https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5 Order the paragraphs to create a complete article en-us 2022-01-29 04:13:21 UTC 2022-01-31 15:28:16 UTC hello@padlet.com u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018896504 As the machine was no longer under guarantee, Mr. Jones called a local repairman. He charged Mr. Jones $45 to look at it and then told him that he would need to spend $650 plus tax for a new part. Then Mr. Jones took the laptop to a well-known computer retailer - and they
told him to buy a new one!]]> 2022-01-29 04:17:15 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018896504 u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018896939 Another customer's experience shows that it's worth complaining to the top people of a company if the local company staff are unhelpful.]]> 2022-01-29 04:18:09 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018896939 u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018897610 "Four days later, someone called me to say the DVD player / recorder was waiting for me and I could select 10 recordable DVD discs to compensate for my wasted time," he says. "When I picked them up I was treated like a real VIP."]]> 2022-01-29 04:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018897610 u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018898114 Mark Olsen wanted to buy a DVD player / recorder. At his local branch of a chain store that sells electronic goods, they told him that they didn't have the one he wanted in stock, but that they were expecting a delivery "soon." However, when he went back, it still hadn't arrived.]]> 2022-01-29 04:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018898114 u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018898708 Is it really worth complaining when goods or services are not satisfactory? According to a new report from a consumer magazine, it certainly is. As they point out, the old saying "if you don't ask, you don't get" is true for many situations, but particularly so when it comes to compensation. Take the case of Mike Jones. He bought a laptop computer, but just three years later he found that it was getting slower and slower.]]> 2022-01-29 04:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018898708 u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018899073 He returned twice over the following weeks, but each time they told him to come back in a week. He started calling about the machine instead. But after several weeks of calling unsuccessfully, Mr. Olsen lost patience and wrote to the managing director of the store.]]> 2022-01-29 04:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018899073 u20181166371 https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018899529 However, Mr. Jones still felt that his computer should not be out of date after just three years. He decided to write a letter of complaint to the company. A short time later, the company picked up the laptop, diagnosed a software problem, repaired it, and returned it with a new battery, all without charge. "I'd call that outstanding service," said Mr. Jones.]]> 2022-01-29 04:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/u20181166371/vgwv6h93ort278j5/wish/2018899529