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The most popular among them is handling complaint of an irate customer. Always treat your customers right even though they might be wrong in some cases. Avoid having an argument with them. As much as possible keep cool and be calm. Show your sincerity and hear what they want to say. Listen attentively and decide the matter carefully. If you think you can handle the situation then you must provide an acceptable solution. If the issue needs to be escalated to your superiors then by all means do so. You need to be reliable and competent in dealing with irate customers. Our customers need attention, solution, and quick response. If you think you can't handle it then better refer him or her to the right person.
Some customers having different background on a multi-cultural city cannot communicate with effectively, for customer service you must be multilinguistic to know exact demand of customer.
Try not to mix multiple customers demand, be quick to deal them.
Dont make promise to customers, if something not available to you.
In case of faulty-damaged product, apologize and accommodate customer with best solution.
-Different types of customers-irate/angry customers.
In the world of customer service industry, it is said that "Customers are always right." Working with different kinds of customers is an everyday challenge as not all customers are "happy customers". You will always come across an irate customers that will not stop complaining until they get what they want. On this kind of scenario, don't get defensive as you will just worse the situation that might lead to escalation but rather cknowledge their feelings, hear them out, let them feel that you sincerely understand them. Put yourslef in their shoes. Apologize if necessary. Then provide resolutions quickly, but remember to be always transparent.
-Customers requesting for features that you cannot provide
There is always limitatons in the resources that we can provide the customers and we don't want to go beyond the company's policies just to provide their requets. If a customer request something that we cannot provide, still acknowledge it. Then provide an alternative feautures that will still beneficial for the customers. You can say " Mr. Customer, that's a very good suggestion. I'll have it raise to our management to see if this is something that we can work on and we'll definitly keep you updated. For now, here are options that you can have.."
-Customers asking for discounts or compensattion
It’s a tough one to say “No” to a request of a discount. Especially, if it is a loyal and trusted customer who’s been with the company for many years. Admit the situation honestly as it is, you can say “I’m very sorry, but the company can’t go lower than this price.” or "I appreciate you being one of our long time customer, but this is what we can only offer."
-Experiencing an outage
Technical issue is sometimes uncontrollable and some customers will not understand. Th anis is where you have to be apologetic to the customers. You can say “Please accept our apologies. We are having a problem at our end. Our technicians are working now to fix it as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and understanding.”
-Providing feedback to an agent/coaching
Not all people are receptive to feedbacks. Some may take it personally. In proving feedbacks to agents, it's always important to highlight the things that they did well then followed by opportunities for improvement. Your tone of voice should be calm, don't let the agent feel that you're scolding them for doing wrong. In providing a negative feedback, state it as somethin that they can work on for their professional and personal improvement.