Friday, November 13, 2015

With a bang!!


         

 

 

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Hi,super king size beds are handy for many things and Guy Fawkes is definitelly one of them!

Three large spooked dogs, one large spooked three year plus the normal occupants all huddled together while world war three unfolds outside celebrating some historical dodgy pyromaniac!

My greatest fear was our resident ‘on high alert’  fire fighter would be called out and I would be left alone with the rest of the family in the bed freaking out!!

Yes I liked Guy Fawkes as a kid but more than a few decades down the track I have become a willing advocate of banning the sale of fireworks in favour of public displays.I firmly believe this to be in the best interests of everyones safety,sanity and restful sleep both human and animal!

Fletcher says; summer rules especially roadside ‘real strawberry’ icecream stalls…..yum!

We made the time to visit one of our favourite local places in the world,beautiful Matua Vineyard estate.Disappointingly the owner of this amazing spot is selling and moving production to Marlborough. This spot is one of our best kept secret places and we will miss it. Amazingly we have the bottom field to ourselves most weekends.The best things and experiences are often the least expensive and closest to home!!(see attached)I hope you have been spending time with your favourite people in your favourite places too. Have a great week ahead.......Cheers Jonesey!!!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon given their advancing dog years they should be allowed in the ‘super’ bed every night…….yeah right!

 

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“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”Bill Gates

 

I had a ‘that’s it’ moment last week with our bank and let them know!

We have been trying to negotiate a restructured mortgage deal with the BNZ via a broker.

Our broker (Tim Hurley from Hurley Financial Services) was referred to us and he has been amazing!

The same unfortunately cannot be said of the BNZ who have been nothing short of unbelievable!

We have been customers for over twelve years during which time we have paid copious interest!

We have never missed a payment or been anything but a model customer.

All that appeared to count for nothing as they have fluffed around for over seven weeks!

We have been treated like a new customer with no previous history in a rude and arrogant manner!

Externally their advertising is convincing and caring however internally this does not exist!

At no stage of our recent experience have we felt our business was important to them.

Tim Hurley is an experienced broker who has been astounded by their lack of performance!

So,enough was enough and after having had a gutsful I decided it was time to make a stand!

I wrote a letter to them outlining our experience and our disgust  at  their total lack of service.

I included my feelings about their arrogance,complacency and lack of empathy for customers!

Their announcement of a record profit recently further motivated me not to hold back!

Large Corporates need to take notice of their smaller customers because we and and all do count.

Ignore these messages at your peril I say….just look at Taranaki Savings and Kiwibank growth!

The problem is not enough of us let these guys know exactly how we feel or vote with our feet!

I encourage you all to complain more about treatment from companies who should be better!

My complaint made me feel a bit better and motivated our bank to promptly apologise.

We also got a better deal as it turns out which was backdated and embellished with care.

It pays to speak up when you get poor service,its not good enough so up to you to say so!

Also a good wake up call for those of us selling a service…….listen and be on your game!!

 

“A business devoted to service will have only one worry about profits they will be embarrassingly large.”Henry Ford

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