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Overview

Elavon has a rating of 1 star from 13 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about Elavon most frequently mention customer service problems. Elavon ranks 32nd among Point Of Sale sites.

  • Service
    5
  • Value
    5
  • Shipping
    1
  • Returns
    1
  • Quality
    4
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Top Critical Review

“Not a Trusted Service”

Leslie B.
1/31/24

I called to inquire about costs. The rep insisted she have my banking info to provide scheduel of costs. I told her I was a new business owner and wanted to wait a few months before using the service. I was sent a letter and email telling me to contact Elavon when I desired to begin service and be sent a POS. Then right away they began to charge my bank account, first $60 then $195. I called Elavon and complained. I had my bank reverse the charges. Then Elavon sent my account to collections! I did not even use their service. BEWARE!

Reviews (13)

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Thumbnail of user ertzc1
1 review
1 helpful vote
February 14th, 2024

If you are unlucky enough to be stuck with Elevon for you small business, for whatever reason, be prepared for your blood pressure to spike if you need to call their customer service, tech support or billing dept. I literally have to argue with them even to just ask the simplest question, usually before they just hang up on you. If I then try to phone back right away from the same number, they just don't answer. When I finally do get the privilege to talk to a different agent they treat me just as badly, as if there are notes written on my file to do so. Surely, they can't all be this bad...can they? Any good reviews (on their website, as they are hard to find anywhere else!) are absolutely fake, as I have had to call them about 30 times of the past few years and have never had a good or even professional experience! They only reason that I stick with them is my laziness to start all over with finding another. As long as I can get by without their help, I put up with it. As soon as my terminal fails, I will move on, as I will never buy another from this company, ever!

Tip for consumers:
Once the salesman hooks you, the poor service begins

Products used:
POS merchant billing

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Thumbnail of user leslieb1201
1 review
0 helpful votes
January 31st, 2024

I called to inquire about costs. The rep insisted she have my banking info to provide scheduel of costs. I told her I was a new business owner and wanted to wait a few months before using the service. I was sent a letter and email telling me to contact Elavon when I desired to begin service and be sent a POS. Then right away they began to charge my bank account, first $60 then $195. I called Elavon and complained. I had my bank reverse the charges. Then Elavon sent my account to collections! I did not even use their service. BEWARE!

Thumbnail of user just4jamesb1
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 27th, 2023

Worst customer service i have ever experienced in my 40 years if being in business…….it's IMPOSSIBLE to actually speak with someone. They do all by e mail, and you don't know who your talking to …….

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Thumbnail of user billm1922
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 20th, 2023

As treasurer of a non-profit, I felt Elavon overcharged is on multiple occasions and I would not recommend them for anyone.

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Thumbnail of user matthewr1402
1 review
0 helpful votes
November 6th, 2023

Had an account with Helcim/Elavon. They decided to split and I stuck with Helcim. Little did I know, Elavon had a separate account and were charging us $99.99 monthly under the generic description, "Merchant Fees" which I didn't catch for quite some time. When I finally found out it was Elavon over a year later, I called for a refund, was hung up on several times and was refused a refund despite never receiving a single notice by mail, email, call or text about my "contract" or bill. I had recommended Helcim/Elavon for years, but it looks like Helcim was doing the good work for customer service. This industry lives and dies by reputation and Elavon has decided to take shortcuts for quick profits at the expense of long-term gains. What they are doing is theft. Stay away.

Thumbnail of user roxanag41
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
June 9th, 2022

I pay 400 dollars per month small bussiness. You can't talk to costumer service. They hang up on you very bad. Please believe this

Thumbnail of user robertc6148
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 7th, 2022

To much run around. Resubmit paperwork to many times.No one knows Why? Hummmm... Big circle jerk, I's unreal how many times they tell you something then they never follow through. Hope the FTC shuts them down. They are in co-hoots with US Bank So, do not open an account with that bank! The CEO needs vaseline to pull his head out of his $#*!. I submitted So many documents to get a refund because they drained my biz account of fees 49.99 each month during covid -19. Which they agreed not to do but did it anyway. They have corporate offices in Atlanta, Ga. The state attorney general has every right to shut them down. Report them to Senator of the state of GA. As well.

Thumbnail of user davids9771
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
February 8th, 2023

Webster's dictionary needs to add to the definitions of shyster, liar, scammer, swindler, crook, hoodwinker and bamboozler one word...ELAVON! This is not a one star review, this is a negative 10,000 review! Could never get into mypaymentsinsider.com account because they always locked me out and reset my password. Ostensibly, because they did not want me to see all of the fraudulent and fictitious charges that were being added to and then stolen from my account. Was told by my account representative they would be upgrading me from my existing account which, I can only assume meant he would receive thousands more from me unethically. Do yourself a favor...DON'T EVEN CONSIDER ELAVON! Unless they start making elavon toilet paper...then use them as much as you want!

Thumbnail of user johnbrownpacifictrading
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
November 6th, 2023
• Updated review

Left well deserved bad review on their end naming representative assigned to me by name. They attempted to get the other app it was on to force me to change it. I'll say…….it wished they'd paid that type of attention to me when I was a customer.

Products used:
Electronic payments portal

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'Fraud Protection' Should Never Be Used As A Cop Out
October 3rd, 2023
• Previous review

I understand about preventing fraud. I think it's commendable to suspect a malignant account. My account was pulled after weeks of what they said was 'inactivity.' It was so based off of a 'fraud paradigm' from what customer service told me. Elavon, make sure your team calls me when I tell them to after they send 5 or 6 emails trying to help me start an account. There was no activity because we could not get any of your staff on the line for weeks. Jeremiah Eure was assigned to me after the originally assigned helper had resigned for another job. I had to contact Jeremiah over half a dozen times including calls and emails. The system is cumbersome for even experienced tech wizzes. My hired tech support team struggled with the platform on top of staff not following up when asked. Then you the nerve to delete my account, telling me I do have the priviledge of filling out the same paperwork I labored through weeks earlier, if I want to try again. The automated email announcing my account was closed had the nerve to tell me they hoped we could do business again. Here's my business to you again...a bad review telling everyone they are better off using Paypal.

Tip for consumers:
Paypal would be much better use of your time.

Products used:
Site credit card purchase transfer capability

Thumbnail of user plabr
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
March 1st, 2023

Company is based in Ireland
Company is based in Ireland, extremely rude and ill mannered female that put the telephone down on me not suitable to work in this job at all aggravated feepaying customers definitely cannot will not and should not recommend this company
Date of experience: 01 March 2023

Tip for consumers:
Company is based in Ireland
Company is based in Ireland, extremely rude and ill mannered female that put the telephone down on me not suitable to work in this job at all aggravated feepaying customers definitely cannot will not and should not recommend this company
Date of experience: 01 March 2023

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Company is based in Ireland
Company is based in Ireland, extremely rude and ill mannered female that put the telephone down on me not suitable to work in this job at all aggravated feepaying customers definitely cannot will not and should not recommend this company
Date of experience: 01 March 2023

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Thumbnail of user williamy12
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
April 8th, 2018

My company recently wrote a negative review over Authorize. Net and Electronic Payments co. We endorsed our new processor Elavon. We are a large art & antiques co with part of an internet sales platform we conduct some business on. Card processors & merchants are being faced with a new scam called Friendly Fraud. Thats when a buyer makes a purchase then invents some fictional issue as an excuse to keep your goods and not pay for it as well. Oddly thats simply called felony larceny but of course nothing can be that simple anymore. Its now called Friendly Fraud. Long story short Elavon quickly failed to protect us in such a case & we quickly caught them trying to hang us onto to dry when they have an absolute fiduciary responsibility to protect the merchant from fraud along with their assets. We did a lot of research on this getting all the way into Tiffany at Elavons Fraud dept in Knonxville Tn. After a quick round of very simple questions Tiffany could not even tell me what legally defined Fraud. The poor girl doesnt even know that simple question running their Fraud dept. Elavon is as slimy as others. We won this dispute when our own bank interceded in our behalf. Thanks Berkshire Bank. You are awesome. Elavon is another basket full of weasels

Thumbnail of user stevea145
1 review
0 helpful votes
October 19th, 2017

Elavon is by far not only the worst Merchant service company, but probably the most dishonest and unethical company currently operating on planet earth. They said whatever they needed to pull our business from our former merchant provider of 7 years.
Within our first 3 months, they processed $1.3m which is our standard. Then without warning their Risk team decided to hold our funds without provocation or reason for the past 3 weeks holding over $70k and let us know unless we provided a $700,000 Line of Credit our account would be canceled?!? NO Warning, NO ability to other options, nothingand weve never had a chargeback or return in 7 years. No chargebacks, no fraud, no reason whatsoever to warrant this action. They would only respond after multiple follow ups, only agreed to release funds after multiple follow ups and incorporating attorney involvement. They lost a client for no reason and well certainly do all we can to warn others to not get blindsided by this corrupt company. Costco should be ashamed this is their preferred partner.

Thumbnail of user allisonh36
2 reviews
24 helpful votes
December 6th, 2015

Good morning. Today is Sunday December 6,2015, SIX WEEKS since my terminal crashed on October 22,2015 and I was to be shipped a new one. My account at Regions bank has been debited $357.84 for a terminal that I have yet to receive. I include the text from Elevon's response:

"Due to current industry events, including the event that resulted in this terminal's failure, equipment stock shortages caused this purchase order to be held until new equipment is available, missing the delivery target. This equipment shipped today, November 11 and may be tracked using UPS tracking # 1Z370E*******248.
The terminal purchase price of $357.84 ($336.00 terminal, $21.84 tax) is listed on the October 31,2015 merchant billing statement"

Where is my terminal that you charged me for 6 weeks ago?

It is extremely disheartening to know that his company that deals with your financial transactions is so unscrupulous with their business practices. In their response they state
"We value our customers very highly and wish at all times to treat them professionally and with great courtesy. We hope to continue serving you and appreciate your business." This comes from a reprinted manual.

Have they checked to see if the terminal has been delivered? Have they followed up with me to see if I received it?

Again, what someone SAYS is insignificant. Someone's ACTIONS speaks volumes.

Again, I await the refund for the terminal that I have been charged for on October 22,2015 and that i have NOT received as of December 6,2015. May there are STILL having DELIVERY ISSUES as they said before:
"Due to current industry events, including the event that resulted in this terminal's failure, equipment stock shortages caused this purchase order to be held until new equipment is available, missing the delivery target". The target date was OCTOBER 26,2015. Where is my terminal?

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