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		<title>Adobe Customers On Support Hold For Two Hours</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/adobe-customers-on-support-hold-for-two-hours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waiting on hold might seem inevitable when you place a support call, but Adobe&#8217;s two-hour delay on its support line sets a pretty high bar for poor customer communication.
Fran Foo at AustralianIT reports that customers have seen delays that long as a result of recent &#8220;consolidation&#8221; (which in the customer support world usually means &#8220;we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iHateHolding Gets You A Real Person On The Phone</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/ihateholding-gets-you-a-real-person-on-the-phone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annoyances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
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No-one likes hanging on hold and pressing endless keys to get a service problem resolved. iHateHolding is a user-generated collection of tips for skipping the phone menus and getting to an actual staff member.
The site relies on user contributions, so doesn&#8217;t have massive listings at the moment &#8212; but the ones there are useful, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Escalation To Move Customer Service Issues Along</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/use-escalation-to-move-customer-service-issues-along/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/08/use-escalation-to-move-customer-service-issues-along/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saving time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No, we&#8217;re not talking about moving from politely asking to screaming. But when you keep hitting the same dead end with a customer service complaint, Consumerist suggests a routine for getting your questions further up the chain.
The tips come from an AT&#38;T representative and were spurred from a specific complaint about double charging, but they&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Better Customer Service Support With A Little Reciprocity</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/get-better-customer-service-support-with-a-little-reciprocity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/get-better-customer-service-support-with-a-little-reciprocity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Azadeh Ensha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[support]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/?p=338264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After pressing what feels like the telephone equivalent of the Konami Code, then waiting on hold forever, the last thing you want is an unhelpful phone agent. To help ensure you get what you need, use the norm of reciprocity.
Photo by vima.com.
Psychology Today writes that the norm of reciprocity is a &#8220;powerful factor&#8221; when dealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Better Customer Service By Being A Better Customer</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/get-better-customer-service-by-being-a-better-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/07/get-better-customer-service-by-being-a-better-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annoyances]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the easiest ways to get better customer service when dealing with companies is to becomes a better customer, at least in the other side&#8217;s eyes. It&#8217;s easy, too, once you&#8217;ve got the basics down.
Photo by striatic.
Being a better customer radically increases the chance that you&#8217;ll get good customer service, have your problems resolved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Write Snail Mail for Product Complaints</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/07/why_you_should_write_snail_mail_for_product_complaints-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/07/why_you_should_write_snail_mail_for_product_complaints-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communicate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Margaret Garcia at the Wise Bread blog shares her stories of consumer product woe and notes that in three separate cases, phone calls and emails led to half-hearted apologies, but ink-on-paper letters got her and her family free replacements:
(My husband has) bought the same model of New Balance running shoes four times and they&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Service: How to resolve a complaint with your bank</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/05/customer_service_how_to_resolve_a_complaint_with_your_bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/05/customer_service_how_to_resolve_a_complaint_with_your_bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Stokely</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/05/16/customer_service_how_to_resolve_a_complaint_with_your_bank.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many people, banks are large corporations which can be intimidating to deal with. But if they make a mistake or start giving you bad customer service, you&#8217;ll need to speak up. Here are some tips from Lifehacker tipster Paul Fenwick, who recently got his mortgage provider to reverse a $400 charge they&#8217;d put on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take notes during tech support calls to keep your provider accountable</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/05/take_notes_during_tech_support_calls_to_keep_your_provider_accountable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/05/take_notes_during_tech_support_calls_to_keep_your_provider_accountable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 03:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Stokely</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phone support]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many call centres these days record support calls, it can help you to keep them accountable (and keep track of your account details) if you keep notes on any support calls you make.You don&#8217;t need a word-by-word transcript, but here are some basic facts you can note down:

the date and time of your call
the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cool Off Before Tackling a Rip-Off or Over-Payment</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/cool_off_before_tackling_a_ripoff_or_overpayment-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/04/cool_off_before_tackling_a_ripoff_or_overpayment-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Purdy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind hacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2008/04/02/cool_off_before_tackling_a_ripoff_or_overpayment-2.html</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s nothing like the feeling that you&#8217;ve just paid far too much for something &#8212; or, even worse, nothing &#8212; to get your adrenaline pumping and your mind spinning up angry emails and phone calls. Trent at The Simple Dollar blog, however, writes that that&#8217;s the easiest way to waste time and get a worse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired&#8217;s List of 33 Things That Suck!</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/wireds_list_of_33_things_that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/02/wireds_list_of_33_things_that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Stokely</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ask the readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[au]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer service]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Wired has just come through my letterbox, and the cover story is &#8220;Why Things Suck&#8220;. They list 33 lousy products and failed technologies &#8211; from teleconferencing and printer cartridges to spam filters and wireless speakers, and ask WHY?If I had to nominate my pet tech peeve at the moment I would have to [...]]]></description>
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