Tag: customer service

How do you beat the call centre?

by , Technology Graduate Technology 18 April 2013
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Calling my broadband provider to cancel should’ve been simple. Yet, after weaving my way through a maze of automated options, I started to think there must be an easier way. How do you beat automated systems? (more about call centres...)

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There’s no excuse for bad customer service

by , Which? Magazine Deputy Editor Consumer Rights 15 April 2013
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I’m fed up with companies not treating their customers properly. Companies have to get their act together and improve their customer service, and we need your help… (more about customer service...)

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Cross wires – are you hung up on bad customer service?

by , Senior Technology Researcher Technology 5 March 2013
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We always keep our ears close to the ground, listening out for the latest consumer gripe. And many of you regularly complain about the customer service you receive from telecoms companies. (more about talking to telecoms companies...)

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Britain’s biggest broadband and phone complaints

by , Senior Money Researcher Technology 25 January 2013
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Phone customers in maze

Broken broadband router? Internet unexpectedly cut off? Out-of-the-blue price increase? Poor customer service that doesn’t actually fix your problem? If any of these sound familiar, you’re not alone. (more about broadband and phone problems...)

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Are broadband and mobile providers telling porkies?

by , Senior Money Researcher Technology 13 November 2012
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Man holding a mobile telephone, looking confused

Are broadband and mobile providers using unscrupulous tactics to sell you deals or upgrades that you don’t want? Could they also be billing us for data we haven’t even used? (more about broadband and mobile providers...)

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The banks lost our trust – but can they win it back?

by , Campaigns and Community Producer Money 13 November 2012
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Our executive director, Richard Lloyd, appeared on BBC 5 Live on Monday to discuss the future of banking with a panel of experts. As trust and culture topped the agenda, aren’t we overdue a big change in banking? (more about bank trust...)

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Complain for change: what are your rights if the power goes out?

by , Conversation Editor Energy & Home 8 November 2012
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A couple of weeks back the UK Power Network wrote to tell me that the power in our area would be cut off for essential work. The works didn’t happen on the planned day, but I was caught out two days later. (more about power outage rights...)

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Banks, I just want to speak to a human being

by , Money Researcher Money 18 October 2012
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Call centre cartoon

‘Press 1 for balance statements, 2 for payments…’ If you’ve called your bank recently, you were probably greeted by the robotic tones of an automated system. How easy is it to get through to a real person? (more about bank calls...)

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Phoney excuses for Vodafone’s mobile price rise

by , Conversation Editor Consumer Rights 12 October 2012
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Who’s to blame for all these mobile phone price rises? If you’re to believe what some of you have heard from Vodafone reps, it’s Ofcom and the government’s fault. So what does Vodafone have to say for itself? (more about price rise excuses...)

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Have we come round to self-service checkouts?

by , Campaigns and Community Producer Consumer Rights 8 October 2012
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Woman pushing a shopping trolley

In the past, self-service checkouts have attracted strong feelings from both the ‘for’ and ‘against’ camps. Two years ago, the majority of you told us you avoided them like the plague, but the tables have started to turn… (more about self-service checkouts...)

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Does getting a phone repaired push all the wrong buttons?

by , Conversation Editor Technology 24 September 2012
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When your smartphone kicks the bucket, you’d hope your contract provider would be there to offer a suitable replacement. Unfortunately, that’s not the experience of two of my fellow Which? colleagues. (more about phone replacements...)

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LG turns a bad TV story into a (potentially) good one

by , Senior Money Researcher Technology 24 September 2012
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LG’s updating one of its popular LED Smart TV ranges after our testing revealed a sound fault was so bad we had to make it a Don’t Buy. And, if you’ve already got one, LG’s offering to send an engineer out to fix it. (more about LG TVs...)

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