Repaired talker and the loaner. |
(It got dropped on the floor in April and needed to be repaired. If you missed my post about it you can read it here).
I think I left off with a short update which told of how the Ontario technician could not fix the talker so it was to be shipped to the U.S. for repair. Three weeks later, the talker had not arrived at the U.S. company. I was less than impressed (read more about that here).
Things could have been very different if someone had shown some common courtesy and called with an update on the status of the repair. Unfortunately, that's not what happened.
I ended up writing a letter to the president of the company here in Canada to let him know that I was not pleased with the service we received.
I found out later that Carter's talker was shipped from Ontario to B.C., and then to Ohio. I'm struggling to understand why they would ship it out west instead of sending it directly to the U.S. Probably some company policy (one that makes no sense and should be changed) but it explains where Carter's talker was for over two weeks -- in transit.
Amazing
that once I told the U.S. company how long we'd been without the device, they
were able to fix it and get it back to us in two days.
I mailed the letter at the end of May. It's almost mid-July and I haven't received a response. It doesn't look like I'm going to get one at this point. Frustrating!
But, enough about my anger and disappointment. I've decided to take a different approach.
Carly Rae Jeppson has a popular song out right now called, Call Me Maybe -- if you haven't heard it, click the link and have a listen. I revised the lyrics to her song. My lyrics tell the story of what happened with the repair of Carter's talker.
Call Me Maybe
I sent C's talker that fell.
Floors and talkers do not gel.
Up north repaired not so well
It will be shipped away.
Must be sent to the U.S.
I called to find that out, yes,
He told me it would be sent
I got no more info.
Your guy was sending
C's talker for mending
You sent one for lending
What's taking so long now, buddy?
How 'bout an update, 'cause this is crazy
Where's my son's talker? Um, call me maybe?
I know that you know, my name is Stacey
You have my number. So call me maybe?
How 'bout an update, I'm going crazy
Where's my son's talker? Um, call me, maybe?
The US company, looked for it - holy!
Has not arrived yet, where could the thing be?
You sent it 'cross the country
No one bothered to tell me
Three weeks for delivery
And still no one told me
I call and find out myself
They put forth effort and help
The talker's here in two days
With no thanks to you.
Your service needs some
Improvement and then some
Mad mom, who you'll hear from
Who you think you deal with buddy?
How 'bout a response, to my long letter?
You have my address. You should know better.
It's hard to know now, why you'd ignore me.
Customer service, please why don't you see?
I can't believe this, this is crazy.
Your service seems a little hazy.
The US company, tried to make up
For your big blunders, two months is too much.
Carter relies on his talker.
We missed it so bad
We missed it so bad
We missed it so so bad.
I was the crazy mom stalker.
We missed it so bad
And you should know that
We missed it so so bad.
I called and called you, then wrote a letter
Maybe you don't care to make things better.
Your products change lives, for those that use them,
Respect your clients, with communication
Respect your clients, with communication
It's hard to know now, why you'd ignore me.
Customer service? Just reach out - maybe?
Carter relies on his talker.
We missed it so bad
We missed it so bad
We missed it so so bad.
I was the crazy mom stalker.
We missed it so bad
And you should know that
Some contact, maybe???
So, what do you think? Should I contact Carly Rae Jeppson and see if she'll sing her song (with my lyrics) to the company president as a follow-up to my letter? Better yet, maybe I'll sing it to him :-)