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You Can And You Will
Preemptively Praise Customer Service Reps And They Will Do Your Bidding
Before asking customer service representatives to tackle thorny issues, win them over by first offering to praise them at the end of the call. According to Psychology Today, the offer establishes a reciprocal relationship that CSRs will try to honor, even if solving your problem takes, ugh, work. More »
Polls
Should Consumers Be Able To Opt-Out Of Phone Book Deliveries?
Phone book publishers spit out over 600 million phone books for just over 300 million Americans. Now the $17 billion a year industry is defending itself from state legislatures that want to restrict phone book circulations so consumers don't wreck their snowblowers when they hit snow-covered phone books. True story. More »
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Updated: Reach Verizon Landline Executive Customer Service
Call 1-800-483-7988 and press 3 to reach the Verizon Customer Advocates for landlines and DSL. Other valid executive customer service contact information: More »
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AT&T Calls 9 Times In 12 Days Trying To Sell DSL
Would you buy DSL service from a company that either doesn't care about Do Not Call lists or doesn't know how they work? A man in Missouri was harassed to the point where he considered calling the police, because no matter what he did, AT&T wouldn't stop calling. Every time he tried contacting AT&T to get it to stop, he ended up in automated phone systems with recorded messages, busy signals, and disconnections—but never a live person. Only after he wrote to a local consumer advocacy columnist did AT&T pay attention and turn off the telemarketing fire hose. AT&T didn't, however, explain why they were targeting this person, or whether anyone else is facing the same barrage of calls. More »
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Updated: Contact DISH Executive Customer Service
If you have a problem with DISH and regular customer service isn't working, try these folks: More »
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Fonolo.com Slash And Burns Dread Phone Trees
Fonolo.com promises to be an industrial-powered buzzsaw for hacking down phone trees. They've spidered companies' entire customer service phone trees and you just click on a chart online where you want to go. Fonolo calls the company for you, navigates to that point, and calls you on your phone when the call is ready. Boom, you're transferred right in without waiting or wanting to kill yourself. It's also free. Good news for Vincent Ferrari wannabes, a forthcoming feature will let you record calls and publish them online at the click of a button. Currently in closed beta, you can enter your email address on their front page and they'll let you know when it's ready. Screenshots inside...
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Complete Norton Symantec Executive Contact List
If you have an unresolved Norton/Symantec complaint and regular customer service doesn't help you out, you might want to try giving one of the top-ranking company executives inside a call or an email. Don't forget to be nice, polite, and professional, and remember the guidelines for contacting executive customer service. If you need help writing a solid complaint letter, here's a template to follow. And if you want a real anti-virus program that won't hose up your computer, try NOD32. Now here's the complete executive contact list... More »
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Updated: Fry's Electronics Home Office Company Directory
Inside, the Fry's Electronics Home Office corporate directory. Some of these extensions are duplicates, but the list seems to work in general. If you're having trouble getting traction on a customer service issue with the notoriously difficult to reach company, this could be your lodestar. Update: An insider went through the giant phone list and broke out the upper-level people by their job area.
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Uhaul CEO Gave Out Cellphone Number On National TV, But Never Picks Up Or Returns Calls
In what looked like a daring move, the CEO of Uhaul, Joe Shoen, gave out his "cellphone number" on national TV and invited customers to call him with their complaints. The problem is, when you call, he doesn't pick up. If you leave a message, it's not returned. You get to hear Joe's gruffly charming voicemail message, but can't leave one of your own. His mailbox is full.
UPDATE: It seems this post may have had an effect. Commenters are reporting that Joe is now picking up. He even reportedly said to one of them, "Yes, this is Joe Shoen, are you calling about the internet?" Good on ya, Joe, now make sure that voicemail box is cleaned up.
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Spirit Airlines Executive Contact Information
Got an unresolved complaint with Spirit Airlines and regular customer service not working out for you? Then you might want to make use of the Spirit executive contact information we've got posted inside (especially the info for the CEO's assistant). Reading these posts about how to write a good complaint letter, how to send an eecb, and how to deal with executive customer service may also come in handy. With this info, you'll go from frowny consumer to jet set in no time. More »
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96 Numbers For Wells Fargo Card Service Senior Management And Their Direct Reports
If you have a problem with your Wells Fargo-issued credit card and regular customer service isn't helping you, you might want to try one of the 96 people whose phone numbers we have posted inside. Just like with tier 1 customer service, you want to be polite, professional, and able to calmly tell them exactly what you want in a sentence or two. This primer on using executive customer service should help too. Time to put that stagecoach on turbo! More »
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EBoost Media Calls Rogier A "Faggot" And A "Queer"
Note: There's been some confusion over company names, and Johnny Chan with eBoost Consulting wants you to know that his company is not involved in this story.
If a company promises to increase your Google PageRank, run! Rogier fell for eBoost Media's sweet words—they promised an increase in Google popularity "within about a week, at least for people entering specific search terms such as 'Maine photographer' and the like." But after three and a half weeks of no results, Rogier decided to cancel the service, which is when eBoost Media's dark side emerged.
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Call The NJ Verizon Landline Escalation Hotline
908-717-3115 is the number for the NJ Verizon Escalation Hotline. This is the number they're giving out to Verizon customers in NJ who signed up for FiOs and are still waiting for their free LCD TVs. Leave your name and number and they'll call you back.
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Reach Verizon Wireless West Coast Executive Customer Service
866-673-9561 is the number to reach Verizon Wireless executive customer service on the West Coast. Only use it when normal routes of customer service have repeatedly failed, be nice, be able to condense your story in about 2 sentences, and don't forget these tips for dealing with executive customer service.
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Contact Macy's Executive Customer Service
The number for Macy's executive customer service is 800-264-0069Also, extension 2425 at that number gets you Mellisa, assistant to the President of Macy's
Here is the official box where they want you to send complaints... More »
tmobile
Contact Tmobile Executive Customer Service
Tmobile
Stuart, Executive Assistant to the Vice President
1-877-290-6323 ext. 341-8025.
Don't forget to be calm, professional, and polite, and tell your story succinctly and clearly. This post shows you how it's done.
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Movearoo
Moving With Movearoo's Help? Hope You Like AT&T, Verizon, And Qwest
Movearoo.com is a new website that appears to offer free assistance with your move, helping you set up things like phone service, gas, and electricity at your new address. The site calls itself "Your Total Moving Resource." It's a helpful site, sure, but you should be aware that it's funded by AT&T, Verizon, and Qwest, and exists primarily to promote their services. In other words, you won't find a comprehensive list of competing phone service providers through Movearoo, only those offered by the three sponsor companies. A consumer advocate points out the drawback of making Movearoo your sole relocation resource:
More »"If you go online and you only have one choice of a subsidiary of one of these companies, it's not one-stop shopping," [Ev Liebman of New Jersey Citizen Action] said. "It's simply misleading. Consumers need to be aware that there are other companies providing similar services and possibly at lower prices."
