Category Archives: Customer Interactions

Badgering Your Customers is Not Good for Business

In the last month, I’ve received no less than 15 phone calls from the telemarketing arm of a publication I subscribe to. It’s gotten to the point where I recognize the phone number and ignore all of the calls from … Continue reading

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A Case of Mistaken (Information about My) Identity

We’ve all heard a lot about identity theft. But have you considered the problem of corrupted information being attached to your online identity? I recently had an interesting interaction with a financial institution. Before they would discuss my account with … Continue reading

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Insanity: Knowing Customers Are Unhappy and Waiting for Them to Defect

I recently terminated the relationship with the man who’s serviced our pool for a number of years. For quite awhile now, I haven’t been happy with the service we’ve gotten, including the fact that the hot tub never seems to … Continue reading

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Avis: No Longer Trying Harder

You just can’t make this stuff up: I walked into the Avis Rental Car Office at Boston’s Logan Airport yesterday. The customer service rep very efficiently handled my reservation and asked me if I’d like to get a GPS for … Continue reading

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