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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. In the “intolerable level of public service,” there were 15.4 The problem of what can be done to improve customer service at the IRS doesn’t seem to ever be open for discussion.

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How not to act when customer service fails miserably

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This week was a drama-filled example of a customer “gone wild” when an incredibly frustrated customer service recording from Reddit was made public on YouTube. Was the customer service rule at the company never to hang up on anyone or be fired?

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The “WOW” of customer service

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There’s nothing more stimulating to get me to pull out my credit card and make a purchase than a particular customer service person who just has that “WOW’ affect. Of course, none of us are born with these qualities, yet I do see a certain flair that only a very few seem to possess. There are no.

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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. Outstanding customer service calls for everyone to win.

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Americans changing banks because of fees and poor customer service

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Power and Associates just released their survey which may or may not parallel big banks versus smaller institutions signing up new business practices, but a 5,000 customer survey results found a deflection rate of one in ten customers leaving large institutions last year because of high fees and lousy customer service.

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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

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Not a problem, I was entertained by the two sales associates talking to each other about how the one’s boyfriend refuses to change diapers and wants her to start potty training her 12 month old. Of course, I’ll continue to take my daughter to Claire’s but I will think twice before spending more than $40.

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Service with a snarl: What to look for and how to avoid it

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No doubt we have all been victims of bad customer service, and no doubt we have left companies and moved on to their competition because the experience, at least in our own eyes for the moment, had been intolerable. How is the customer treated? Is the service we expect now provided? Is there an apology for making us wait?