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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Pmacca2000 on 11 May 2018, 18:10:57

Title: Customer care
Post by: Pmacca2000 on 11 May 2018, 18:10:57
I have just bought a new Vauxhall as a daily drive so the Omega can enjoy a partial retirement and enjoy the odd show here and there.

After a couple of months VX have sent me a questionnaire regarding my opinion of my new car, it’s performance, comfort, style and build quality.

I’ve had many Vauxhall’s over the years and don’t recall this level of interest in the past?
I also understand the Onstar service is  just over £8.00 a month once the free trial is up, not bad considering how much they can do, but I’m sure anyone here who remembers the 2015 satnav unit had an SOS option that was free?
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: STEMO on 11 May 2018, 18:53:00
Everyone, and I mean everyone, who provides even the most insignificant service these days asks for feedback. My deleted folder is full of such emails.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 11 May 2018, 19:00:38
Everyone, and I mean everyone, who provides even the most insignificant service these days asks for feedback. My deleted folder is full of such emails.

Be fair. Vauxhall give as much of a shit as everyone else who doesn't give a shit. :)
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: STEMO on 11 May 2018, 19:11:00
Everyone, and I mean everyone, who provides even the most insignificant service these days asks for feedback. My deleted folder is full of such emails.

Be fair. Vauxhall give as much of a shit as everyone else who doesn't give a shit. :)
Your scullery maid will be handing you a form to fill out after one of your romps next.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: BazaJT on 11 May 2018, 19:27:18
Most if not all main stealers send out such questionaires these days this gives them[their head office if part of a larger group] and the manufacturer a CSI[Customer Satisfaction Index]figure and can lead to the dealership earning bonus money which can be in the many thousands.There may well be further follow up contact after the vehicle has been in for servicing work etc. asking about aspects of your dealings with them such as were reception staff friendly/helpful,was the vehicle ready on time and so on right down to was it cleaned whilst there.These follow up ones are more for the dealership so they know of any points that need addressing to improve their service[that's the theory anyway whether they put that into practice is totally debatable ::)]
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Pmacca2000 on 11 May 2018, 22:28:57
It’s a few years since my last “new” car but all I got last time was a years subscription to VM!
So to get a follow up call from the dealer followed a couple of months later by two surveys was a bit of a surprise.

I don’t suppose VX will be bothered that the Bridgestones are moody though!
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Keith ABS on 12 May 2018, 07:10:13
 Tell them

Keith ABS
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: STEMO on 12 May 2018, 10:13:01
What flavour of Vauxhall have you bought?
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 12 May 2018, 10:26:43
What flavour of Vauxhall have you bought?

Wyvern. :)
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: BazaJT on 12 May 2018, 20:17:33
The father of my very first "girlfriend"[I was about 5yrs old at the time back in the late-ish '50s]had a Wyvern,black with the chrome bonnet flukes that were a styling "signature" of Vauxhalls.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Pmacca2000 on 12 May 2018, 22:06:20
I bet he never got a survey, how things have come along
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 May 2018, 10:23:24
Jag sent me a questionnaire asking about my experience with Stratstone Nottingham.....

.....I completed it and within a few hours had a call from the dealer principle (who is a jumped up child with no life experience) asking why I rated them as a 1 and that they consequently were not getting their bonus payment....
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: tigers_gonads on 16 May 2018, 10:33:17
Jag sent me a questionnaire asking about my experience with Stratstone Nottingham.....

.....I completed it and within a few hours had a call from the dealer principle (who is a jumped up child with no life experience) asking why I rated them as a 1 and that they consequently were not getting their bonus payment....





Aww how diplomatic  ;D

Well they do say honesty is the best policy   ;)
I take it there is another dealer close by  ;D
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Bigron on 16 May 2018, 10:52:37
Why did he think he deserved a bonus payment if he didn't do his job properly?

Ron.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: deviator on 16 May 2018, 11:06:59
My time is my time, I don't want to be filling surveys unless there is a specific benefit to me. Just rating the service is a pointless exercise.

Most of the time, the only people who fill these are the ones who wish to complain, no one else CBA.

Jag sent me a questionnaire asking about my experience with Stratstone Nottingham.....

.....I completed it and within a few hours had a call from the dealer principle (who is a jumped up child with no life experience) asking why I rated them as a 1 and that they consequently were not getting their bonus payment....

I'd have rang up his head office and complained about my experience dealing with said 'jumped up child'.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: ronnyd on 16 May 2018, 16:25:50
Every  time that you spend a single night in a hotel now they ask you to fill in a questionnaire. What a waste of time.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: TheBoy on 16 May 2018, 18:11:35
Jag sent me a questionnaire asking about my experience with Stratstone Nottingham.....

.....I completed it and within a few hours had a call from the dealer principle (who is a jumped up child with no life experience) asking why I rated them as a 1 and that they consequently were not getting their bonus payment....
As long as they will still supply discounted parts, who cares what he says ;D

I always have to jump through the same hoops to get discounts on parts, but often its worth it (on service items) :y
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: STEMO on 16 May 2018, 19:15:18
Every single purchase at Argos, Amazon, EBay etc., illicits an email begging for feedback these days. You can't mark them as spam because you need to get your order number etc. on future purchases. I just delete them as I receive them, what else can you do?  :-\
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: BazaJT on 16 May 2018, 20:40:31
Never bought a new car and never shall so I won't be getting one of those.I have however started getting a satisfaction survey from the garage where my cars are M.o.T.'d It uses a star system of rating similar to the feedback for an e-bay seller/buyer plus a section for any comments I don't mind filling that in it only takes a matter of seconds.
Title: Re: Customer care
Post by: Nick W on 16 May 2018, 20:59:25
Every single purchase at Argos, Amazon, EBay etc., illicits an email begging for feedback these days. You can't mark them as spam because you need to get your order number etc. on future purchases. I just delete them as I receive them, what else can you do?  :-\


Wait until they start begging you to complete the bloody thing, and mark them as low as you can on expectation, customer service and communication.