!!!

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