Is Quickbooks Online customer support always so bad? I have asked the same question 3 times in the online chat and have not received an answer.

one star for years

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We are always aiming to make our customers feel valued, travis6.

I appreciate the time and effort you've spent with one of our chat support agents. I'll personally share your feedback with our Customer Support Team regarding this one. We'll be able to take action on improving our customer service.

You can post your concern here so that I can help you. We also have All-Stars and other users who hang out here in the Community and can provide the answer.

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I've got a link here where you can find articles about managing your business in QuickBooks Online (QBO): https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/get-started/07?product=QuickBooks%20Online. Then, go to the Topics section to see the articles you need.

Fill me in if you need a hand with running sales form transactions or anything else QBO related. I'm always here to help.

Your online service is the WORST I have ever encountered in my life... 

1. Too many untrained people, no idea how the applications work.. then they keep you online and fiddle for hours and make the problem worse.

2.  Most of the people have less than 2 months experience and they use that application  in the background researching the problem... they try to make it look like they know what they are talking about

3. QB online has cost me thousands in misses and time trying to fix.. if I could find another application I would.

Just terrible... 0/5 stars.

YES THERE SERVICE IS A JOKE.    I have always known this , but now even more so.   They drag you out forever and never answer your question or give you any real support.  Its like a robot just pushes replies.

I rated them a 1 in customer service. 

We utilize quickbooks online for our non profit. Unfortunately, we have had a difficult time connecting our CD accounts to quickbooks. I spoke to a very rude and unhelpful customer service rep who basically said it is Chases issue however when I spoke to Chase they directed me back to Quick Books Customer Service. The person I then had the pleasure of speaking to basically with absolute no customer service said "sorry nothing I can do, you need to work with Chase, yet again" I then asked if she could clarify a little further so that I can understand what needs to actually be done. She said call Chase and ask them to disconnect the accounts. I let her know what Chase told me and she said well then there is nothing that can be done. I asked for someone within Quickbooks that I can escalate this technical issue to. She sat there for 1 full minute in silence, sighed and said hold on, put me on hold for 8 minutes, came back and said she was waiting for someone and then just put me back on hold. 20 minutes later, and I am still on hold. QB must make so much money that customer service is not important to them. I am appalled that this person is employed in a Customer Service job especially in resolution. Sometimes if you aren't part of the solution you are part of the problem. 

As I read what your goal and vision is, to make customers feel valued, you have not. 

Meghan H

This is not the impression we want you to have when using QuickBooks, Meghan H.

I appreciate the time and effort you've spent with one of our phone support agents. I'll personally share your feedback with our Customer Support Team regarding this one. We'll be able to take action on improving our customer service.

I'd like to make sure that we're on the same page so I can provide you the right amount of information. Have you encountered an error message when connecting your Chase account to QuickBooks Online? Are you trying to download your bank data into your account? Any details or screenshot is appreciated so we can narrow down this issue.

I'll be here waiting for your response to answer any questions I can. Take care always. 

I wish I could upvote this comment/feedback more than once.  The agent kept sending me links to "help" (loose term) articles I had already found and both the links and "support" from the agent were vague at best.    Zero efforts to make anything right.  That's not customer service.  QB is not an advocate for small businesses.  Their only concern is their bottom line.  I, too, wish there was a competing product.

I appreciate the feedback you've shared, @ktmac1010.

This is not the service that we want you to experience.  Part of my job is to ensure we're able to assist our customers properly in a manner that your experience is marked as outstanding. That being said, can you tell me more details about your concern? This way, I can provide you with accurate information that can address your concern.

In the meantime, let me share some resources that you can browse and use as a reference in managing and navigating around your QuickBooks account.

•  Video Tutorials for QuickBooks Online - You can watch videos that can help you perform the most vital features of the program. 
• Small Business Webinars and Trainings - Join our live QuickBooks webinars for more in-depth knowledge on how you can maximize the use of QuickBooks to manage your finances
• .The QuickBooks Blog - You can visit this page so you'd be updated on the latest product updates and feature releases.
• QuickBooks Community and Live Bookkeeping - You can ask questions to QuickBooks Experts, accountants, and other users to know more ways on how to use QuickBooks that will suit your business needs.

Looking forward to hearing again from, feel free to click the Reply button below.

Its very hit and miss on who you get. Sometimes they are brilliant and solve quickly but other times have to explain yourself over and over like they haven't been properly trained or have limited accounting background. The latter take longer to answer as if they are asking or checking some form of help in the background. I guess its a recruitment/training thing. Been much worse of late and very frustrating.

Same here, what a waste of time, I was left hanging on chat twice, my question was never answered, I was just sent several useless links. I don't know what happened but there is no more phone support, and chat support is horrible.  "Specialist" take lots of time to answer, and their responses have nothing to do with my issues. I definitely would not recommend Quickbooks, it's getting from bad to worse, I wish there was another alternative.

I have several times waited on hold for up to an hour and then been told to call another number, only to have the same response when I finally contacted a service agent at the second number.  "We can't help you, please call this number", over and over again.  I am very frustrated with quickbooks.  I am considering moving to another accounting company, such as SimplyAccounting online service, Sage, because I am so frustrated with their customer service.

Thanks for following this thread, mad accountant.

This isn’t what I want for you when reaching out for support. Please know the Community is a platform where customers can post questions, and you’re just in the right place.

May I know the specific help you need with QuickBooks? Any additional information you can share will help me provide the best solution to your concern.

Thanks in advance. I’m looking forward to working with you. Have a good one.

I find that the community forum is more  helpful than QuickBooks support.  I haven't used QB support in years.

Desktop was a much better product before their push to the Online version. I wish they would just tell us we are no longer going to support or update the software. Instead they are doing it in a passive aggressive manner. That's just my humble opinion. 

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@mad accountant wrote:

I have several times waited on hold for up to an hour and then been told to call another number, only to have the same response when I finally contacted a service agent at the second number.  

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@mad accountant 

Which numbers did you contact?

If someone told me support was bad, I wouldn't believed them. Intuit is a multi-billion dollar software company.

After hours on the phone and chat with support though, I've come to the realization that they are the worst customer service I have ever interacted with. Given that I pay for their service and get service that's this bad, I feel literally scammed.

They are terrible customer support.  1 star best.  No online tech support anymore.  They used to be good.  Horrible chat lines.  Go in circles and cant get connected.  Waste so much time going back and forth on chat when you do get someone.  So much simpler in the good old days when they actually spoke to you on the phone and explained things and helped you. 

I cancelled intuit payments several years ago - and I'm still paying for it!!  I am so unbelievably frustrated by my inability to get these charges stopped.  I wonder if you have to sue?

This is not the kind of service we want you to experience, shannonatboothlady. 

Let's double check if the account has been successfully cancelled to prevent any charges. Here's how: 

1. Go to the Gear icon and choose Account and Settings.
2. Select Billing & Subscription.
3. In the QuickBooks section, click Cancel.
4. Click Continue to Cancel, then Continue to Cancel again.
5. Answer the short survey, then Click Confirm Cancel. 

You can read this article for more information about canceling your account: Cancel your QuickBooks Online subscription. 

You can also reach our Customer Support. They have the tools to get into your account in a secure environment and process this refund request. ​​​​​​To make sure you get prioritized on your concern. Please check out our support hours and contact us at a time convenient: ​​Support hours and types.   

Please know I'll be here if you decide to revisit QuickBooks in the future. Take care.

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS TERRRIBLE!

THE SO-CALLED SUPPORT YOU GET CONTRADICTS THINGS YOU READ IN THE OFFICIAL DOCUEMNTATION AS WELL AS THE EMAILS QBO SENDS ME.

I GET AN EMAIL TELLING ME THE FOLLOWING BUT SUPPORT CAN'T TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THE CREDNETIALS QBO SETUP SO THAT I CAN VERIFY ON MY OWN THROUGH THE FEDERAL SYSTEM.

QUICKBOOKS IS A JOKE:

QUICKBOOKS HAS completed your enrollment in the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)

@AileneA  On February 8th I had a support rep via chat named Robert Val Arnar tell me that phoine support is not available until further notice. Now either he is lying or Quikbooks is telling reps to do whatever they can to avoid people placing phone calls...either way the service has disintegrated even more down to outright deception.

Welcome to the new QBO. I've been with QBO since the early days (2003). Their customer service used to be second to none, with qualified service people who knew about accounting and had familiarity with the system. Now we are just connecting to a "ticket taker", a middle man who is just creating a trouble ticket for us. We now get to deal with someone who we struggle to understand, and who we struggle to help them understand our issue. It's unfortunate that as they've grown they've tried to increase their profit margin by cutting their support budget.

You are so correct...a billion dollar software company who doesn't have the capacity to work out the bugs in a product they created which has left my small business flat with no way to invoice any clients for weeks now.

I don't need to look at videos or contact support because I already have an open "investigation" for an issue I can see has been going on for over 2 years through other posts dating back to 2019.

But I did get my email of the price raise....Thank You, we appreciate you smacking us when we are down

Hi @rris2369,

I completely understand your frustration. The ability to invoice your customers is imperative to your cash flow. Please know that I hear you and I want to help.

I was able to confirm the open investigation. While I don’t have a time frame for resolution right now, I would like to PM you to see if there is anything I can do to make your experience better.

You should see a notification in your Community profile from me shortly. In the meantime, please let me know if you have any other questions or if there is anything else I can help with.

I've been on hold waiting for an agent for 6 hours and 31 minutes. Even a "leave your phone number and we'll call you back when it's your turn" would be helpful. This is actually funny now. Will let you know if they can actually fix our problem. Maybe that requires a 2 week minimum wait though...

Well, here's the update...after waiting all day (since 11:52 a.m., CST) I now got a message that "our experts are currently offline. please try again later." Just for the record, that's 9 hours and 38 minutes, and an "expert" couldn't help or even connect to me.