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  • First thread, be gentle w/ me

    ME = ME
    BSC = Bat-Sh*t Crazy customer


    Me: "Hello Mr. BSC, this is Me from 123stuffstore, and I'm calling in regards to a chargeback we received from your credit card company. We show that you signed for the shipment, and we do not show a return made. Can you inform us why you have requested your funds back on this purchase?"
    BSC: "I tried to call and there was no answer."
    Me: "Oh, I'm sorry about that, we do have a busy travel schedule in the warm months, you can check our website for our schedule when you need to. However, can you explain why you requested this chargeback?"
    BSC: "Like I said, you didn't answer your phone."
    Me: "Ok, yessir, I understand that, sorry again, however we have this chargeback form alleging that the credit card charge was fraudulent. Did you in fact place this order and did you in fact receive it?"
    BSC: "Yes."
    Me: "OK, great. And where are the goods now?"
    BSC: "I have them here."
    Me: "OK, thanks. And were they received in good condition?"
    BSC: "I think so, I never opened the box."
    Me: "OK, thanks, now, are you planning to return the goods?"
    BSC: "No."
    Me: "Ah. OK, well, we'd like to send a service to pick up the goods, will this be acceptable?"
    BSC: "No."
    Me: "OK, so then I can presume you will be keeping the goods?"
    BSC: "Yes."
    Me: "Alright, so you want to keep the goods, and you also want your money back?"
    BSC: "Yes."
    Me: "Well, technically then, that would be theft."
    BSC: "I've never stolen anything and never will."
    Me: "Um...no, I think this would be the first time, then."

    .................................................. ...

    ME = ME
    BSC2 = Well, you get it

    Me: "Hello, 123stuffstore, this is ME, how can I help you?"
    BSC2: "I am very unhappy with my product."
    Me: "I'm very sorry you are experiencing problems, what exactly is wrong?"
    BSC2: "There is a drip in the paint on the front."
    Me: "OK, very sorry about that flaw. You say it is only on the front panel?"
    BSC2: "Yes, only on the front."
    Me: "OK, not a problem, we have a new front panel here ready to ship to you today. I'll just need your name..."
    BSC2: "Hold on a minute. I'm very upset."
    Me: "OK, very sorry to hear that, let's get your item all fixed up for you. If I can just have your name..."
    BSC2: "I prayed very hard for weeks, and I asked Jesus which brand I should buy."
    Me: "Excuse me?"
    BSC2: "Jesus led me to purchase your product, and now that I'm having problems with it, it's made me question my faith in God."
    Me: "Ah. Well. I can tell you that we here at 123stuffstore take our customers' souls very seriously, and we would never want to be responsbile for anyone losing their faith. I'd like to offer you a full and complete refund and get that product back from you so you can re-consider your purchase. Would that be acceptable?"
    BSC2: "I guess."
    Me: "OK, if I can get your name, first and last...."

    ..................................

    ME
    BSC3

    Me: "Hello, 123stuffstore, this is ME, how can I help you?"
    BSC3: "You sold me a piece of sh*t!"
    Me: "Wow, you sound very upset sir, and I'm determined to help you. If I can get your name..."
    BSC3: "I don't want your damn run-around. All you guys sound like lawyers."
    Me: "OK, we'll get right to work on this for you. If I could have your nam.."
    BSC3: "This thing arrived torn, and even if it wasn't torn, it's sh*tty."
    Me: "Very sorry to hear that. Let's get this fixed for you, I need to get your first and last..."
    BSC3: "I'm so damn tired of ordering sh*t from you and it always shows up broken. Why in hell can't you put it in a better box? And would it kill you to put some paper in there to keep it from getting all beat up?"
    Me: "OK, sir, I really want to help, but I need your nam.."
    BSC3: "I've spent over $2,000 dollars with you in the last year, and I can't believe I'm still getting these damn crappy shipments."
    Me: "SIR. PLEASE. I want to help you. I NEED YOUR NAME."
    BSC3: "Bat Sh*tcrazy"
    Me: "Ok, let me find you real quick....um, would you perhaps have used a different name for your pruchase? "
    BSC3: "Hell no! Can't you even figure that out?"
    Me: (Finally dawning on me) "Sir..real quick, can you please look at the product?"
    BSC3: "Yeah."
    Me: "Can you read me the brand name?"
    BSC3: "BestStuff.com"
    Me: "OK, thanks. That not our product. That's our competitor. You did not buy that from us. Would you like their phone number?"
    BSC3: CLICK

    ........................

    HAHAHA...they drove me crazy a loooong time ago...
    Even if you don't believe in God, a career in customer service will make you believe in original sin.
    -the elder CSR

  • #2
    Be gentle you say... I can do gentle

    ok... on a more serious note, welcome to CS... your customers remind me how happy I am that the vast majority of my customers are either regulars who know everything or people who have never been here before and recognize that they know nothing... it's that small percentage that don't fall into either catagory that suck
    If you wish to find meaning, listen to the music not the song

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    • #3
      Quoth Basher View Post
      Me: "Ah. Well. I can tell you that we here at 123stuffstore take our customers' souls very seriously, and we would never want to be responsbile for anyone losing their faith. I'd like to offer you a full and complete refund and get that product back from you so you can re-consider your purchase. Would that be acceptable?"
      BSC2: "I guess."
      Me: "OK, if I can get your name, first and last...."
      Almost, almost broke rule #1. Fortunately, my coffee's still a little too hot to drink and I put it down before I got to that part.
      Any day you're looking down at the dirt instead of up at the dirt is a good day.

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      • #4
        Quoth Basher View Post
        Me: ...... I can tell you that we here at 123stuffstore take our customers' souls very seriously, and we would never want to be responsbile for anyone losing their faith.
        *giggles*

        Nice, very very nice.
        "Hi, this is Silver. How may I lose my self respect in order to cater to your over- inflated ego today?" --- Silverrb

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        • #5
          Kudos on sticking to the spiel though.

          I know how hard it is to do the, "Well, let me see how I can fix this for you" rap when I'm being chewed out for causing everything wrong in the customer's life.

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          • #6


            That's a trio of very special people you have there...

            Also,
            "That's too bad. Hospitals aren't fun to fight through."
            "What IS fun to fight through?"
            "Gardens. Electronics shops. Antique stores, but only if they're classy."

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            • #7
              Thanks for the warm welcome!

              I was reminded of an especially good customer type this morning, Mr. Cellular.

              Me: "Ok, we have this order in-stock and ready to ship, I can put that on any major credit card and I'm ready for that number anytime."
              MC: "You ready?"
              Me: "Yessir, I'm ready for that number."
              MC: "It's <garble>32 4353 5555 3110"
              Me: "Sir, your phone broke up, I need those first 4 digits again, thanks."
              MC: "<garble>32"
              Me: "Very sorry sir, the phone broke up again, let's try one more time."
              MC: "<garble>32"
              Me: "Sir, we're going to have to try something different, your phone has a voice-activated noise-cancellation function, it cuts off the beginning of your sentences, say something else before the first numbers."
              MC: "Like what?"
              Me: "Anything, sir."
              MC: "I can't think of what to say."
              Me: "How about your name."
              MC: "Mr. Cellular"
              Me: "Plese say your name and then the first 4 digits."
              MC "Oh, Ok. Mr. Cellular" <pause> "<garble>32"
              Me: "Ok, just one more thing before we process your order, can you read the card number backbards, in reverse order, for security purposes?"
              MC: "0113 5555...."

              At least he was a nice guy.
              Even if you don't believe in God, a career in customer service will make you believe in original sin.
              -the elder CSR

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              • #8
                Quoth Basher View Post
                ME = ME
                .................................................. ...

                ME = ME
                BSC2 = Well, you get it

                Me: "Hello, 123stuffstore, this is ME, how can I help you?"
                BSC2: "I am very unhappy with my product."
                Me: "I'm very sorry you are experiencing problems, what exactly is wrong?"
                BSC2: "There is a drip in the paint on the front."
                Me: "OK, very sorry about that flaw. You say it is only on the front panel?"
                BSC2: "Yes, only on the front."
                Me: "OK, not a problem, we have a new front panel here ready to ship to you today. I'll just need your name..."
                BSC2: "Hold on a minute. I'm very upset."
                Me: "OK, very sorry to hear that, let's get your item all fixed up for you. If I can just have your name..."
                BSC2: "I prayed very hard for weeks, and I asked Jesus which brand I should buy."
                Me: "Excuse me?"
                BSC2: "Jesus led me to purchase your product, and now that I'm having problems with it, it's made me question my faith in God."
                Me: "Ah. Well. I can tell you that we here at 123stuffstore take our customers' souls very seriously, and we would never want to be responsbile for anyone losing their faith. I'd like to offer you a full and complete refund and get that product back from you so you can re-consider your purchase. Would that be acceptable?"
                BSC2: "I guess."
                Me: "OK, if I can get your name, first and last...."

                Truly awesome in every definition of the word. And Welcome, ya'll.
                "Some wounds grow worse beneath the surgeon's hand; better that they were not touched at all."

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                • #9
                  Wow, you have some seriously special customers, there.

                  I really like the way you handled #2, though.

                  But #1 is something else. Ordered the product, is haning buyer's remorse so hasn't opened the product, wants his money back, but refuses to return the product.

                  Not only is that outright theft (nothing technical about it), but to report fraud to his credit card company is, in itself, credit card fraud.

                  ^-.-^
                  Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making sacrifices for the good of others. - Dresden

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                  • #10
                    Welcome to Customers Suck--where the customer is never right. Great first post especially wackjob #2.
                    I'm trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my keister!

                    Who is John Galt?
                    -Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

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                    • #11
                      BSC2: "I prayed very hard for weeks, and I asked Jesus which brand I should buy."
                      Me: "Excuse me?"
                      BSC2: "Jesus led me to purchase your product, and now that I'm having problems with it, it's made me question my faith in God."


                      Makes me wonder what item this customer purchased!

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                      • #12
                        Quoth Basher View Post

                        Me: "Hello, 123stuffstore, this is ME, how can I help you?"
                        BSC2: "I am very unhappy with my product."
                        Me: "I'm very sorry you are experiencing problems, what exactly is wrong?"
                        BSC2: "There is a drip in the paint on the front."
                        Me: "OK, very sorry about that flaw. You say it is only on the front panel?"
                        BSC2: "Yes, only on the front."
                        Me: "OK, not a problem, we have a new front panel here ready to ship to you today. I'll just need your name..."
                        BSC2: "Hold on a minute. I'm very upset."
                        Me: "OK, very sorry to hear that, let's get your item all fixed up for you. If I can just have your name..."
                        BSC2: "I prayed very hard for weeks, and I asked Jesus which brand I should buy."
                        Me: "Excuse me?"
                        BSC2: "Jesus led me to purchase your product, and now that I'm having problems with it, it's made me question my faith in God."
                        Me: "Ah. Well. I can tell you that we here at 123stuffstore take our customers' souls very seriously, and we would never want to be responsbile for anyone losing their faith. I'd like to offer you a full and complete refund and get that product back from you so you can re-consider your purchase. Would that be acceptable?"
                        BSC2: "I guess."
                        Me: "OK, if I can get your name, first and last...."
                        I don't think a double face palm would completely describe this. Is there a quadruple face palm we can use?

                        EDIT: Nevermind i think this summons it up: http://xspblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/facepalm.jpg
                        Last edited by Mordecai; 05-22-2009, 08:39 PM.

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                        • #13
                          first- i love the stories i love love love them so much, really good


                          Quoth smileyeagle1021 View Post
                          Be gentle you say... I can do gentle
                          second smiley you spend way to much time around sheldon

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Mordecai View Post
                            EDIT: Nevermind i think this summons it up: http://xspblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/facepalm.jpg
                            Multi-facepalm! For that extra powerful fail!

                            Awesome.
                            1129. I will refrain from casting Dimension Jump and Magnificent Mansion on every police box we pass.
                            -----
                            http://orchidcolors.livejournal.com (A blog about everything and nothing)

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                            • #15
                              Now why would you think we wouldn't be gentle with you? We don't start throwing rotten produce at your posts until after the 10th one . . .

                              As for Special Customer #2 . . . are you sure you didn't talk to someone who's name is listed on my birth certificate as my father?

                              Good job on handling that one, though. Sometimes being extra gentle and sensitive will do wonders (especially while to yourself.)
                              Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)

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