A good customer service strategy doesn't only reduce lawsuits for doctors, however. Read a few examples of people and or cities who sued, when poor service occurred.
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When an individual bought her laptop at Best Buy in 2006, was informed a repair would take two to six weeks, and then after much follow up on her part, came to realize after four months, that the computer was missing. She was offered a $900 Best Buy gift card as compensation, which was less than what she originally had paid for the computer and warranty. So she sued them for $54 million dollars instead.
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The city of Los Angeles sued Time Warner Cable after TWC made an acquisition that added more than 1.6 million subscribers to TWC's 360,000-member Los Angeles base. In the midst of the transfer, the company allegedly failed to meet service level agreements.
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Pat Dori, a disgruntled Dell customer who found no resolution to the issue of a broken laptop after five months and 19 phone calls, decided to go legal and sue the company for failing to adequately address the problem.
A consistent, proactive and branded service experience can improve sales, increase profitability, and yes ... even reduce lawsuits. Review your firm's lawsuits and ask yourself if any of them could have been avoided if a good customer service strategy was in place. In most cases, the amount it would cost to develop the service strategy and implement it would have been less than the lawsuit itself. Go figure.
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