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Showing posts with label Business bad practices. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business bad practices. Show all posts

Friday, June 10, 2011

New York Times: Delta Apologizes for Charging Returning Troops $2,800 Baggage Fee


June 8, 2011, 1:34 PM

Delta Apologizes for Charging Returning Troops $2,800 Baggage Fee

Delta Airlines is apologizing to a unit of soldiers returning from Afghanistan for charging them more than $2,800 in checked bag fees on their flight from Baltimore to Atlanta on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, after news of the charges rocketed around the Internet and generated widespread criticism of Delta, the company announced on its blog that it was immediately changing its policy for active duty military personnel traveling on orders to allow them to check up to five bags in first and business class. However, the policy did not seem to be changed for military personnel flying coach class, who are allowed to check up to three bags for free...   http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/delta-apologies-for-charging-returning-troops-2800-baggage-fee/

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

On Your Side by CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT

On Your Side by CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT

This site is pretty awesome…


On Your Side is a wiki and blog where you can share the phone numbers, email addresses and names of executives who will help you get the service you deserve.

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Christopher Elliott

Our intrepid researchers have finished yet another category: car manufacturers.
It’s not your fault. When you call a company’s “800” number with a problem, no one tells what to say – or what not to say.
Oour fearless researchers have added another category to our growing customer service wiki: cable TV companies.
Several years ago, I wandered into an art gallery at a Colorado ski resort. I was drawn to the work of a young painter who specialized in wildlife art, and asked the gallery owner how I could contact the artist.
Sometimes, customers let a company get away with murder — figuratively speaking.
Do you want more?
The customer isn’t always right. Not literally, at least.
Even though my mother warned me against using words like “always” and “never” – and maybe yours did too – one adage has been immune to Mom’s scrutiny: The customer is always right.
Everyone knows good service when they see it: The restaurant with a line out the front door, the retail store with customers that come back again and again (even if the prices are higher) or the hotel with a year-long waiting list.
The system works. Just ask Jon Jerome, who had a problem with his George Foreman grill recently, and crafted a succinct message to the company.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

ConsumerWingman.com: My run-in with a towing company

ConsumerWingman.com: My run-in with a towing company

Wow, in this economy, Dan Thanh documents how NOT to promote a business... Click on the link above to read about Ms. Thanh's adventures with the Blair Shopping Center and their predatory towing practices. Sounds like a shopping center to avoid.