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Friday, February 8, 2008

Soothing And Handling Frustrated Vending Customers

No business can claim to have zero customer problems. For every company, irate customers are a fact of life. If you can’t keep your customers happy and content, your business cannot run successfully for a long period of time.

This makes it essential for the people who speak and deal with customers to be well-trained and knowledgeable about the different aspects of the vending business. In a way, they control the future of your vending business. An angry customer cannot be handled with irritation or impatiently. Your staff should be polite and helpful with even the most uncooperative customers.
The secret formula for keeping your business customers satisfied is to “React, Respond and Recover.”

As a Planet Antares vending operator, you would have to take all three into consideration. You would not want to lose any customers that are already using your vending machines or products. It is not easy to acquire new customers and retain them in your business. That makes it essential to deal with irate customers in the right manner and keep them happy.

Concentrate on the words that you use while dealing with irritated customers. Try to avoid defensive words, bad attitude, lame excuses and other negative forms of stupidity that can make the customer even angrier than before. The trick is to get empathetic as fast as you can.

Show the customer that you care so that you can resolve their problems at the earliest. This is definitely the best way to deal with difficult customers of your Planet Antares vending business. Don’t start apologizing o an angry customer. They may take this as indication of your confirming a fault and get further aggravated.

Use soothing phrases that reflect your empathy and understanding of the customer’s problem. No need to get defensive and give justifications for the problem being faced by him/her. The first thing you must do is take responsibility for what has happened, even though it isn’t your fault.

Remember that the basic purpose of the customer is to get the problem resolves as soon as possible. He may be looking for answers to a doubt or reporting a lack in the service quality. Listen carefully before you respond to it. The task of satisfying a customer may not be easy but it is worth the effort in the long run.

Many times, customers may not be able to communicate the problem in an appropriate way. It is your skill and responsibility to figure out:
1. What the problem is
2. What exactly he wants
3. How he wants it

All these questions must be answered in the best possible way to keep your customers satisfied and business reputation intact.