In 2014 I reported to Bank of America that I had lost my job and sources of income hence encounter financial hardship and could not meet my minimum payments and needed to enroll in their financial hardship program/card protection. I was told by the agent at the time that because I did not have a job i could not enroll in the hardship program and they would be reporting the negative information to the credit bureaus. I then told them that due to my circumstances it would be impossible for me to continue making payments without some sort of arrangement to no avail. Once I began working again I contacted Bank of America again and informed them that I had found another job and was ready to begin making payments and that I wanted to set up a payment arrangement and enroll in their hardship program so that I could pay them and take care of the other bills I had fallen behind on. I was informed that I had the options for payments : 1. ) I could pay {$260.00} for 2 months. 2 ) I could make a payment of {$180.00} for 3 months. Or 3. ) I could make a payment of {$150.00} for 4 months. While the payments were steep I agreed to commit to the 4 month plan to get my life back on track. Then after a string of invasive questions the customer service agent informed me that not only was I not eligible to complete the agreement for the 4 month plan but that the hardship program was not an option for me either after I was initially informed that these options were not available due to my unemployment status. Thus if I did not have the options for a hardship program or particular payment arraignments when I was unemployed or when i became employed then that means the options were never available to me at all. At the beginning of my credit relationship with Bank of America I was falsley led to believe that in the event of job loss and financial hardship that alternative payment options were available to me but under all circumstances this proved to be untrue. Hence I was coerced into a credit agreement with bank of america via misrepresentation of products and services. 
