Customer Service - How NOT to

I would like to share my experience of how not to give customer service.  I will leave the vendors name out of my article but you can probably guess it.  

I have a 7” Galaxy Tab - Tablet Computer.  I have found the device to be very useful.  I decided that I should upgrade to the 10” Motorola Xyboard.  I had a problem.  My contract would not be fulfilled until April 2013.  That meant that I could not break the contract without penalty or get a new Xyboard without paying full retail for the device.  I decided it was worth the price.  I would get the vendor to upgrade my account from 3G to 4G which would have cost me $10 more per month and I would have to pay $700 for the Xyboard.

I went to the storefront and told the sales representative what I wanted to do.  He told me that I could not do what I suggested.  He said the only way he could help me is to add another line to my account or pay the penalty for cancelling the Galaxy.  He said If I cancelled the Galaxy then I should sell it on Ebay to make up for the loss.  I repeated to him that I wanted to give him more money per month to upgrade my contract (not cancel it) and I wanted to pay full retail for the 10” Xyboard.  He told me there was nothing he could do.  I gave him my card and asked him to talk with someone else see if they could come up with a solution and call me.  

I never heard from him.  I purchased a Motorola 10” Xoom on Ebay for $290 and just replaced my Galaxy Tab with it.

I do not know about you but when my clients want to give me more money for more services, I give it to them.  

Adam Bell
Senior Systems / Network Engineer
Sublime Computer Services
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Samsung Galaxy Tab MIFI Feature

A few months ago I purchased a 7” Samsung Galaxy Tab from Verizon Wireless. I wasn’t sure if the tablet would be a valuable asset or a toy. Today if you ask me I will say that it is an asset. I run Sublime on Google Apps so the Android integration is very nice. The Galaxy Tab has a number of features but the one I would like to mention is the MIFI.

MIFI is a term for a device that shares its internet connection with other computers via wireless. This week I was experiencing an issue with my Comcast internet. In the middle of the day while the technician was terminating new cables I was down The cell phone was ringing off the hook so tethering to the laptop was out of the question. I decided to try the MIFI. I turned on the MIFI feature and the tablet told me the SSID for my wireless and the password. Within seconds my laptop was once again on the internet and I was making phone calls.

MIFI is a great feature for use in hotels and meetings. It is also handy when storms take out office power or internet. I did not even know this feature was included with the tablet but I am very pleased that it is.