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- From: bjheyboer@space.honeywell.com (Brian Heyboer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Don't order from * !!!
- Date: 14 Feb 1996 16:16:33 GMT
- Organization: Honeywell Space Systems
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4ft1t1$ilt@spacenns.space.honeywell.com>
- References: <4f8ra4$nk2@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> <4f947v$pp8@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <311C4ACB.5CEE@qed.net>
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- In article <311C4ACB.5CEE@qed.net> "Shane R. Monroe" <darkuni@qed.net> writes:
-
-
- >This particular matter is particularly upsetting to all of us, me
- >especially. This is the kind of unique NIGHTMARE that happens about
- >once a year to ALL major mail order companies - and fortunately it all
- >usually gets resolved without some big ugly post to the newsgroups.
- >This time, it seems, we couldn't fix it in time.
-
- All of the horror story can be explained as "shit happens" with one exception,
- and that's this:
-
- > He gave me the tracking number, said he
- > called UPS and UPS said it was en route. Now, I know he didn't call UPS
- > because I called UPS as soon as I got the tracking number and they said
- > there wasn't even an origin scan on my computer. So, how could it be in
- > transit?
-
- The evidence is strong that the gentleman was lied to. Once you lie to a
- customer about one thing (and lying about the one thing he can check on is
- REALLY DUMB), he immediately suspects EVERYTHING he has been/will be told. And
- its this type of situation that leads to the posting he made.
-
- I also had a horror story with an Amiga mail-order dealer who was generally
- known for being prompt and efficient. It turned out my problems were all the
- result of a mistake on the part of one employee, compounded by his string of
- lies trying to cover his mistake. My registered letter to the president of the
- company got the situation fixed promptly, and probably got the problem employee
- reprimanded if not fired. Had he admitted his mistake to me in the first
- place, I could have accepted that, and it could have been prompty remedied.
-
- The moral for those in the business is: Admit when you screwed up. If it's a
- really big screw-up, offer some compensation for the inconvenience. MOST of us
- will accept that. Most of us won't accept being lied to and/or kept in the
- dark.
-