RE: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Booth, please let me know the details of this client situation with their
BP.... thanks!

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  Please respond to midrange-l





Interesting story.  I have a client with a 150 that is getting the same run
around, but from his BP.  Basically the news from IBM seems to be "huh?"



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-------Original Message-------

From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 20:22:12
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Hey IBM........ PAY ATTENTION!!!!!!!!


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Shields, Ken" &lt;kenshields@ppg.com>
Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com
To: "'midrange-l@midrange.com'" &lt;midrange-l@midrange.com>
Subject: RE: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 11:59:41 -0500

Joe
Kinda makes you wonder where 'Total Customer Satisfaction' is in the whole
mess.
You're right, this level of frustration will ultimately harm IBM.
Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:00 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!


I have NEVER had such a hard time trying to give a company money. I own a
model 150, and lease a model 270. I'm trying to see if I can upgrade my
model 150 to V5R1 and I'm getting so much static it's not funny.

First, I get sent on a 15 minute wild goose chase through Partnerline until
they figure out that the 150 is mine, not theirs. Now it's back to IBM
Direct.

There I get a trainee who tells me the machine isn't supported. Her trainer
then got on the line and told me to go to my "business partner or VAR" with
a tone of voice that clearly indicated that I should know this and not
bother him. I tried to explain that I bought the machine from a 3rd party
who originally bought the machine from IBM, and that I had no business
partner, but by now the guy was getting realy snippy. His next words were,
"Now sir, listen to me before you go raising your voice."

At that point I said I wanted to speak to his supervisor. Since then, I've
spent the last ten minutes on hold off and on waiting for someone to give
me
a business partner name. After telling them I'm from Illinois, I eventually
get a name and number... for a BP in Cleveland.

They've finally just given up and told me to go to the web site and find my
own d@mn partner.

And IBM wonders why they don't make as much money as they could?

Joe

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