Comments on: Crappy Customer Service http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:47:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Czarina http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-292866 Czarina Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:24:22 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html#comment-292866 The Target in Laurel, MD also prints terrible photos with their Kodak shop too. I am never going there again for photos. The quality if awful and Koda and Target should be ashamed that they want to charge people for such terrible work. You are also right about Coldstone. The icecream itself is not very good, and it is an odd texture...which only serves to hold the "mix-ins" that makes the stuff palatable. Coldstone also claims to have invented the technique, but they didn't, it has already been in use for several years before there was every a Coldstone. I don't eat their stuff, to "trendy" for me, and not that good. The Target in Laurel, MD also prints terrible photos with their Kodak shop too. I am never going there again for photos. The quality if awful and Koda and Target should be ashamed that they want to charge people for such terrible work.

You are also right about Coldstone. The icecream itself is not very good, and it is an odd texture…which only serves to hold the “mix-ins” that makes the stuff palatable. Coldstone also claims to have invented the technique, but they didn’t, it has already been in use for several years before there was every a Coldstone. I don’t eat their stuff, to “trendy” for me, and not that good.

]]> By: Matt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-35 Matt Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:57:26 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html#comment-35 Is this site a subsidiary of Target? I want some action like Coke or Starbucks. Observation does nothing for me and the other loyal viewers. Is this site a subsidiary of Target? I want some action like Coke or Starbucks. Observation does nothing for me and the other loyal viewers.

]]> By: jim http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-34 jim Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:49:22 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html#comment-34 Management will take your comments under observation. :) Management will take your comments under observation. :)

]]> By: Matt http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-33 Matt Fri, 04 Mar 2005 14:47:18 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html#comment-33 First, being the ice cream aficionado that I am, I tend to disagree on the quality of the cold stone creamery. Their particular ice cream just has a odd consistency so that they are able to mix in any of the other topping that you choose. The ice cream also makes me very, very thirsty, which is a characteristic that is not normal for quality ice cream. What are my qualifications, you ask? Whelp, I worked in a local ice cream store (not a chain with corporate funds backing them up) for 5 years while in grade school and high school, so I am familiar with the product. And, that gets me to customer service.... That's great about Coke and Starbucks and how they sent you a coupon for free products. However, I am shocked about Target and how they treat you so rudely. The problem with customer service is that the attitude of many individuals in the workforce is one of indifference toward their work and the products that they have been hired to sell. People in America today do not value the quality and honor put in a hard day's work as they once did. Work is seen as more of a chore rather than a responsibility or an opportunity. Therefore, customer services declines, the price of products and services will only go up because companies are sending out free coupons and have to recoup costs from lost customers. Anyway, here's my 2 cents, oh, and who can I speak to about the service provided on this site? ;) First, being the ice cream aficionado that I am, I tend to disagree on the quality of the cold stone creamery. Their particular ice cream just has a odd consistency so that they are able to mix in any of the other topping that you choose. The ice cream also makes me very, very thirsty, which is a characteristic that is not normal for quality ice cream. What are my qualifications, you ask? Whelp, I worked in a local ice cream store (not a chain with corporate funds backing them up) for 5 years while in grade school and high school, so I am familiar with the product. And, that gets me to customer service….

That’s great about Coke and Starbucks and how they sent you a coupon for free products. However, I am shocked about Target and how they treat you so rudely. The problem with customer service is that the attitude of many individuals in the workforce is one of indifference toward their work and the products that they have been hired to sell. People in America today do not value the quality and honor put in a hard day’s work as they once did. Work is seen as more of a chore rather than a responsibility or an opportunity. Therefore, customer services declines, the price of products and services will only go up because companies are sending out free coupons and have to recoup costs from lost customers. Anyway, here’s my 2 cents, oh, and who can I speak to about the service provided on this site? ;)

]]> By: Murray http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html/comment-page-1#comment-32 Murray Fri, 04 Mar 2005 11:57:46 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/crappy-customer-service.html#comment-32 Haha, funny to see that you picked up my rant against BR. And yes, when I called the 800 number to complain, they said they would be sending me a coupon for free ice cream. Murray Haha, funny to see that you picked up my rant against BR. And yes, when I called the 800 number to complain, they said they would be sending me a coupon for free ice cream.

Murray

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