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Are you an HR BLOCK customer that got the EMERALD debit card this year? Well, guess what, so did MANY MANY others!

Now your patiently waiting for your tax rebate to be direct deposited since your refund was, right? WRONG! Unless you paid your fees UP FRONT, you will get a paper check, and MOST people I know did NOT pay their fees up front because the fees were so outrageous! Would you have filed with them had you known this was going to happen?

I know I sure wouldnt have! I KNOW for a fact this will hurt their business next year. I have thousands of complaints on other boards about this, so I really expect HR BLOCK to make some serious offers at Christmas this year to entice customers, becuase you KNOW that THEY know they are screwed for next tax season. MOST people that used them this year, will HOPEFULLY do their taxes themselves through the IRS.

The main reason I am upset isnt becuase I will be getting a paper check at the END of JUNE (ARGG!!!), but the fact that if I DIDNT choose the emerald card when I went to HR Block this year, I would have to pay an EXTRA Twenty dollars for a PAPER check! I know twenty bucks isnt a lot, but it was the PRINCIPAL of the thing! I didnt want to pay an extra twenty dollars for a piece of paper, so instead I opted for a little green plastic card that had SOO many great benefits (NOT!!) that HOW could I go wrong by getting it? Now gas is 3.50 a gallon, and milk, bread, and eggs have gone sky high and I REALLY need the free money (yeah right!!) the government has promised me.

I would doing great this week because it WOULD have came to me by direct deposit, IF I hadnt had HR block take their fee from my refund. Because of this, I am now penalized and have to wait til the end of JUNE along with many other americans! Can I wait?? SURE I can!

But the point is, we were CONNED into this card, and NOW when we all so desperately could use the money, we have to wait even longer, after being told over and over through HR BLOCK customer service that yes, as long as our refund came direct deposit, then our tax rebate would too! What a lie!

I just sincerely hope that everyone that got shammed into this card and had this problem this year, will REMEMBER next January and try to do them ourselves!

If you are on the HR BLOCK EMERALD CARD HATER bandwagon, please post!! Thanks for the RANT

Monetary Loss: $1800.

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

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Guest

Im very pissed that I haven't received my payment an I paid 39.95 for the Emerald card was told both refund,an stimulus would be put On the card. So by Now Im at a standstill waiting for something that was never Coming In the Beginning.I will never recommend any of your services to anyone. As well as im about to take action

Elizbeth Kvv

I'm an emerald card user with 3 kids 1 on disability. I always pay my fees out of my check never up front because I dont trust tax people, moreso the IRS now because now they got their big money's, they wanna control it and delay the help to the American People, more shams so more interest is Gained back from their losses, my opinion.

I'm seeing this with every agency allotted Federal money.. delays n more, especially the Texas Workforce commission... they r here to help but only after everone loses everything...

Moreso Fd up it's a Biological Virus to begin with... God Bless, I will not ever Use an Emerald Card again most likely nor will I ever Use HR Block again...

Guest

We used h & r and we got the emerald card. we have gotten it every year...and no problems.

I get it on the card so it is not mixed into the bank account. You don't get the money right away same as the direct deposit.

When your tax return comes available it is loaded onto your card. simple as that.

Guest

you'll get a check if you request one my refund went on my card so just relax

Guest

:(

Guest

The only way you could have your stimulas check direct deposited is if you had your refund direct deposited into your personal bank account, and the only people that get the emerald card are the people who want there money before they leave so there for most if not all are losers and or ***

And for the people who wait and have it put on an emerald card and they at hr block give you a date it's just a rough date as hrblock has no control over when and how you get your money it's all the irs when they release it, if you get a bank product it's the bank (HSBC)that decides if they want to give you a loan or if they are gonna wait until the irs releases the money to them because your not a worthy applicant.

So get over yourselfs, stop trying to blame other people for your stupidness

Guest

holy ***

Guest

I can do my own taxes, it was just easier and time saving to use HR Block....................I have actually been doing my taxes with them for over 15 years now.........................Guess what this BS will cost them this loyal customer *** them!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest

I am upset at all this *** as well. But I believe the blame is shifted towards the wrong people.

I do not believe H&R would have told us our rebates would be by direct deposit if it were not true to begin with. The IRS has sprung all these changes and *** on everyone at the last minute. Had they informed us of this weeks ago, we could all have been better prepared. Im gonna find other emerald card holders to help me call in to IRS customer service and flood their lines until they get the point.

This is just plain wrong. No one likes to be lied to. If the money is ours just give it to us already. Paper checks are a waste of money and time.

Then we have to pay to get those *** things cashed!!! What the ***!!

Guest

:( yeah we all got *** !!!total ***..i even called the local office the lady who did my taxes ( that i usually do my self & get more money ) TOLD ME OH..DO NOT WORRY.....YOUR MONEY WILL BE THERE !!! YEAH RIGHT THE 5 DAYS EAIRLY FOR THE JUNK THE NEWS SPEWED ....9 TH CAME AND WENT...NO CASH ON THIS CARD ACTUALLY UNDER CUS` IT WAS NOT THERE WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GET CASH ON MY SO CALLED DAY ...SO ATM FEES GOT THE ACCOUNT UNDER BY 2 BUCKS..AND I DID PAY 3 BILLS FOR THEM TO DO IT SO WHAT IS THE REAL DEAL ?SINCE MY 3 KIDS AND I ARE OR WERE LIVING IN A MOTEL CUS WE ARE HOMELESS I PROMISED THE OWNER OH DO NOT WORRY....THE 9 TH FOR SURE THAT IS WHAT THEY TOLD ME !!NOW WE ARE ON A COUCH IN MY FRIENDS BASEMENT...STILL NO CASH WERE LOCKED OUT OF OUR ROOM...WELL TILL TODAY WHEN THEY TOSSED ALL OUR *** AND I DO NOT HAVE THE GAS TO GO GET ANYTHING FROM THE GARBAGE...AS IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH THEY SHUT OFF MY FRIENDS GAS TODAY ....WE ARE ALL LAID OFF NO WORK...BUT HEY WHO CARES !!

THEY GOT OUR MONEY SO WHY WOULD WE NEED OURS ?FOR ANYONE WHO IS SICK OF PAYING FOR GETTTING YOUR TAXES DONE ...EMAIL ME NEXT SEASON I WILL TELL YA HOW TO DO IT YOUR SELF...SHHHH LITTLE SECREAT ......EVEN IF YOU DO THEM WRONG THE I.R.S WON`T !!!SO IF YOU COME UP WITH A WRONG NUMBER IT REALLY DOES NOT MATTER 1 THING IS FOR SURE THEY WILL NOT OVER PAY YA !!! endeliz@***.com

Guest

i need to learn how to do them myself, i suppose its not too hard. the only reason I used them this year, is because I am a student, and have know idea on how to add that on to the tax report sheets.

I am pissed though, that I spent 150 dollars for their services, and now I have to wait.

I never did get the emerald card however, I just did direct deposit, and waited. I wonder how that will affect things.

Guest

i'm definetly doing them myself next year :(

Guest

This was the first AND LAST year for me to use H&R Block. I didn't want that *** card...I wanted regular Direct Deposit...but the lady gave me some lame runaround and I fell for the *** card. LAME.

Guest

:? So if i had my taxes prepared at HR Block and had the return put on the emerald green card how will i get my stimulus refund?

I payed my fees the day i got my taxes prepared. if anyone knows anything please let me know

Guest

i, too, was lied to by my h&r block tax preparer. she essentially swore to me that the stimulus payment would be direct deposited, and went so far as to say that it would be foolish to not take the emerald card. i will never offer them my business again, and i urge everyone else to do the same.

Guest

I totally agree. The emerald card was pushed onto consumers and now we are being penalized.

Sure, it's not their fault we are broke, but this whole stimulus package/when am i gonna get my money is such a joke.

Besides....this money isn't free anyways, it will put this country further in debt. Things are getting worse by the minute in this country.

Guest

I too did my taxes with H&R Block, and payed the fees out of my refund, because I didnt have 300 bucks on me at that time, I just recently found out that I would be getting a paper check instead of direct deposit, even though my refund was direct deposited, I only found out because I dug for an hour on IRS.GOV in oreder to find that information, what a crock of ***, now I have to wait until late may to get my money, that I need to pay my sons preschool tuition, what the *** am I going to do with out that money for 2 more weeks, I would love to know, god I am so tired of getting screwed!!!!!

Guest

I used H&R and had my refund direct direct deposited into my bank account. And I received the Tax Stimulus Rebate the same way. But I did pay the fee for them doing my taxes up front.

Guest

yep, it really is bs!

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