Saturday, December 03, 2011

Nonsense & follow-up sales of extended service contrats





This morning I received a phone call from a major computer hardware provider.   They were reminding me that the service contract on my equipment (original warranty, multi-year) was about to expire.   Did I want to purchase an extension?   I *distinctly* said no, and was able to end the conversation quickly.

Ironically though, only minutes later, I received an email from them, reaffirming their offer that I was interested in (I was?  I don't remember that), a price quote (we never got that far on the phone) with instructions to complete the transaction.    Not only was the email insulting, the price was silly for a product that was already multiple years old! 

One good way to lose a customer!

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