480-823-2929

Recieved a call, The man was Rude and asked for the owner by name, I told him he wasen't in and asked if I could take a message, then he hung up??????

Does anyone know what this is?

I just had the identical experience with a woman. I called back after seeing your post, some credit company from Arizona. F them.

i apologize for the short goodbye....  we are legally obligated to speak with business owners only, and move on if the owner is not available.  I have addressed the issue and we will absolutely give a courteous and respectful goodbye from now on.

Kevin once again I would like to apologize on behalf of our call center...  we do not train them to hang up or act rude under any circumstance.  we have addressed the issue and I can assure you that these are isolated instances.

Just had the identical experience as Bryan and Kevin.  I believe the company's name is Accredited Interchange and they offer loans.  Needless to say I too experienced a rude call and question the sincerity of the apologly.  Clearly the issues have not been adequately addressed and since it continues is not isolated.  FYI Business Owners are not the only individuals who can legally bind a company; just look at a large publically traded company.

This company called me and told me they could save me a lot of money on my credit card processing for my business.  I wanted to hear more so I scheduled.  a very handsome young man came in and promised me the world.  long story short I signed up with them and i couldn't be happier.  i have never dealt with a more courteous merchant service company.  I saved $180 last month alone!!  anyway i saw all these bad reviews from non customers and wanted to put my 2 cents in :)

Received a call - they asked for the owner - I tell him I am.  The guy gives me a line about how my credit card processing has come up for review and I am now eligible for lower rates by cutting out the middle man.  I tell him that there is nothing to come up for review because I don't accept cc.  He says, "you said you were the one responsible for merchant accounts."  I say, "I am, but that doesn't mean that I HAVE a merchant account, because...."  Before I finish, he rudely hangs up on me!  Nice phone manners Accredited Interchange!  What you don't know is that I am interested in accepting cards - but not from someone willing to give an obvious B.S. line about how my account has been reviewed. How about trying the truth?!  Could you save me money?  I guess I'll never know because of the guy you hired lost out on an opportunity because he's an A$$.

A man called from this number and wanted to talk to the owner. When he was told the owner was not interested in his merchant services, he called back 3 times trying to get to the owner. Extremely rude.

Ray called and asked for the owner.  Since nobody is ever obligated to entertain a telemarketer, I hung up.

Ray called back just to tell me how unprofessional I am.  I let him know how unprofessional it is for a telemarketer to call back just to say that and hung up.

He called back a third time, and I told him to quit calling.

Incredibly clueless.

Received a call from this number yesterday. As soon as the caller started speaking, you could clearly hear the chatter of a typical boiler room call center in the background. Male caller asked for owner but mispronounced owner's name twice (all 2 syllables) so I corrected him. Caller's confrontational response: "Since you have such an attitude problem, I'm going to take my business elsewhere."

This company (Accredited Interchange) has been investigated by the BBB for alleged "dishonest sales practices" according to the BBB website.

Company uses cold call telemarketing to sell you their credit card processing servcies by telling you your current account "is up for review."

Accredited Interchange
350 10th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone:
(480) 823-2929
Website:
www.accreditedpci.com
Eric Karnezis, Owner

Just Google Eric Karnezis. You'll come up with some interesting stuff. This is from a website called shamscam:


They called to our store and said they're from our credit card processing company and that we got approve for a lower rate. My employee then gave them my husband cell phone. After thousand of calls, my husband gave in and agreed to see them. Eric Karnezis, regional account manager of paradigm direct, came to our store and promissed us that they can offer a lower rate then Costco, the one we have been going through. He looked at our statement from Costco then punch in some number and show us that we only pay half what we paying Costco right now if we switch to his company. He promissed that his company will buy out the contract from Costco if there is any. He also promissed that if we didn't like his company we can cancel any time, no string attach. After my husband agreed with what he promissed, he then typed everything in the application and asked my husband to sign where he marked X on it with out going over the application. While turning the pages for my husband to sign, he keep talking to distract my husband. I have the video from our store to record all that. He got a printer and print the application but then he said that he will make a copy of the application and give us copy of it. We were too naive to see the non-sense thing like that. After the time he came back to set up the to credit card machines for us, he disappear. After 9 days when we see the first time they pull from our account, it was a lot more then what we pay Costco. We call Eric direct phone line and e-mail him, but he was no way to found. We talked to the customer service, Jessica finegan. She denied all the promissed from Eric and said this is what we offer you right now. We told her we want to cancel them, then she said the service can be cancel but we can't cancel the lease. We told her there wasn't any lease. After that we asked for a copy of the application, and it was e-mail it to us. Now looking at the application, everything Eric filled in there were completely opposite with what he promised. Now we stuck with the lease for 60 months. I already filed a complaint to BBB, and i'm trying to report them to all our local news. If they didn't respond to me in 2 weeks, i'll have to bring them to court.

Wow. Just got a call from these clowns. Googled the number and came up with this website. A telemarketer from this 480-823-2929 number just called. The starts talking louder and LOUDER over me as I politely tell him, " not interested".  I then hang up and two seconds later get a call from an "Unidentified Number" which I chose not to answer. I minute later, I play the message and it's the same guy saying, "You're an idiot. A complete fool, IDIOT!". So Mr. Eric Karnezis, apparently the inmates are running the asylum over there. You appear to have no control over what your employees are saying to people. Nice job!

Received a call this morning...and then a few hours later...and then a few hours after that...and when I politely stated that we were not interested and hung up...they called back again 3 or 4 more times. GET A CLUE! So irritated right now.

They just called here (a male caller)...rude rude rude. Told my secretary that she was just to answer the phone and take messages and not to ask questions (she asked "may I ask what this is in regards to). My secretary hung up. He called again irate that he had been hung up on. 480-823-2929

Just received a call from Ray, what a rude guy, asked for the owner when I asked who was calling he told me I need to lighten up. theses people suck

A man named Steve called me about 2 months ago to notify me about a review on my merchant account. After talking with Steve, I set an appointment to have the interchange agent come out and see if they can save me money on processing. I was quoted a decent amount in savings each month and was told that included even the payment for the equipment. This company is charging me more money then before and never said my early termination fee as stated. I searched the company and found a lot of interesting things about the owner Mr. Eric Karnezis. If they call you google his name and then decide if you want to do business with them or not. SCUM that is what he is. He is lying to take advantage of the people that own honest businesses.

That's hysterical!  This company ripped me off terribly.

THEY PULLED SAME SCAM ON ME WITH MERCHANT SERVICES (CREDIT CARD PROSSESING)  PROMISSED BETTER RATE AND GOING TO SAVE ME ALL THIS MONEY,YA RIGHT   !!!!! THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH ME THAT THEY WOULD PAY ANY LEASE FEE'S AND TERMINATION FEE'S IF I WENT WITH THEM,SO I DID . AND NOW I HAVE TWO ACCOUNTS THERE THEM AT FIRST DATA AND I AM GETTING BILLED TWICE A MONTH FOR BOTH ACCOUNTS AND CHARGED $200 A MOTH FOR THE OLD EIARLY TERMINATION FEE'S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  AND ACCREDITED INTERCHANGE WON'T ANSWER MY CALLES OR EVEN ANSWERE THE PHONE.I HAVE CALLED THEM 100 TIMES WITH NO ANSWER OR RETURN CALL.MEANWHILE MY SMALL BUSINESS IS SUFFERING.  THIS COMPANY IS SCUM !!!BOTTOM FEEDERS !!!

I have had the same problems. I work for a doctor and they called our office demanding to speak with the "owner". Afraid that it was an upset patient I asked who was calling and if there was something I could help him with. He replied with a very rude "No. This is Accredited Interchange and I need to speak with the owner". I put him on hold and thank god the ass hung up. Freaking telemarketers. We've got cancer patients. I don't have time for your attitude or sales pitch.

Maybe you should learn how to read contracts and conduct your business in a savvy fashion. There are certain obligations of both the business and the merchant service provider. Your complaint is weak and resembles more of a grade schooler whining than the intelligent response of a successful business owner. Buck up!