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Why Big Business Has Customer Service All Wrong (and how small businesses can take advantage of it)

Tips From T. Marie

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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Customer services rate customer service

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The sheer volume of businesses and the popularity of online shopping just make traditional ways of evaluating customer service dinosaurs of the past, hence the arrival of independent companies who generate measurements to assess customer service experiences we all hope or dread as we go about our online shopping moments.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer Service Pet Peeves

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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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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Perception is key to customer.

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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. At a local.

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Consumer Reports’ naughty and nice list for holiday shoppers

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Verizon Wireless for doubling to $350 the early termination fee if a customer cancels their smartphone subscription after the 30-day grace period. Their website does not offer a customer service phone number. Bringing attention to both the helpful and hurtful practices to consumers is a positive step.

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Motorola CLIQ Review - Part 1

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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.