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CareCredit has a rating of 1.2 stars from 845 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about CareCredit most frequently mention customer service, synchrony bank, and interest rate problems. CareCredit ranks 167th among Credit Cards sites.

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    200
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    185
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Thumbnail of user emaine561
Pennsylvania
1 review
4 helpful votes
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August 22nd, 2023

I've had CareCredit for years, and would use it on my pets. I started at less than a $1,000 CL and worked my way up to $10,000 CL. I went 6 months, just 6 without using it, and they closed it for "Inactivity" because I didn't have a balance. So if I'm trying to avoid some debt, I guess that's a problem for corporate overlords who want all the profit they can get.

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Date of experience: August 22, 2023

Thumbnail of user charlottej106
South Carolina
1 review
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July 25th, 2021

I used this for expensive Surgery never had a late payment and was gonna have surgery and use it. Guess what they canceled the card! It's for emergency for Gods sake! I'm done with them my credit report took a nose dive. This is not cool.

Date of experience: July 25, 2021

Thumbnail of user lyndar16
Tennessee
5 reviews
12 helpful votes
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August 31st, 2016

They tell you the first year is interest free, that is the first lie. My original bill was 1920. 00. After paying 100.00 every month for the last 15 months I still owe 1226. 16. When I called to question them, I was told I have to write a letter to the company. She was Rude and gave me no information over the phone. She tried to tell me I had additional charges. I did, a 120.00 dentist charge. 120.00? Really? She is trying to make me believe that little charge added so much more to my bill. I have closed my account and fully intend to request a full review. I am begining to think these companies encourage us to go "paperless" in hopes that we will just make our monthly payment without reading the statement. Stay away from this company!

Date of experience: August 31, 2016

Thumbnail of user miker936
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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August 27th, 2020

I had their card for 10 years, made payments on time, even got it to a zero balance. One day out of the blue, they close my account. The Customer Service agents tells me they looked at my credit and I didn't have a mortgage, so they decided to close my account. Before you assume, no there wasn't anything negative on my credit with all three credit agencies. The Customer Service agent said there is nothing they could do and promptly dismissed me after 10 years. Synchrony bank has some of the worst customer service I have ever encountered.

Date of experience: August 27, 2020

Thumbnail of user nancyn46
Florida
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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February 15th, 2017

Don't sign up with greedy care credit. Once, you do there's multiple hidden fees & charges. They will not explain anything nor help you with the transactions that, they charge you fees for. It makes it difficult to pay off.

Date of experience: February 15, 2017

Thumbnail of user mariac410
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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June 11th, 2018

This company does not care about their customers. My husband and I both had surgery and this company did not even care to hear our plea. I will be paying this balance off and shredding this so called "care" credit card. The two I spoke to were so arrogant and smug. I'm sorry I ever opened up an account with them.

Date of experience: June 11, 2018

Thumbnail of user haye2
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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May 5th, 2020

Do not get involved with this credit company! Please listen to all these reviews. They charge so much on your card if for interest and on top of it, if you don't pay the day it's due they will charge you that same day AT NIGHT the late fee and interest. I have gone so many times to pay my monthly on the day it's due in the late afternoon and by then they have already put the late fee, when it's still that day and I should still have time until midnight? I just paid and closed my account. Wish I could sue them honestly. It shouldn't be fair how much they charge you. When your free 6 month/year of interest is up they sneak an entire $777 or higher amount on your card. Well there goes all your money you put towards paying it off! Sign up if you wanna watch your money go down the toilet

Date of experience: May 5, 2020

Thumbnail of user bellaphardy
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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May 20th, 2023

What a scam of a company! With the interest charges AND card security fees, you can NEVER get ahead! What a nightmare! An absolute nightmare! I recently took my cat to a vet and the vet cost was $100, but then I was also charged $100 in interest!?!?!?!? It's insane how much money they take from you. They take more than you pay for the vet bills, in total. Don't ever!

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Date of experience: May 20, 2023

Thumbnail of user wandab37
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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July 18th, 2017

Customer service is supposed to be a place where the customer can go to get answers to questions. I cannot understand them when they speak to me. Why can't we speak to someone whose first language is English? I suspect the company knows exactly what they are doing. Making extra money off the consumer.

Date of experience: July 18, 2017

Thumbnail of user lukeg86
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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October 26th, 2020

I got the card under duress when my dog was sick. Paid the few thousand dollar balance off as agreed with no late payments. Less than a year from the pay off, I needed to use the card again only to find out they had closed my account with no notice. There is no care at care credit. I say find another card.

Date of experience: October 26, 2020

Thumbnail of user nevera54
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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October 28th, 2022

I will never use Care Credit again. This is a scam. Beware of added interest. Care credit should be ashamed of themselves.

Overall, you will pay more than double for healthcare costs outside of your promotional period with Care Credit. Welcome to America.

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Date of experience: October 28, 2022

Thumbnail of user phillipk44
California
1 review
6 helpful votes
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February 2nd, 2019

Do not use this if you are unable to pay it off during the "interest free" introductory period. The subsequent interest rate and penalties are at the max. They are insensitive and inflexible. They seem to be one of the most greedy of all credit providers. They profit on the backs of the consumer, particularly those who already struggling financially. Avoid it at all possible.

Date of experience: February 2, 2019

Thumbnail of user so5342
Florida
1 review
5 helpful votes
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May 30th, 2017

Don't ever apply for this credit card. They lend you the money and once the promotion ends they add their interest which is extremely high to the amount owed. You will have to pay more than what you borrowed and if you want to pay off the balance before they add that exuberant amount of money to your balance with another credit card, they won't accept it since they will only take money from your checking or savings account. What a rip off

Date of experience: May 30, 2017

Thumbnail of user anilk30
California
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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June 13th, 2017

I used credit care to pay my dental bill. I used almost $2000 and today my bill is more than $2000. 00 even I had been paying my monthly bills on time. They charge me $381.00 in interest rate per month even though I took 24 month interest free loan. This is the scam that credit care plays on people through Synchrony Financial. This people are crooks.

Date of experience: June 13, 2017

Thumbnail of user margots4
Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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July 6th, 2017

I have had a care credit card for over 2 years to pay for medical expenses. I always pay over the minimum payment and have been meticulous about paying the promotional balance on time so not to incur any interest payments. A couple of months ago they sent me a new card in the mail. I thought it was just a replacement for my old card, but I began to see interest charges on the account. Surprise! The new card was a Care Credit Card, but they switched me to a CareCredit Mastercard which now had interest charges on new purchases. I waited on the phone for over an hour to get an account representative. He was of no help at all. He said when I started to use the new card, they cancelled my original account and now I had to pay interest. PLEASE BEWARE if they send you a new card in the mail. I am going to pay my balance and I'm done. Scammers!

Date of experience: July 6, 2017

Thumbnail of user jennifers2396
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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February 5th, 2021

Care Credit is a ridiculously high APR credit card, I originally applied for the card for dental work on a family member now 10 years later I'm still paying it off. I called the company and asked if they could lower the APR because of the current pandemic and money is tight. They said no, that was eight months ago. I called today to see if now since it's a new year if they would be willing to help a person with a lower APR and once again Synchrony aka Care Credit refused. What makes it worst is their representative was just as awful as the company and hung up the phone on me. Buyer beware stay away from this company and their horrible and price gouging money tactics.

Tip for consumers:
Stay away it's not worth it and the APR is way too high.

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Date of experience: February 5, 2021

Thumbnail of user georgen836
Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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November 2nd, 2023

It's poor doing business with Care Credit paying on their website. I failed 3 time trying to pay them from my checking account that care credit have a problem with their webpage accepting my account number. They are getting rid of me for late payment for nothing! They failed... not me! Oh... try getting an agent on the phone is disaster! They avoid customer contact by phone by all those info BS they give on the phone! Finally I was able to get an agent to pay in full for the last time doing business with them ever. What a horrible experience with Care Credit!

Date of experience: November 2, 2023

Thumbnail of user noras80
Arizona
1 review
2 helpful votes
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July 3rd, 2020

Is awful that a company can get away will stilling money from customers. I pay for 18 months my promotion was over and I call because I could not pay because of covi 19 and three months later I'm back owing the full amount! Very mad and upset :(

Date of experience: July 3, 2020

Thumbnail of user msm169
Massachusetts
1 review
2 helpful votes
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April 1st, 2020

Having a name like care credit is a joke when this company closes a credit line on a consumer that paid off her balance! While other creditors are assisting consumers during the Covid19 crisis, care credit thought it would be in their best interest to close my account since I had a 0 balance rather than allowing me the peace of mind of having available credit at a time of crisis! I will not be recommending this company to anyone and I will definitely be sure to let my experience be known! Unsympathetic a******'s. Consumers beware!

Date of experience: April 1, 2020

Thumbnail of user ambera691
Tennessee
1 review
1 helpful vote
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November 13th, 2023

I have been with care credit since 2017. I have always made payments on time as well as paid more than the min. Now my account is closed with 3 different reasons that was told to me. 1.The credit bureau denied me (When I did not apply) and closed my account which they stated was not true, I was told 3 different times I would received a letter with the reason and last that my credit score was low. What does my credit score has to do with an account I already have opened and paying on time each month. All I keep hearing is " I understand" HOW when you have not received a letter or anything!

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I had to pay cash which I did not have by the way!

Date of experience: November 13, 2023

Thumbnail of user jeanw35
Alabama
1 review
9 helpful votes
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February 23rd, 2017

Spent over an hour trying to reach a CSR to make a payment... the phone connection was horrible, they seemed to not talk directly into the phone. They asked if i wanted to escalate to a supervisor, then long hold, then said the supervisor had too many calls. Regret ever getting this piece of worthless plastic...

Date of experience: February 23, 2017

Thumbnail of user lyndas67
Oregon
1 review
5 helpful votes
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July 11th, 2018

I notified Care Credit via email a week before my payment was due that I would be a day late. My social security check is deposited the second Wednesday of every month. I received nothing but a run around via emai. I made my payment through Care Credit website on the day promised. I did an on line chat. The rep refused to remove my late fee of $27 because the same thing happened less than a year ago. This company tries to squeeze every last dime out of senior citizens. Run the other way. Don't use this card.

Date of experience: July 11, 2018

Thumbnail of user fayk6
Arizona
1 review
3 helpful votes
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July 11th, 2017

The worst. They lie promising to remove late fee and then charge interest. I paid $70 interest and late fee on $77 payment when I've had this account for YEARS. Explained my husband's emergency hospital visits and they are heartless.

This has to be illegal and if not unethical and immoral.

Date of experience: July 11, 2017

Thumbnail of user christyw261
Missouri
1 review
4 helpful votes
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February 23rd, 2023

Beware, false advertisement and they won't negotiate to pay off your credit nor remove any interest charges. They are not helping people but making them more in debt. BIG INTEREST CHARGES! Customer service sucks, you get sent around from dept. to dept. Wish I could give 0 stars...

Date of experience: February 23, 2023

Thumbnail of user ja431
California
1 review
9 helpful votes
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December 8th, 2020

This absolute garbage predatory card completely tanked my credit score I took 2 years to get to 750. I have a 614 now-- the hard inquiry docked me 48 points, and the rest was because my CareCredit "utilization rate" was about 90%-- before I'd even activated the card or knew I had any balance! They literally dont even notify you when your card opens and closes. If I'd known all of this I would have just taken my L and paid for my procedure up front-- or used my great credit to open a regular card or get a loan. I am FUMING, this card and company sucks! 1

Date of experience: December 8, 2020

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