Sally

Yesterday

We paid Moneycorp to exchange £200 into czk and only received £120 worth of czk money. We just lost £80 using them. Absolutely appalling exchange rate and will never use them again.

• I ordered £200 worth of Czech Koruna
• My currency arrived on time
• I did not received the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Tim

5th December 2018

God help you if you have a problem and need to speak with customer services. I loaded my card up that I've had for 3 or 4 years with US dollar yet after using it to guarantee several hotel charges which should have been instantly refunded on departure my balance was way down with NOTHING showing on statement nor in pending. I was in the far East so emailed as was 8 hours ahead asking for explanation..NO ANSWER. I emailed twice more before I had a middle of night call from them merely asking me to call. After going through automated security which took ages ( calls were £3 per minute from my location) a moody lady wouldn't answer anything and every time I spoke she spoke over me until I was getting seriously annoyed. Without even asking anything she said I'd failed security and would need to send PHOTO ID before she could tell me anything. Again all the time just talking over me..I was really wound up and asked for a supervisor forgetting how much I was paying for the call..she was just as bad but at least went through security questions but was asking ridiculoylus things like can I remember how I applied and what I had stated without any clue as to what she was getting at..she even said my name wasn't me!! I did eventually get an answer and it was a hotel apparently still holding a pending transaction but I knew this wasntvtrue as I had the foresight to ask hotel for an authorisation code of refund..Moneycorp just hadn't put it through and I had to repeat this number 3 times to the idiot on the phone after every one she made me hold again! This call cost me £120.00 and wound me up more than anything I've done for a very long time..im going to try to reclaim this but not holding my breath..

• I ordered a prepaid multi-currency card
• Reloading the card was easy
• The card was not accepted everywhere that I wanted to use it
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Sasha

4th December 2018

I purchased Dirham for my holiday to Morocco In Nov 2018 - I purchased 1000 Dirham for £170....Assuming they are a trustworthy and well-known exchange company I didnt question it nor did I have the time to get quotes online. I was expecting a 10% loss in value, at most. However, once my money ran out and I used the cash machine I was able to withdraw (from a cash machine in Morocco) 700 for £60. I basically paid double its value...DOUBLE!!!! that is the definition of daylight robbery. And my two other friends did the exact same thing. Makes me question how this can be legal or if there are no official standards. If not, they are legal scammers and I will not stop here.

• I ordered £170 worth of Moroccan Dirham
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Ranjita Jain

9th November 2018

I have sent a email to CEO but did not get response, however Since I am unable to get a help and solution from your team, I am writing to you compulsion.. This is 14th day I have been suffering indirectly harassment, frustration and exploitation by your company. Moreover my family did not appropriately celebrate our most important festival Diwali because company did not transfer money in 14 days. History of this incident, I wanted transfer money to my indian account, so company representative booked it on 26th Oct. But it was not transferred till 31st Oct, and then I enquired about it and came to know that it is pending because of document (Point is here, your company did not inform to me). So I submitted document. But neither money has been credited to my Indian account nor refunded back to my UK account till today. However I have sent several email and tried to call customer care but hardly I got appropriate response from them. I trust this is not the way that a reputed company wishes to conduct business with valued customer. I have done lots of transaction with several companies but have never encountered such terrible, unprofessional and irresponsible treatment before. I trust you will look into this matter on urgently and see that proper action is taken by your team, since we (me and family could not celebrate festival with full of joy) have suffered mentally, physically and loss of money as well, I am expecting an appropriate compensation for this issue.

• I transferred Indian Rupees to UK
• The transfer was not completed within three working days
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Mandy

15th October 2018

I don't get all the negative reviews. I preordered canadian dollars and was the best rate around. Rate was locked in regardless of the rate at the airport on the day. Money was there waiting. Of course if you walk up and use them last minute or use cash machines - it's going to be sky high. Be prepared and/or do your research. Not like it's hard in the modern era of 4G and phones!

• I ordered £1000 worth of Canadian Dollars
• My currency arrived on time
• I received the notes I requested
• I would recommend Moneycorp to others

Stephanie

17th September 2018

Shocking exchange rates when using the airport currency ATMs Euro 200 cost me £211.00 if I had reserved with them the day before to collect it would have cost £186.00. Total rip off

• I ordered £200 worth of Euros
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Kieran Charles

25th August 2018

My review is similar to Diana, we was in a rush at Stansted Airport on 20th August 2018 and had no choice but too use a cash machine to change our euros. We drew out €200 which converted to £232 therefore was charged £50.85 for this transaction vs. today's rate which comes in at £181.15.... This is a total rip off in its entirely. I will never again use these machines and hope to reviece a reply on this matter as I feel there is a serious fault or scam....

• I ordered £200 worth of Euros
• My currency did not arrived on time
• I did not received the notes I requested

Diane

23rd August 2018

Awful . I was in a rush and unfortunately when automated machine said 1GBP =.864 Euro , I automatically thought fine as I am used to translating euros to pounds at around this rate so completely forgot it was other way round and should have been the inverse I.e around 1.1 . Of course I understand I have to pay commission but 230 pounds for 200 euros REALLY ???? Outrageous. Totally fleeced. I will never use them again unless maybe their machines have been fed with wrong rates ? I await moneycorps reply : and no I don’t accept the standard response which is that airports are more expensive places to operate. I think there is an error on their machine rate !!!

jo

18th August 2018

Exchanged 50 euros back to pound... was charged £18 for doing so... received £32 back. Complete rip off... cash machines charged me roughly £2 for each transaction in any amount. Said it was the due to the different rates and airport fees.... So Bristol Airport apparently is to blame... hmmm.... I paid £4 when flying out in the airport to exchange... So did not appear to be linked to airport fees, but with the actually company.

• I sold 50 Euros
• I received the amount I was quoted
• I was paid within three working days
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Olev

30th July 2018

My Experience with Moneycorp is positive. Here are trade offs. It is obvious what Moneycorp making money out of you. Roughly 15% commission for exchange rate from bank average. I wouldn't use them if I would buy travel Money. Even Tesco is 10% better up. BUT. BIG BONUS!!!! Explorer Master Card! Free of transaction fees when paying with preloaded in country currency. In my case spending Euros in Spain in Supermarket... Free of fees, conversion and etc... Roughly saves 3% Bank charge + £1.00, same on Petrol Stations in France and Spain... It makes real exchange margin 9% No subscription fees or membership fees. For Mastercard is usually over £100 a year You wouldn't run out of money. Money wouldn't be stolen. You can see balance on cash machine (free withdrawal) My explorer card was accepted everywhere without a glitch for last 4 years. I believe with my holiday budget per year of £4500 Moneycorp is reasonably good and safe value for money. Indeed you can win £20 on currency rates and keep in your pocket or under hotel pillow £1000.00 to make holidays as cheap as possible.

• I ordered a prepaid multi-currency card
• Reloading the card was easy
• The card was accepted everywhere that I used it
• I would recommend Moneycorp to others

Private

21st July 2018

Absolutely terrible. I think I’m about £80 down on my holiday spending money after being ripped off at Gatwick Airport by this company. It says rate is “7.8%” on the receipt, but I don’t know how £500 translates to 5,000 Moroccan Dirhams when i think it’s more like over 6,000. I will be complaining on my return as this is daylight robbery - unless someone can confirm this was an okay deal and I miscalculated?

• I ordered £500 worth of Moroccan Dirham
• My order was delivered on time
• I received the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Matt

19th July 2018

This company is running a complete racket, they should all get in the sea. Early flight, in a rush, very tired (so all my own fault but still), charged £230 for €200. They say they have some of the best exchange rates in the country... Avoid like plague.

• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Anthony Le

9th July 2018

Completely ripped off. I was in the rush needing some British Pound at Stansted airport. Put the card in and got $700.00 British Pound out. Got in to the Hotel the realised they have ripped me off charge me over $300.00 Singaporean dollars more than the normal market rate. Please stay away with this Money Corp and don’t let them to rip you off like me

• I ordered a prepaid multi-currency card
• Reloading the card was easy
• The card was accepted everywhere that I used it
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Camilla

9th July 2018

DO NOT agree to upload the local cash currency from your money exchange on to the Moneycorp card. They say that you can use it abroad to withdraw all the cash, but they don't tell you that there is a hidden fee for every cash transaction. You also end up losing your smaller bits of change as you are unable to withdraw these from cash machines. Always stick to exchanging your cash FOR cash. This is how they make their money! If everyone was to forget about their smaller denominations of money (for example anything under £10 that cannot be withdrawn from a cash point) then imagine how much they are pocketing. Inconvenient and stressful!

• I ordered a prepaid multi-currency card
• Reloading the card was not easy
• The card was not accepted everywhere that I wanted to use it
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Chris Oduwole

6th July 2018

Absolutely disgraceful rate offered to walk up customers paying in cash. I'm sure it can't be legal to for them advertise "competitive rates". On £600 I lost about £120- so thats 20% commission! I didn't check the rate- it was early and I was in a rush, but you assume a reasonably fair deal. Also disgraceful that Gatwick allow this on their premises. Have contacted Gatwick Customer Services and will be contacting trading standards. NO STARS

• I ordered £600 worth of Croatian Kuna
• My order was not delivered on time
• I did not receive the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Maria

25th June 2018

Paid £312 for Eur300, a currency that is cheaper than the pound. This cannot be legal! I always buy money at airports and I've never seen anything like this, and in the UK!!!! Is there anything all the people that have been victims of this crazy rates could do? I mean apart FROM NEVER EVER use them again of course.

• My order was not delivered on time
• I received the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Brian W McGinty

20th June 2018

I had a planned trip to Spain and having held the card for some time did not expect to have any issues. WRONG!!! 4 days before I travelled I tried to load my card and despite authorisation from my bank and using 2 separate debit cards the Explorer card would not accept the transfer. My conversations with Card Services amounted to nothing and so even though I tried numerous times over 4 days I finally had to go and collect currency from my bank. Something I wanted to avoid. Needless to say I shall not be using Moneycorp ever again.

• I ordered a prepaid Euro card
• Reloading the card was not easy
• The card was accepted everywhere that I used it
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Adele

20th June 2018

DO NOT USE I got a travel money card for holiday and loaded £400 on it. When I went to use the card it was declined. I was in a foreign country and could not access my money. Rang up helpline and they could not help unless I had access to a desktop computer. Absolutely useless and incompetent. It takes up to 5 days to get your money back. outrageous.

• I ordered a prepaid Euro card
• Reloading the card was not easy
• The card was not accepted everywhere that I wanted to use it
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Ben

15th June 2018

Very bad indeed. I loaded the car with € and went on holiday to France but every time I paid in € or withdrew € I was charged - up to €5 per transaction!!!! What?? The helpline was useless, after an hour I was told that I should have selected a single currency card. OK no problem give me one of those and transfer the remaining cash onto the new card - sorry not so easy. First you have to cancel the car and take the money out with - yes you guessed it - a withdrawal penalty of €7 - great thanks. DO NOT get one of these scam cards.

• I ordered a prepaid multi-currency card
• Reloading the card was easy
• The card was accepted everywhere that I used it
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Li Fang

14th June 2018

Terrible. I withdrew £150 at ATM Moneycorp at Stansted Airport.then I was charged €211.market exchange rate is 1.14:1,and they requested 1.41:1.it is literally robbery!

• I ordered £150 worth of Euros
• My order was not delivered on time
• I did not receive the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

James

3rd June 2018

I purchased the guarantee to buy back my money at the same rate as I purchased it for (I got what I thought was a very good rate for my original purchase)... only to find out that while they do not tell customers in advance that they have a company not to buy back coins...when I pointed out to the sales assistant that they should tell customers this prior to purchase she called me a "f***ing customer" talking to a colleague as I left the desk. I've got several pounds worth of coins - well over the value of the buy back guarantee - makes it seem like a pointless exercise if you can't fully use it

• I ordered £350 worth of Polish Zloty
• My order was delivered on time
• I received the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

A Francis

30th May 2018

Fraud! As per the voucher on the Bristol Airport website (moneycorp free buy back guarantee over £150) I bought £200 in CHF and £150 in Euros online for a weekend trip to Switzerland. I emailed the company and double checked that the voucher is correct as I'm only buying spending £150 in euros because there is a guarantee and I was assured it is fine and to take the voucher with me on the day. When collecting currency from their 'after security' branch opposite duty free (extremely slow service, by the way) - I mentioned to the gentleman serving that I have a voucher for free buy back guarantee as I've spent over £150 for both currencies. I also showed him the voucher but he kept on saying no need for voucher as my package already has a free buy back guarantee 'built-in' because I did buy and collect online. I was concerned because I generally like things written down and told him to at least sign the receipt or something but he didn't. He said not to worry its all built in and all I would need to do is show my receipt when returning currency. After saying a few times I just didn't have a choice but to accept that he knows what he's doing. On our return we went to their arrivals stand, where a (not so happy) lady served us, I explained that I have a free buy back guarantee and want to exchange over 100ish euros back to pounds. Showed her the receipt - on that she shocked me saying I don't have buy back guarantee as there is no reference on it. I explained to her what happened when I collected the currency and even showed her the voucher I had. She said the voucher is not valid and she could do 0% commission but not a buy back on the same rate as we bought it on. I was extremely unhappy as we were clearly been cheated on by the company staff. I even asked the lady to contact the gentleman that served us but she said she's the only one there. I asked to speak to a manager but again there was literally no one else from their company at the airport as per the lady. I re

• I ordered £150 worth of Euros
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Dave C

24th May 2018

I completely agree that the walk-in rates are insulting but I am a currency card holder and only ever pre-order cash for collection. The rate for this is one of the best in the market and saves going to the high street or paying for secure postage and is convenient to collect from the desk when you have time to kill at airport departures. I also had a problem with fraud on the card account and all the money stolen was refunded back onto the card without question within 24 hours of reporting to customer services.

• I ordered a prepaid multi-currency card
• Reloading the card was easy
• The card was accepted everywhere that I used it
• I would recommend Moneycorp to others

Dave B

21st May 2018

I feel like an idiot, as I completely fell for an apparently legal scam. Saw “no commission” on the ATM, was in a bit of a rush and foolishly assumed that an ATM at Stansted would be trustworthy and that I’d be better off drawing out money there than in Lisbon. Paid £340 for €300 - so about £75 down. Lovely. I was stupid as it didn’t really sink in until a few minutes later when I was in departures, but what could I have done anyway. Please don’t let it happen to you; I’m telling as many people as I can to avoid this and Moneycorp generally. Meanwhile my mate drew out €200 from an ATM at Lisbon airport and it cost him under £180. Honesty vs thieving. Moneycorp feel free to contact me if you fancy reimbursing me or apologising; don’t bother if you’re going to try to justify it in some way, especially if you try to claim it’s to do with “giving best value” or some other nonsense.

• I ordered £265 worth of Euros
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others

Simon

18th May 2018

Exchanged money at one of the Stansted Airport desks. As a 'Walk in' customer I expect an airport desk to have a poor rate, having used other companies at other airports these are around 5-10% different to the market. This was around 30% different. I didn't realise how bad it was until after I got back home and started going through receipts (taking advantage of the stressed airport environment much?). I won't be using them again.

• I ordered £100 worth of Czech Koruna
• My order was delivered on time
• I did not receive the notes I requested
• I would not recommend Moneycorp to others