Saturday, February 21, 2009

What did I do wrong?

My sister's statement today made me realised that absence of customer complaints do not indicate a customer's satisfaction or happiness towards a company's service. Recently, she was not able to pay her mobile phone bill on DiGi's website due to the website's technical glitch. (For some reasons, she seems eager to pay her bill early whereas most people would pay after the line is barred). 

I told her to call the helpline and lodge a complain. She said she is not bothered to make that effort (to call) because she thinks DiGi will not do anything about it. So why bother? Her thinking, rightly or wrongly, reminded me of Starbucks pledge, "Our Promise". The public display of "Our Promise" at the pick up counter gives assurance to the complainant that a solution is available and known. 

Well, I foresee her inconveniencing herself by driving to a DiGi shop to make payment.

My conversation with her made me realised (again) that a company needs to proactively seek feedback from customers. Reactive approach may cause a company to lose disgruntled yet silent customers. The best part is the company would not even know why customers are abandoning it.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Phew! Thank god I'm not an AIA customer!


Recently, I provided a feedback to AIA. Below was AIA's response. The response was timely because it was still fresh in my mind. However, the response (service recovery) was poor.

Would I waste my time and effort to call another number? Certainly not! What is important is I'm glad I didn't buy AIA insurance. (You have my loyalty, Prudential. Just don't break it by telling me it is not related to service or call another number if I give a feedback in the future).


Dear Mr. Alan,
Good day to you.
Thank you for your e-mail.
We refer to your email and regret to mention that we are unable to attend to your query as it is not related to the service, which we usually provide to our policyholders.
For general enquiry, you can call our Customer Service toll free number 1-300-88-1899/+6 03-2056 2000 (from Overseas) for assistance.
Thank you.
Best regards,
Lynnie
Customer Care Centre