ICE PLC reviews

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John Gibbins

27 July 2021

Very poor communication. Taken non usage fee without telling us. We cannot travel due to Covid so card cannot be used. Company refused to refund any monies even though we were never told of this sharp practice.

This company was excellent years ago but no longer. I do not recommend anyone using them going forward.

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Kevin Thomas’s

2 June 2021

This ICE clear card is absolutely rubbish. I strongly advise not to get one for travel. I have not used mine for over 12 months due to travel restrictions caused by the pandemic. I have discovered they are taking £2 a month non usage fee from my account during the pandemic. When you contact them they say it’s MasterCard’s fault. What nonsense.

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Robert Scribbins

8 April 2021

I find it impossible to contact anyone, impossible to get any response, so impossible to recover the £800 closing balance on my card since October 2020. What do I do? I am 83 and may be dead before I get my money!

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Michael de Sancha

27 January 2021

I was quite happy with the ICE clear card when I could travel but I am not now when I see that despite a claimed ‘no fees’, my money is disappearing at 2 euros (approx) a month for the last two years when I have been unable to use it.

Any chance of interest on my deposited cash or a return of my euros?

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Harmony

29 October 2020

My original ICE Travel Card acquired 2013 (with the Mastercard branding) still had EUR 43.94 on it when I realised a year or two later that it had expired. I tried to recover the money and reactivate the card or transfer the balance onto a new one, but was told by ICE that it could not be retrieved. I reluctantly accepted that as they gave me no option, although very annoying that they weren’t more helpful.

I loaded my next ICE card in Nov 2017 with EUR 214 for a quick trip and then did not go away as planned so left the money on the card. A new ICE Clear card replaced the ICE travel card I had in Jan 2019 and my balance of EUR 214 mysteriously turned into EUR 175.93. I queried this immediately but although I was quick off the mark this time, I was again told that they could not access my previous card or the money on it and that they had no record...

Now October 2020 I have just discovered that my balance has reduced further. Now only EUR 155.68 is left on it.

Apparently a non usage fee is now charged of £2 per month taken in euros off the card balance. Because my card being idle is causing Mastercard so much work...!? Considering this fee started Feb 2020 and we were in Lockdown from March to July it seems pretty unfair to charge a non-usage fee- which I question anyway - but they say its in their T&Cs. I have not had use of a single euro that has gone.

I have spent a whole evening phoning ICE Clear - 5 times in 3.5 hrs - trying to close the card and still have not got my money back from my ICE card. I am trying to transfer the balance to my bank account but every person has hung up on me and when I called back last time I got the same person by chance that I'd been speaking to. She said that she can not close the card so tried to transfer me to someone else- when it went dead (again). She told me that the other person will call me back as soon as they finish the call they are on..that was 45 minutes ago and counting as I write this and its nearly 10pm where I am.

I now see many other complaints online from people who have lost money in similar ways to ICE and ICE customer service has failed to refund them or deal with their complaints. Other cards that take non-usage fees are waiving this during the pandemic. I would not recommend ICEClear to anyone.

NOTE:

Now 10.15pm and I have had a call back from ICE and been asked to 'be patient' because they have to take me through FIVE pages of admin to give me my money back. I was then told I would only get £133.11 for my EUR 155.68 (a fair exchange would be £140.68 which is todays exchange rate in actual fact). They say that they can not return the money to me any other way. I am amazed they get away with this. AVOID!!

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Barry Hubbard

11 July 2020

Fantastic service, ordered Friday PM, money delivered Saturday AM.With a £75 wine

voucher, superb company to deal with, thank you.

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Steve

3 July 2020

Trying to check my pin on the app but there is nowhere to check it even though it says you can!!

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John burford

17 February 2020

I wish I had never seen this card

Once I have used the cash on it I’ve finished with it

It is absolutely rubbish

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CT

7 February 2020

The app is pretty useless; tried with two debit cards to load money onto it without success. I eventually resorted to logging on to my account via a laptop and that worked. So ICE - get your app sorted!! Having read the other reviews I will get another card from another supplier as back up.

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John burford

27 January 2020

This card is an absolute waste of space , won’t let me load money online , you ring up and get someone who can only speak VERY poor English , I wish I had never seen this pathetic excuse for a travel money card