Fingerhut Customer Service

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If you are a resident of the state of California, press one.
Otherwise, press two."

Calling this Fingerhut Customer Number

By Jeff Whelpley

May 15, 2024

When you call the customer service phone number for Fingerhut Advantage, you're greeted by an automated message system which simply states: "If you are a resident of California, press 1. Otherwise, press 2." You're given, literally, maybe two seconds to respond before being presented with a Spanish language option (which is awesome) and then asked, in English, to enter the last four digits of your social security number (huh?).

What happened to pressing 1 or 2 regarding being a California resident? Can I have more than 1.5 seconds to press a number? Sheesh. I mean, I can press an option quickly because I'm using my headphone while holding and looking at my phone, but if my 60-something-year-old mother were to interact with this system? It would breeze right by her, and she's not even physically slow, she's just human and actually holding her phone to her ear rather than using headphones.

Also, I'm not sure the California resident option actually has any bearing on the phone menu because it didn't even seem to register when I made a selection. Regardless of what is selected, you're asked to enter the last four of your social security number, which is a bit odd as I'm not currently a customer; I'm just calling as a potential customer. So, where do I go from here?

Without a social security number registered in their system, you have to wait at least two cycles of "Please enter the last four digits of your social security number. Sorry, I didn't get that. Please try again," regardless of whether or not you actually say or enter anything, before finally being presented with an option to speak to a representative—press 0. Sheesh again.

The person I spoke to was a bit aloof, but not unprofessional or anything. He suggested I check out their website, which is a pet peeve of mine when I'm intentionally calling rather than searching online, but it is what it is.

Jeff truly believes that all customers deserve good service. He’s been building tools, inventing phone tree hacks and helping customers since before his days at GetHuman. He's also a Google GDE and involved in the Angular community.

Conclusion and closing notes

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