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Budget cuts for the IRS result in unreliable customer service

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Those budget adjustments have resulted in less personnel, less training, and as a consequence of course, less service. The problem of what can be done to improve customer service at the IRS doesn’t seem to ever be open for discussion. Are they still on hold?

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Getting back to the basics of effective customer service

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Read how easily they can be related to the core values of effective customer service: Habit number one calls for us to be proactive or to take the initiative to realize the decisions we make will ultimately determine the course of our businesses. Put first things first and prioritize your tasks as to your customers.

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Is your customer service “naughty” or “nice?”

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Consumer Reports does qualify their list as neither an approval or disapproval of an organization as a whole, but Tod Marks, the senior editor and resident shopping expert states it is about “specific policies regarded as customer friendly.” photo credit: kholkute.

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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

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It doesn’t sound like this is a location edict, but more of a companywide policy. Claire’s prefers customers who pay with credit cards Or perhaps Claire’s only wants you to spend LESS than $40 It is better to receive two bad $40 checks than one $75 bad check Gosh. Sounds like a personal problem.

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Work-Life Balance 2.0 and Small Business | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Carnival of Money, Growth and Happiness #21 | Credit Card Lowdown Said on October 29th, 2007 at 8:17 pm [.] Of course we don’t need a study to tell us what is already perfectly obvious: flexible working isn’t just desirable from a personal and social level, but makes good business sense too. Vol 1, No.

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Three Reasons You Need to Convince Newbies They Need a Website.

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Reply Stacey Cornelius ( @thestudiosource ) March 10, 2010 at 7:53 am A well thought-out website can show your customers you’re tuned into their needs. People are seriously fed up with lousy customer service. Because I don’t have a US address on my credit card. But it has to be a good site.

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