• moroni@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    CEO said that forgiving bills for this kind of a thing is a standard practice, but how come this was the customer support’s first reaction:

    We normally discount these kinds of attacks to about 20% of the cost, which would make your new bill $20,900. I’ve currently reduced it to about 5%, which is $5,225.

    If the customer support has authority to give 20%/5% discounts, this seems to me like the standard practice, and the CEO is probably just doing damage control because this became public.

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      8 months ago

      In this case, customer service is giving roughly 80% / 95% discounts. Which I think bolsters your point even further.

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        8 months ago

        When I worked in customer service I think the largest i was ever able to issue was a 10% discount. Even with managerial approval I don’t think I ever saw anyone get more than a 25% discount, and that was for legitimate complaints, not the Karen style made up whining.