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- From: bad@pismo.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
- Subject: Re: Beatlefest blows it!
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 15:28:40 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
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- In article <1h7ue3INNqra@menudo.uh.edu> edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen) writes:
- >In article <1h7qctINNj65@transfer.stratus.com> bad@pismo.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes) writes:
- >>
- >>I wanted to pass on an experience that a friend of mine had with the
- >>Beatlefest people.
- >
- >[story deleted]
- >
- >However, they hire a *lot* of temporaries,
- >and is the case with temporaries, they are very likely to screw up. (And
- >unfortunately, had you gotten through to the Lapidos's, all they could've
- >told you is that they were *very* sorry, and possibly offered your friend
- >some free credit -- or the head of the operator, if you/he were the mean and
- >vindictive type)
- >
- >The problem does not lie with the Beatlefest folks, instead it lies with
- >trying to order *anything* through the mail at Christmastime -- a frustrating
- >quest with the best of companies...
- >
-
- I don't want to drag this on, but I thought you all might be curious to
- hear what Mark Lapidos had to say.
-
- I started to tell the story to him, and he kept cutting me off telling me
- that the book was back ordered and it wasn't his fault and what's the
- big deal. I started to lose my cool a bit and raised my voice and told
- him that I'm shocked that he can't even take one minute to listen to a
- customer problem. He finally listened, but still said "what's the big
- deal" and I proceeded to tell him just what the big deal was. :-)
-
- He finally was getting tired of talking to me, so he said, "well I'm very
- sorry this happened and we certainly care about our customers. I'll
- talk to the girl [his word, not mine] that took the order about it."
-
- I asked him to send off a letter of apology to my friend, which he agreed
- to do. But I am left with a very bad taste in my mouth for the Lapidos
- organization. I really think he looked at my friend's problem as
- a number in a spreadsheet, rather than a real person who didn't get
- the service they should have.
-
- I must say, Edward, I admire your patience and understanding of the
- business position in this matter. But my feeling is that no matter
- how commonplace this might be, it is still inexcusable.
-
- I promise that this will be that last from me on this subject.
-
- Bruce
-
-
-
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