BPI really sucks big time, literally. It sucks more and more money from my account.
I’ve been transferring money from Paypal these past few weeks to my BPI Family Savings account since my Unionbank EON account had already expired. I knew they were charging me 150 Pesos per transaction, but just recently they were charging me more.
Today I saw my BPI Express Online shows this:
Here is my last transaction with Paypal:
This is nuts! How can they ever charge me almost 400 Pesos in one transaction? Is this reasonable? What is going on?
Although BPI charges 150 Pesos per transaction, I don’t understand why they charge me more?
Regardless about whether or not BPI or Bank of the Philippine Islands is affiliated with PayPal, how did they come up with that amount of deduction? From the original transfer amounted to 9,325.90 minus 8,958.97 equals 366.93. They charge me 366.93 for one transaction.
BPI really sucks big time! The bank claimed that the account it opened for us can also be used as debit card. But I can’t connect it to Paypal because it doesn’t have the three-digit security code. And the card number is useless. No Visa or MasterCard logo in it.
Well, I should have been informed. Or I should have inquired. But this account was opened by a company I used to work for in my behalf for both payroll purposes and personal account.
Now I think this is the perfect time to renew my Unionbank EON or open a new BDO account. What do you think? What is the best bank account for Paypal withdrawals?
UPDATE: 02/03/2013 3:21 PM
Here’s what BPI has to say. Or at least this is what the Twitter account holder of BPI Talk twitter page:
And this is what I have to say in reply to those tweets:
Well, I don’t know what the Twitterer meant about 1/3 or 2/3. Though he or she referred me to the customer service through the hotline number 89-100. That is the problem. I can’t get through it with that hotline number. Mmmmmm. Email takes me a lot of time wherein I have to wait for a couple of days before they’ll reply back.
Makes me lazy to settle with that, and besides, I got so much things to do. Maybe the customer service will call me or maybe I give that 366 Pesos and 93 centavos as a tip or a reward for being concerned about my issue. hehehe.
Meanwhile, I have to go for a nice swim. Woooooot! 
ang mahal pala ng Paypal to BPI transfer. O_O Mag-EON ka na lang Noy pag online accounts.
Or I recently heard, ok daw ang nTrust.
Oo nga na renew ko na ang Eon ko. Ganun bah? Ok bah Ntrust? Eh kasi natagalan lang nung pag upload ko nang scanned SSS I.D ko. Indi tinanggap kasi invalid daw. Hanap pa me ng valid at i sscan ko pa then upload hehe
Thanks a lot Helen!
Hi Noy,
Sad to hear naman about sa BPI thingy in withdrawing your Paypal funds.
Nevertheless ung 1/3, 2/3, 3/3 sa tweets from BPI mean ung parts ng message (long tweet). Kasi sa twitter limited lang ung characters ang pde matweet kaya if ull tweet a long message like the one above, mostly using fraction is their way to split it into parts.
So the BPI’s full tweet would be:
“We regret to hear of your disappointment with that particular transaction. At this time, we do not have any direct dealings with Paypal and withdrawal transactions from them are considered as international remittances. To have a specific remittance transaction checked, kindly call our hotline, 89-100. Thank you.”
Hope this helps. God Bless Noy!
Ahhhhhh! Ganun pala yon. Ok ok. Now I know. Maraming salamat pareng Jhiegz. hehe
Boss bag-o rako naka encounter ug ing-ani sa BPI Saving tae kaau inlang service bawasan ug 250 maski lampas na sa 7000..fck BPI!
naa kai ma recommend na lain bank para dili makabawas ug maadto sa wala atung mga transactions.. grabe ka holdaper ng BPI! F*CK BPI! dili nko
If dili palang gamit sa salary ang BPI dili nko mo gamit sa ilang service ever!!!!!!
BAD TRIP!
Hey boss noy..OMG bpi is a big scammer because they didn’t lay down the truth..This is to bad! thanks for the news…
You’re welcome Kurt.