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Article #12867Re: Technical Support, 1-900-555-HELP!
From: William Kucharski
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 1990 17:39
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 1990 17:39
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In article <103452@convex.convex.com> russ@convex.COM (Russell Donnan) writes:
>I like the idea of the pay-by-usage that you are proposing with your
>900 number. The reason I like this idea is that I very rarely use
>such support, and I don't want to pay for something I'm not using. In
>a perfect world, this is exactly the system I would like to have.
Uh, what about the many times I've called tech support at a particular company
and have been put on hold (all our technical support staff are busy; please
hold and the first available support person will answer your call in the order
it was received) for 30 minutes or more. At $.50-$2.00/minute this adds up
quite quickly.
Add to this the caveat that most companies block 900 numbers from being dialed
from their phone systems, and you've got a problem.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!ncar!boulder!stan!number6!kucharsk From: kucharsk@number6.Solbourne.COM (William Kucharski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Technical Support, 1-900-555-HELP! Message-ID: <1990Jun28.173951.7132@Solbourne.COM> Date: 28 Jun 90 17:39:51 GMT References: <9664.268769e4@amherst.bitnet> <103452@convex.convex.com> Sender: news@Solbourne.COM Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont CO Lines: 21