Gayle
San Diego,#2UPDATE Employee
Tue, February 26, 2002
Communication is key. We, at Cass Plumbing, try to accomodate our customers as quickly and professionally as possible.However, in this instance lack of communication is the culprit. We scheduled the service call with the woman of the house and explained to her that we did not have any tehcnicians available that day, but could send someone first thing the next morning. She agreed and stated that she was going to call around in effort to find someone sooner. If she did find another company she would call us to cancel. But she wanted to keep her appointment so as not to have to wait longer, as we schedule on a first come-firt served basis. We never received a cancellation phone call either during business hours or from our 24-hour answering service. The next day we dispatched a technician, as agreed, and found the problem had been fixed earlier. We charged the customer a minimal trip charge rather than our regular $62.45 an hour. Which we felt was fair since we performed our end of the agreement and were not notified of cancellation as stated the customer would do. Communication is important.