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Shift4 Reviews Summary

Shift4 has a rating of 1.3 stars from 52 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Shift4 most frequently mention customer service, credit card and pos system. Shift4 ranks 106th among Payment Gateway sites.

service
38
value
34
shipping
26
returns
24
quality
33
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Illinois
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Difficult To Cancel
January 4, 2023

Require a signature to cancel and keep on debiting the account until they get one. Wish they would make their money by providing good service as opposed to barriers to exit. My ask is phone cancellation or online cancellation.

Date of experience: January 4, 2023
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Thanks for reaching out to provide this feedback, Reid. Your comments are really helpful in highlighting opportunities to improve our processes. If you need further assistance resolving your concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team via live chat (available 24/7): shift4.com/support

Minnesota
1 review
3 helpful votes
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No cancelation option
December 2, 2022

Get your account set up with them and you are on the hook for the life they will keep charging your business the monthly fees if you don't believe me look up all the complaints on BBB.

Date of experience: December 2, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Thank you for reaching out, Harsh. We appreciate you sharing your experience and will be sure to incorporate the feedback into future process improvements. We encourage you to reach out via live chat at shift4.com/support if you need further assistance resolving your concerns.

Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Scammers.
November 15, 2022

This company is absloutley thr biggest scammers in thr industry. The digged into my business bank account for 4 months when I figured it out it was almost 6k.when I brought it up I'm at fault yes I was to blame for them stealing mu money 2 I never saw the 500 sign bounce. 3 I sold the business and they still billing me and I'm in collections now.suing those mofos. Run ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍

Date of experience: November 15, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Hi Angelo — We would like to make things right. Please reach out via live chat at shift4.com/support (available 24/7) for assistance in resolving these issues.

North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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THEY DEBIT MONEY OUT OF AN OLD BANK ACCOUNT EVEN THOUGH THEY DEPOSIT MONEY INTO THE CORRECT ACCOUNT. I GET OVERDRAFT FEES EVERY MONTH BECAUSE OF THIS. BEEN TRYING TO FIX THIS FOR 11 MONTHS NOW.

Date of experience: November 2, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

We appreciate your feedback, Steven. We would love the opportunity to work with you and resolve any challenges you're experiencing! We encourage you to reach out to us 24/7 via chat: shift4.com/support

Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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This company has been used by my company for many years now & solely out of lack of time to build a new site is reason for staying... In general as long as you have no needs for issues that come up then the site is a basic site... But When you have a real issue that needs resolving especially when it is a glitch on their end well expect the run around and no department speaks to another and each blames the other... Also don't make the mistake of letting them be your processor to save money on the site because as soon as there is issue holy hell... even when proven to be their fault and cost you the client money they cannot possibly own the mistake and make it right... they drown you in a see of hold times, ticket numbers, well call you back within 24/48hr (aka: not at all) I am now finally having to make the change and will have to speak with litigation about recouping funds provably lost due to their system glitches

Please note I have been a client for several years so this is not taken lightly and while I am pissed at this point, this review is not written to just bash a company it is written because if I can help one person not have this frustration then I have done a good service

Date of experience: September 27, 2022
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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We started with this company they process almost $1 million and they froze our money and will not give it back to us be very careful if you use this company as a vendor

Date of experience: July 11, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Hi Rich — Thank you for the message. We are aware of your situation and our team is looking into the matter. They will be in touch directly.

Michigan
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Horrible fraud protection despite their claims to have "industry leading" protection. September 2021 I had an attempted fraudulent purchase that I easily identified the wrong ZIP code on the billing address and other details didn't look right. I declined the charge based on my discussion with Customer Service, but in October they took $309.99 from my business bank account as a "chargeback" for the sale that I was never paid for in the first place. November they said my chargeback was reversed in my favor but they were holding my money until April 2022. It's now late May 2022 and I still don't have my money. Emails go unanswered and phone calls get me empty promises. I've wasted so much time on hold and being bounced around to different departments who either transfer me somewhere else or promise to resolve the issue without actually doing anything. I'm now using Zyro for my website host and Fortis for credit card processing and couldn't be happier. I'm paying a bit more, but I'm not wasting hours of time like I had to with Shift4Shop. I recommend you avoid this company at all cost.

Date of experience: May 29, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Hi Bret - We're very sorry to hear you're having a chargeback issue. We'd love to help get things resolved as quickly as possible. We've taken the steps to escalate your account internally and someone will be reaching out to you today. Additionally, if you need immediate assistance, we encourage you to utilize our live chat support feature to get a quick response: shift4.com/support

Arizona
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Rip off
May 23, 2022

Beware before you sign up with them, for any reasons in the future you have to stop the services, you are going to be charged arms and legs and they take the money from your account, I will not recommend their credit card processing and it is a very big procedure when you close the account

Date of experience: May 23, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Ghansham, We're very sorry to hear that you're unhappy with your experience and we'd like to take this opportunity to make things right and further discuss your situation. You can live chat with a support representative 24/7 here: shift4.com/support

Minnesota
4 reviews
12 helpful votes
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They charge your customers up to 5 months after the purchase. They have zero tech support. RUN FAST

Date of experience: January 6, 2022
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Magnuson, we're very sorry to hear that your experience with Shift4 has fallen short of your expectations. We strive to provide the best quality service and we seem to have missed the mark here. Please reach out to team via chat (24/7) so that we can discuss this matter and come to a resolution: shift4.com/support

Texas
1 review
6 helpful votes
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The customer service and deposits
I have been trying to get help with deposits and merchant numbers for 3 months. It has been an accounting nightmare to try and reconcile what we took in to what is deposited. I am now 3 months behind on reconciling because of the lack of service. I have called several times a week with no resolution. The worst is I spent 4 hours on a phone call and 3hr and 45 minutes of that was on hold after I told them my issue. No resolution, they created yet another case with no call or response. It has not been over a week since my last case was opened and still nothing. I would recommend anyone but Shift4

Date of experience: July 10, 2020
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Ripoff
February 26, 2018

Used to be a decent, if not great, company. They were neutral, meaning that you had any number of credit card processing options. Not so since they became Shift4 Payments. Now if you dont use them for card processing, they hit you with HUNDREDS of extra $$$ per month!

Date of experience: February 26, 2018
Sean R. Shift4 Rep
over a year old

Our Gateway Only pricing has not changed since before the acquisition. Could you please provide more detail?

Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Gateway Joke
September 13, 2016

Beware, if you give them money before setting up your gateway and listen to their wonderful promises and something goes wrong on the install... you WILL NOT get your money back. Poor communication. Arrogant. Out of Date. Bad business practices, just bad bad bad.

Date of experience: September 12, 2016

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