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- Date: Wednesday, 23 Dec 1992 11:15:40 MST
- From: <AOAFF@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92358.111540AOAFF@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
- Subject: Re: Beatlefest blows it!
- Distribution: world
- References: <1h7qctINNj65@transfer.stratus.com> <1h7ue3INNqra@menudo.uh.edu>
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- In article <1h7ue3INNqra@menudo.uh.edu>, edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s.
- chen) says:
- >
- >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 am sorry to have to disagree, but the problem and blame does indeed lie
- with the company. Blaming it on the Xmas season, is no excuse. It appears
- that several mistakes were made:
-
- 1) They said an item was in stock and it wasn't (or they gave it to someone
- else).
- 2) They didn't immediately notify the customer of their mistake.
- 3) They didn't ship the other item either.
- 4) They did not think the incident was important enough to offer an apology
- and compensation.
-
- My impression is that this is not some gigantic corporation, so if they
- can't keep track of their limited inventory, they are simply not doing
- a good job. In addition, service-oriented firms will do their best to
- correct their mistakes and keep them from happening again.
-
- I have not dealt with Beatlefest, so I don't know their "track record,"
- but this incident, and their reaction to it, is disturbing to me. I
- try to avoid stores that treat customers so cavalierly. Allen
-
-