Showing posts with label On Your Side. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On Your Side. Show all posts

Monday, May 16, 2011

On Your Side: 4 unbelievably stupid things no customer should do


Posted: 16 May 2011 03:42 AM PDT




When the service is so awful that you feel like taking a swing at an employee, or falling to the ground and wailing, give yourself a little time-out and watch these videos.
These are real clips of customers behaving really badly.
They aren’t just examples of what not to do when you’re a customer. To some extent, they also help you adjust and manage your own expectations, ensuring that you won’t overreact when things don’t go your way...  http://onyoursi.de/2011/05/4-unbelievably-stupid-things-no-customer-should-do/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OnYourSide+%28On+Your+Side%29

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

On Your Side by CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT

On Your Side by CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT

This site is pretty awesome…


On Your Side is a wiki and blog where you can share the phone numbers, email addresses and names of executives who will help you get the service you deserve.

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Christopher Elliott

Our intrepid researchers have finished yet another category: car manufacturers.
It’s not your fault. When you call a company’s “800” number with a problem, no one tells what to say – or what not to say.
Oour fearless researchers have added another category to our growing customer service wiki: cable TV companies.
Several years ago, I wandered into an art gallery at a Colorado ski resort. I was drawn to the work of a young painter who specialized in wildlife art, and asked the gallery owner how I could contact the artist.
Sometimes, customers let a company get away with murder — figuratively speaking.
Do you want more?
The customer isn’t always right. Not literally, at least.
Even though my mother warned me against using words like “always” and “never” – and maybe yours did too – one adage has been immune to Mom’s scrutiny: The customer is always right.
Everyone knows good service when they see it: The restaurant with a line out the front door, the retail store with customers that come back again and again (even if the prices are higher) or the hotel with a year-long waiting list.
The system works. Just ask Jon Jerome, who had a problem with his George Foreman grill recently, and crafted a succinct message to the company.
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Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoffart.com/
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/