Tips From T. Marie

JANUARY 20, 2015

I’m a stickler about customer service. I have experience serving and helping others, so when it comes time for me to be the customer I have high expectations. This morning I read Seth Godin’s latest blog post entitled, Please Go Away in which he talks about the way most big businesses deal with customer service.

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JULY 21, 2011

If we’re lucky and our orders arrive just as we were promised, the sale is a success, and we most likely will give that company our repeat business. Our problems begin however, when something goes awry, and we search for ways to hold an online company accountable for our complaints. Then there was the fastest hold times.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Some of the major examples included: Phone problems (long hold times, annoying hold music, getting disconnected, blind transfers, etc.) Employees that aren’t happy to see customers (rude, disaffected, unhappy, etc.)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Delivering superior customer service is also a perception. A customer’s perception of an issue is often different than the actual circumstance.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Their reports are not reflective of a company as a whole and were not based on specific policies. The following companies were praised: - Zappos.com for their free shipping and return policies. - Their website does not offer a customer service phone number. Publix offers some antibiotics for free.

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The Marq

DECEMBER 17, 2009

If you’re listening AT&T and Verizon, you may want to take note that you lost my business. Keep in mind, the whole process took me about a week, with three visits to the T-Mobile store and a couple of calls to T-Mobile customer service to decide on a new plan.

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