Customer Service:

Two Gun Bob

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From time to time we feel the need to openly vent regarding cusomer service or the lack of it.
From shops and manafactures to service providers more and more fail to grasp the basic principles.
Shoddy goods/services not as described or le miserable phone people who roll maltesers to each other whilst you rant of your case for justice in the market place.

Well this morning my faith has been restored by someone who actually gives a shit and who cares massively about my after sales experiance.
I ordered Magnetic new driver P plates for my daughter before she flies solo.
Amazon fuflilled the order on behalf of a another retailer qualifing me for for next day delivery.
We anxiously waited this morning for postie to arrive and as sure as sunrise and sunsets through the box they dropped.

Brilliant quality proper proper thick and fully magnetic as promised.There are some nasty ones on the market that have obviousley been force fed through a bacon slicer and fall off at whim.
But no ..these were everything we had hoped for and once more the Amazonians had gone beyond the call of duty.

But this isn't about them this is about one of their smaller subsiduries that trade under their umbrella.
The training they receive before being allowed onto the Amazon platform must be intense.
I have seen the demanding Byrr Grylls documentries on discovery but this must pale into insignificance with this conglomorats induction programme.. ..One hour after delivery Le-Yogi wrote to me personally by email.

Dear Taxi:
Thanks for your order with Le Yogi !
Your P Plates have been gently taken from our Le Yogi shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.
A team of 50 employees inspected your package and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing.
Our world-renowned packing specialist lit a local artisan candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your P Plates into the finest cardboard box that money can buy.
We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire city of London waved “Bon Voyage!” to your package, on its way to you, in our private Le Yogi jet on this day.
We hope you had a wonderful time shopping with Le Yogi.
In commemoration, we have placed your picture on our wall as “Customer of the Year.”
We’re all exhausted but can’t wait for you to come back and purchase from Le Yogi again!!
Thank you, thank you, and thank you - Thank you ! Sigh...
We miss you already. We’ll be right here hanging at Amazon patiently awaiting your return.
Enjoy ! Love from all your friends at Le Yogi


So what excellent customer service or sad tales of woe do you have to recant from the market place.
I find suppliers of services more trickier than any goods retailer who just to want to have you over for a fat lad.
Is this because there are no goods to return for leverage ..I dont know but wish some of them would buck up and face up to promises ?
 
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sky
I decided to go with sky rather than virgin,booked a day off work waiting for the installation and the fuckers never turned up , I phoned them up,they had a problem with a van blah blah blah they apologised and said they would be round at the next convenient day, i rearranged for them to come on a rest day ,they never showed up again, same shit problem at the factory or whatever it was, rearranged, they didn't show again ,i spoke to someone high up this time ,they assured me they would come and that I would get a discount as a way of apology fair enough,they turned up,took one look at my house (town house) said they would need scaffolding because of health and safety ,they fucked off,i was fucking livid ,anyway it turned out they couldn't install it because of the type of house or whatever shite they said ,oh really I said looking at my next door neighbour's sky dish .

a few months later I was in stockport and there was a sky man selling sky there ,he stopped me and I gave him both fucking barrels I went fucking mental at him,hahaha
 
sky
I decided to go with sky rather than virgin,booked a day off work waiting for the installation and the fuckers never turned up , I phoned them up,they had a problem with a van blah blah blah they apologised and said they would be round at the next convenient day, i rearranged for them to come on a rest day ,they never showed up again, same shit problem at the factory or whatever it was, rearranged, they didn't show again ,i spoke to someone high up this time ,they assured me they would come and that I would get a discount as a way of apology fair enough,they turned up,took one look at my house (town house) said they would need scaffolding because of health and safety ,they fucked off,i was fucking livid ,anyway it turned out they couldn't install it because of the type of house or whatever shite they said ,oh really I said looking at my next door neighbour's sky dish .

a few months later I was in stockport and there was a sky man selling sky there ,he stopped me and I gave him both fucking barrels I went fucking mental at him,hahaha
Even though the fella probably had the square root of fuck all to do with your hassle!
 
On the other hand the customer service afforded me at Polar Ford in Stockport was possibly the worst i have encountered from a massive brand.

My Disability car is due its first service all booked in with a courtesy car. Needed for the school run as they could not tell me when or if the service would be complete before i pick up my kids.

9:30am Drop my car off sign all the paperwork given a keys to a Ford Fiesta and on my way back to Romiley for tea and toast...Get to Bredbury and the Wife glances at the temp insurance document and says " did you say this was a 16 plate? as it says on here its a 66 plate" oh ffs i'm driving a fuckin car with no insurance 1 yr after passing my test this is not my idea of a worry free life. spins car around gets to the Ford dealers, woman who served me gives her best, it's not my fault it was 3 other girls that all look like me messing up my system, I realised soon as you left"...my battle axe says "well why didn't you ring you have my mobile" to which a deaf en was thrown.

12:40pm i get a call, your car has had its service just gone for a valet, you can come pick it up. 1:30pm i arrive for my car.....it's just finishing off its valet...2:15 i tell them i cant wait any longer i will have to take the car right now or i will be late to pick up my kids from their schools in dukinfield 2:30pm i'm telling them what cunts they are since i still don't have my keys.

I arrive 15 mins late for my eldest who had walked down to the little ones school which thankfully we made in time.

The car still not valeted but did have sudz on the bonnet.

Fucking disgraceful service
 
In order to keep a happy status quo I will add another glowing praise for my favourite phone company Three.
They are the piece du resistance of excellence in goods service and the all important after care service.
I have conducted surveys with family and customers and they all digress theat 3 network are the best thing since sliced bread.
Where they go in the name of innovation others fear to tread.
Without their entry into the market a decade ago we would not be able to roam free around the world.
Who gives you more and goes above and beyond the call of duty.
They have also invented the incredible service called Go Binge where you dont use your data. Unbelievable Jeff truly unbelievable but true .

At the moment we are both practising the ancient art of Pensioner-Fu which is about making do and mending and turning a pound into two by frugality and diligence.We do not do without but look for value at all times.
Two months ago I mended our computer table with hessian place mats rather than be tampered with by that Oak Furniture land !
Yesterday we had a splendid afternoon in Bury and went into the Bob Peel wetherspoons for Lunch for utter pennies.
Sometimes the food can be hit or miss but for value and ambience cannot be matched.
It was chicken day and we had the strips with barbecue sauce and chips and coleslaw with a pint of shipyards ipa and a dark fruit strongbow for under £14 for two people.Tim Martin has all the hallmarks of entraprise giving folk what they really want at a fair price which is why Spoons are so popular countrywide.

Spoons deserve a mention in dispatches for good companies that try to please and offer good customer service and aftercare.
Tim has even invented an app were you go in the gastro and get a table and then just order by phone.
The waiter brings to your table and you can order more drinks as and when the need arises.
We did this in the White Heart in Tod last week.The White heart is one of the best Spoons I have frequented and upstairs it has all the ambience of a proper restauraunt.

Three network give me all inclusive minutes all inclusive texts all inclusive data unlimited with no caps
They give me all inclusive roaming around the world.they let me binge data around the globe.
The customer service has always resolved my problems.Yes some them are based in India but they alaways try to resolve any issues.
Been with them since their inception and they have always made me grin.
I get all the above for £24 a month.
Their customer service and products truly rock.

Last but not least they have the best adverts going and these few are among my favourites.





 
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I've just got in after a day at my shop. I strolled in at 12 bells to take over from my apprentice. Today we had been given £10 in tips, 2 cream doughnuts and a bar of dairy milk from satisfied customers who wished to show their appreciation.
Unlike a faceless corporation, we really do take pride in our customer service.
 
Two months ago I mended our computer table with hessian place mats rather than be tampered with by that Oak Furniture land !

possibly the best line on bluemoon ever. Bravo Sir.
 
Try using First Buses between Bolton & Manchester and getting a sensible response from Customer Services as to why their services are so shite. It is an impossible task.
 
Two months ago I mended our computer table with hessian place mats rather than be tampered with by that Oak Furniture land !

possibly the best line on bluemoon ever. Bravo Sir.

Here we go and still looking good 10 week later It was £1.50 for four mats and a pound for the sticky spray.Oak Furniture Land £500.
Everyone that calls at our flat compliments.
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