Not much has been going on in my world. Two of my husband's three sons came up from Atlanta to visit us. They arrived the day after Christmas, so we had our big turkey dinner on Saturday. One son went home on Sunday because he had to work on Monday. The younger son is still here. Will go home at the end of the week. I am getting my fill of violent video games and heavy metal music. The son lives for junk food and sweets. He's in for a eye-opener here. Yesterday, I served as the sous chef and I had him make the pizza -- homemade crust and toppings. Today, he is making spaghetti. Not a lot of junk food this week.
I usually take down my Christmas tree right after Christmas, but I like this tree so much, it is still up. I hand crocheted snow flakes for the tree and used gold beaded garland and white lights. It's a great tree. This year we spent extra money and bought a high quality artificial tree from WeBeChristmas. The tree is beautiful and the customer service/shipping was great. I know -- it's not green to go artificial, but I figure the tree will be good for at least 10 years which means the price was way less than a real tree and I won't send plastic to the dump for a very long time. I'll probably take the tree down on New Year's Day.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Points to Kroger
Kroger is not normally my favorite grocery store. They are overpriced. But, Kroger is the only local story where I can find Dasani water in the big bottles - the kind my husband drinks. Last Friday, I went to Kroger. While there, I saw a package of Christmas tree ornament hangers (those cheap wires) for $.59. I needed some and decided to just pick them up at Kroger instead of making a separate trip to Walmart.
Later on Friday, in middle of decorating the tree, I opened the package and noticed that there was a price tag on the back that said $2.49. And the price tag was for garland. No way! I checked the store receipt and sure enough, Kroger charged me $2.49.
Now, it's not the $2.00; it's the principle. This morning, I stopped by Kroger anticipating an argument. I had already used the hooks. I just wanted the $1.99 price difference. To my surprise, the woman at the customer care counter, said, "No problem. It was our mistake. Someone put the wrong tag on the package." She proceeded to refund me $2.66 (the total price plus tax). I said, "I'm only owed the price difference." She said, "No, because of our mistake, you were forced to make an extra trip back here."
Very cool. That's exceeding customer expectations and that's a good thing. Think about it. To Kroger it was a piddly $2.00. To me, it was much more. I was prepared to complain, tell others about my experience and never shop there again. I'm impressed.
Later on Friday, in middle of decorating the tree, I opened the package and noticed that there was a price tag on the back that said $2.49. And the price tag was for garland. No way! I checked the store receipt and sure enough, Kroger charged me $2.49.
Now, it's not the $2.00; it's the principle. This morning, I stopped by Kroger anticipating an argument. I had already used the hooks. I just wanted the $1.99 price difference. To my surprise, the woman at the customer care counter, said, "No problem. It was our mistake. Someone put the wrong tag on the package." She proceeded to refund me $2.66 (the total price plus tax). I said, "I'm only owed the price difference." She said, "No, because of our mistake, you were forced to make an extra trip back here."
Very cool. That's exceeding customer expectations and that's a good thing. Think about it. To Kroger it was a piddly $2.00. To me, it was much more. I was prepared to complain, tell others about my experience and never shop there again. I'm impressed.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Heavenly customer service -- the Victoria's Secret way
Last Thursday, we celebrated Christmas. I know most of you were celebrating Thanksgiving. We did that too. My husband and I went to Nashville to spend the holiday with my daughter Katie and her husband Jason. Because they have too many families to see, we have always combined Thanksgiving and Christmas and she sees other family members in December. So, I did the majority of my Christmas shopping early and we opened presents last Thursday.
My daughter sent me an email wish list from Victoria's Secret. The minute I received the email, I went on line and placed my on line order and had it shipped to Nashville so I didn't have to carry it on the plane. Not 5 minutes after I placed the order, I received another email from my daughter saying she needed a different size. I won't even tell you what small size my hot daughter needs now ... more power to the Y and her spinning class.
I got on the phone to Victoria's Secret. A wonderful woman whose name I missed helped me. I told her I was trying to be a good mom and order immediately and it backfired. She said no problem. She called up the order and changed the sizes and said all done. I believe I was in shock. I asked, what else do I need to do ... are you sure ... it's that easy???? She said everything what taken care of. AMAZING! Less then 2 minutes on the phone and she corrected the order. No questions asked. (And, when Katie opened the package, it was completely correct!)
That's the way customer service is supposed to be done. Do your job. Make it easy on the customer. Life is simple. I'll be buying from Victoria's Secret again because they know how to do customer service (and my daughter looks good in the stuff)!
My daughter sent me an email wish list from Victoria's Secret. The minute I received the email, I went on line and placed my on line order and had it shipped to Nashville so I didn't have to carry it on the plane. Not 5 minutes after I placed the order, I received another email from my daughter saying she needed a different size. I won't even tell you what small size my hot daughter needs now ... more power to the Y and her spinning class.
I got on the phone to Victoria's Secret. A wonderful woman whose name I missed helped me. I told her I was trying to be a good mom and order immediately and it backfired. She said no problem. She called up the order and changed the sizes and said all done. I believe I was in shock. I asked, what else do I need to do ... are you sure ... it's that easy???? She said everything what taken care of. AMAZING! Less then 2 minutes on the phone and she corrected the order. No questions asked. (And, when Katie opened the package, it was completely correct!)
That's the way customer service is supposed to be done. Do your job. Make it easy on the customer. Life is simple. I'll be buying from Victoria's Secret again because they know how to do customer service (and my daughter looks good in the stuff)!
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