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We thought joining Farmlands buying
We thought joining Farmlands buying shares in order to get a members card which gave access to discounted pricing at numerous stores made sense It has been anything but sensible First is each partner store has a different process around using the card Farmlands also manually process receipts which can take weeks The balance shown online also has no visible transactions so you don t know what spending that reflects Additionally each store partner stores has a different process for some to apply Farmlands pricing Some ask for a credit card deposit to place an order so you use a bank credit card to place an order on a Farmlands credit account Stores tell you the order can not be actioned until payment but will appear as a zero transaction on the Farmlands statement it rarely is because receipts often don t get processed in a timely manner Place an order at Farmlands store for pick up via online and often the item will be billed twice once online and again at the store This can appear in statements months apart so you need to audit carefully every month before payment is due They also removed ability to make instant bank account to Farmlands account payments on Farmlands online So if you make an internet banking payment to your account it can take 5 days to actually appear as a credit against your Farmlands account We are a household but I have no idea why a farm or business would opt for such a labour intensive and untrustworthy credit account offer Not only do invoices appear without notification direct from store parters such as BOC gas Mitre 10 order deposits are not aligned to charges to the account Farmlands store purchases online have duplicated invoicing you have to carefully audit each and every statement Their customer service is poor and even when charges are identified as being incorrect it can take weeks for the correction to appear meaning your limit stops transactions when you know funds should be there Overall - just avoid Labour intensive and not trustworthy credit account that is not worth the rebates offered Needs to update the account processing and account systems URGENTLY Payments and charging is so misaligned - constant auditing of statements needed