With such a lack of care in evaluating who they hire, how could I ever justify purchasing a product from them in the future?
Throughout the past weeks I have been receiving calls from SGI on a daily basis. The last three times, however, are the only last times I have made it to my phone within seconds to answer them. So many more phone calls end with me being hung up because their "customer service" quality ranks so low that the sales people barely allow the phone to ring once before moving onto the next number.
The first person I was able to talk to provided me with a script as all are scripted. Despite the man being professional and a hard seller, doing his job, I did not like the way their scripts force the sales people to act as though you have talked to them before or that they have a new product. I have never given them permission to call me back when they have a new product but all three people state I have (all three also called with different "new" products).
So the issue was not with the first guy, as much, but with the second and third person I talked to. Yesterday, March 19th, I politely told the woman I had already been contacted and had stated I was not able to take part in purchasing any of their products. Before I was able to finish that sentence, the older woman hung up on me. A simple, "sorry to bother you again" or something of that nature would have been polite. I am not asking for much but asking for a person calling me for money to be polite.
Today, March 20th, I received yet another call from SGI where a southern sounding man started going into his script. I again politely stated I was already contacted and not interested. However, before I could finish that sentence, he interrupted me and said, "well your doors are still open ain't they?". I told him they were but I was not able to make a purchase nor interested and for him to have a nice day and take me off the calling list. He ignored me and started into his script again and I stated, "buddy, I am being nice to you and I would appreciate you being nice to me; please put me on the do not call list." At that point, he stated in a sarcastic tone, "we will be sure to call you back when we have a new item" and hung up the phone.
I called, as I did yesterday, the SGI office in Phoenix. Yesterday, they told me I had to give my number as customer service did not accept incoming calls but later let me talk to a guy who apologized for the actions of "single caller". Today, same apology and excuse of how they cannot monitor every call. Sadly, if they actually monitored their hiring officials, this problem might not be so bad.
He was able to inform me that the callers were not able to place a number on a do not call list. Something I find rather hard to believe seeing I use to work in a call center raising money for University programs.
I would highly recommend that you do not give your business to a place that cares little about their customers and only wants their money. Apparently a repeat customer is not something they find valuable. If the only thing that can be said is a few bad apples exist, they have a few bad apples as 2/3 of the people I talked to were extremely rude. Not only that but their products are more expensive than where I now order from and the ones that are cheaper, are "cheaper" indeed.
Note: For those who assume I am getting calls at a business number, it is actually my cell phone they are calling. Looks like a lawsuit in the making as being registered on the national do not call list seems to mean nothing to them. read more