Monday, November 3, 2008

OfficeLive "Support" - Day 2

Now anyone using Vista and Internet Explorer can't access the site. I call and I get a gentleman I'll call Dave (protecting the ignorant). He's the guy who sent me this email last night after I submitted an online ticket saying that I was upset that I couldn't access my page after their support agent entered my credentials incorrectly and locked me out for 24 hours. Here's what Dave had to say.

Unfortunately, as the previous agent stated, because you've failed to sign-in to the account so many times your account has been locked for 24 hours. In some cases we can unblock this type of restricted access; however, this is not the case with this particular issue. The only thing I can recommend at this point is to wait a full 24 hours before signing into your account. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you Sven, especially just before 'launching' your web site.

For your convenience, our support staff is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please call us at 1-866-591-5483 for immediate support. If you choose to reply via email, please do not change the subject line so that we can directly reference your case.


Oh yeah, when I tried to reply the address line was blank. So tell me how this attitude fosters customer satisfaction and puts forth an air of customer service. As I type this the clocking is click over 24 - the number of hours I was told that must pass. And I still can't log in. I'm worse off than I was before I called yesterday. And the only thing I hear is "I can't help you and there's no one at Microsoft that will." What seems to go unspoken is that it really doesn't seem to matter to anyone there.

I suggested to Dave that perhaps someone should go to customer service training. Here I am writing nice things about them in a major local business journal and they're just blowing me off. Couldn't care less it seems. Hey Dave, if I got a bad burger at McDonald's I bet you theyd give me a new one, and maybe a sundae to go with it. I could surely write to a franchise owner or bigwig at home office. But not so at Microsoft.

Stay tuned. If they make this right I'll post that. But I will also let you know if they don't.

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