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On 3/27/04 12:57 PM, in article ,
" > wrote:

> When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!!



What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or yarn ??

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In article m>,
Greg Cook > wrote:

> What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or yarn ??


Well, I for one am comsid erng outsorcing allth typing of mty nwesgrupo
messages. My 5. year old taks *foreber* to gert one sentenc out and I'v
got to spell every worf as we go.> The errir rate is just unaxcceptable
for me at the leevel of post quality I'm strivingg to atain.

_____
American Association of Woodturners
Cascade Woodturners Assoc., Portland, Oregon
Northwest Woodturners, Tigard, Oregon
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This is really not the place for this type of subject.
Forgive me if I am out of subject but reading the thread got me going.
Last evening on TV the debate was on and here the conclusion:
As quickly as this telemarketing has evolved as quickly it will fade away.
The trend is no information is to be given or received over the phone for
free. Whether this will work I do not know?
The other side of the coin is: government agencies, Dell, Air Canada, Hotels
and many well known vendors are outsourcing to India. What China is to
manufacturing India is to software programming, client services and data
processing. As for the accent, Indian workers are trained by U.S, Canadian
and other linguists to eliminate their native accent. If I get a call and I
noticed an accent it could well means that the caller is from the same
country as me.
Why, because Indian companies seldom employed people with an a native
accent. They have to show after training that their accent is not
noticeable.
W 5 may have a re-run on how these people are trained and the nature of
their business.
Sorry for the derailment.

"Owen Lowe" > wrote in message
news
> In article m>,
> Greg Cook > wrote:
>
> > What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or yarn

??
>
> Well, I for one am comsid erng outsorcing allth typing of mty nwesgrupo
> messages. My 5. year old taks *foreber* to gert one sentenc out and I'v
> got to spell every worf as we go.> The errir rate is just unaxcceptable
> for me at the leevel of post quality I'm strivingg to atain.
>
> _____
> American Association of Woodturners
> Cascade Woodturners Assoc., Portland, Oregon
> Northwest Woodturners, Tigard, Oregon
> _____



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Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for dial-up
Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.

About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on using my
brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called customer
service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I was
connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient person,
I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of the
simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to a
supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.

At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300 cell
phone against the wall!

So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was then
that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there is no
way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.

Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called Earthlink,
spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about 10
minutes! Wow what a difference!

I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!

So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where I
have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I can not
get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with them.
Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort and
frustration!

If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching their
service department - it would show them the problems that exist in this type
of service arrangement!

Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while they are
trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
information over and over agian!

Ray Sandusky






"Greg Cook" > wrote in message
s.com...
> On 3/27/04 12:57 PM, in article ,
> " > wrote:
>
> > When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!!

>
>
> What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or yarn ??
>
> --
> Greg Cook
>
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
>
> (remove spamblocker from my email)
>



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"Ray Sandusky" > wrote in message
...
> Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for dial-up
> Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.
>
> About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on using

my
> brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called

customer
> service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I was
> connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient

person,
> I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of the
> simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to a
> supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
> minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.
>
> At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300 cell
> phone against the wall!
>
> So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
> account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was then
> that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
> appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there is

no
> way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.
>
> Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called Earthlink,
> spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about 10
> minutes! Wow what a difference!
>
> I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!
>
> So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where I
> have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I can

not
> get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with

them.
> Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort and
> frustration!
>
> If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching their
> service department - it would show them the problems that exist in this

type
> of service arrangement!
>
> Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while they

are
> trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
> information over and over agian!
>
> Ray Sandusky

========================================

I just saw a news report about "outsourcing". Seems a lot of the companies
are beginning to understand that this is a problem, and are bringing the
jobs back to the US. Dell was one of them.

Ken Moon
Webberville, TX




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> Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for dial-up
> Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.
>
> About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on using my
> brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called customer
> service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I was
> connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient person,
> I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of the
> simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to a
> supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
> minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.
>
> At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300 cell
> phone against the wall!
>
> So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
> account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was then
> that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
> appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there is no
> way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.
>
> Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called Earthlink,
> spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about 10
> minutes! Wow what a difference!
>
> I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!
>
> So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where I
> have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I can not
> get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with them.
> Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort and
> frustration!
>
> If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching their
> service department - it would show them the problems that exist in this type
> of service arrangement!
>
> Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while they are
> trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
> information over and over agian!
>
> Ray Sandusky
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Greg Cook" > wrote in message
> s.com...
>> On 3/27/04 12:57 PM, in article
,
>> " > wrote:
>>
>>> When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG UP!!

>>
>>
>> What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or yarn ??
>>
>> --
>> Greg Cook
>>
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
>>
>> (remove spamblocker from my email)
>>


Your cross-posting all your replies over here at RCTY, *please* stop.
Thank you,
Noreen

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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 18:09:41 GMT, Ken Moon wrote:

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>
> "Ray Sandusky" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for dial-up
>> Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.
>>
>> About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on using

> my
>> brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called

> customer
>> service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I was
>> connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient

> person,
>> I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of the
>> simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to a
>> supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
>> minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.
>>
>> At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300 cell
>> phone against the wall!
>>
>> So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
>> account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was then
>> that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
>> appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there is

> no
>> way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.
>>
>> Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called Earthlink,
>> spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about 10
>> minutes! Wow what a difference!
>>
>> I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!
>>
>> So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where I
>> have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I can

> not
>> get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with

> them.
>> Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort and
>> frustration!
>>
>> If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching their
>> service department - it would show them the problems that exist in this

> type
>> of service arrangement!
>>
>> Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while they

> are
>> trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
>> information over and over agian!
>>
>> Ray Sandusky

> ========================================
>
> I just saw a news report about "outsourcing". Seems a lot of the companies
> are beginning to understand that this is a problem, and are bringing the
> jobs back to the US. Dell was one of them.
>
> Ken Moon
> Webberville, TX


*please* keep this conversation over at your own NG, you're crossposting
all your replies to RCTY as well.
Thanks,
Noreen

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When you try to get service from Earthlink, you will again get the heavy
Indian accent. The last time I had a problem with them I got an Indian who
was an ignorant, rude, racist, sexist jerk. That is all you are going to
get, no matter what company you use, the companies want cheap not
intelligent or competent. If I found an internet service company that did
not use Indians who are paid four times what they are worth to do nothing,
I'd switch.
"Ray Sandusky" > wrote in message
...
> Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for dial-up
> Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.
>
> About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on using

my
> brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called

customer
> service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I was
> connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient

person,
> I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of the
> simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to a
> supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
> minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.
>
> At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300 cell
> phone against the wall!
>
> So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
> account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was then
> that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
> appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there is

no
> way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.
>
> Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called Earthlink,
> spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about 10
> minutes! Wow what a difference!
>
> I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!
>
> So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where I
> have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I can

not
> get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with

them.
> Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort and
> frustration!
>
> If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching their
> service department - it would show them the problems that exist in this

type
> of service arrangement!
>
> Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while they

are
> trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
> information over and over agian!
>
> Ray Sandusky
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Greg Cook" > wrote in message
> s.com...
> > On 3/27/04 12:57 PM, in article ,
> > " > wrote:
> >
> > > When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG

UP!!
> >
> >
> > What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or yarn

??
> >
> > --
> > Greg Cook
> >
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
> >
> > (remove spamblocker from my email)
> >

>
>



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In article . net>, "Nancy Scott" > wrote:
>When you try to get service from Earthlink, you will again get the heavy
>Indian accent. The last time I had a problem with them I got an Indian who
>was an ignorant, rude, racist, sexist jerk.


Without exception, *every* Indian I have ever met -- and I've worked with
quite a few -- has been educated and polite, with no hint of racism or sexism.

I wonder if you were talking to an Arab instead...
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Hey You all,
I am new here. I was just wondering, how did you know these people were
Indian? Did you ask? Also, even if you did ask, why do you all hate
indians so much? They are trying to do their job just like us. They did
not ask those companies to move to India. Try not to be so racist, ok? I
am from here and have had the same problems, but, I dont blame it on the
fact that the people are from India. I say it's because their english is
not very good.

Your friend,
Sue in Kentucky
"Nancy Scott" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> When you try to get service from Earthlink, you will again get the heavy
> Indian accent. The last time I had a problem with them I got an Indian

who
> was an ignorant, rude, racist, sexist jerk. That is all you are going to
> get, no matter what company you use, the companies want cheap not
> intelligent or competent. If I found an internet service company that did
> not use Indians who are paid four times what they are worth to do nothing,
> I'd switch.
> "Ray Sandusky" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for dial-up
> > Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.
> >
> > About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on

using
> my
> > brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called

> customer
> > service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I was
> > connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient

> person,
> > I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of the
> > simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to a
> > supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
> > minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.
> >
> > At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300

cell
> > phone against the wall!
> >
> > So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
> > account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was then
> > that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
> > appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there is

> no
> > way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.
> >
> > Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called

Earthlink,
> > spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about 10
> > minutes! Wow what a difference!
> >
> > I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!
> >
> > So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where I
> > have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I can

> not
> > get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with

> them.
> > Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort and
> > frustration!
> >
> > If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching

their
> > service department - it would show them the problems that exist in this

> type
> > of service arrangement!
> >
> > Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while they

> are
> > trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
> > information over and over agian!
> >
> > Ray Sandusky
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Greg Cook" > wrote in message
> > s.com...
> > > On 3/27/04 12:57 PM, in article ,
> > > " > wrote:
> > >
> > > > When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG

> UP!!
> > >
> > >
> > > What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or

yarn
> ??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Greg Cook
> > >
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
> > >
> > > (remove spamblocker from my email)
> > >

> >
> >

>
>





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I have the same situations. At supper time, I am hesitant to answer the
phone. I have contacted our telephone company to have my name removed from
the telemarketing list. The problem is that it takes about 3-6 months to be
enforced.
What I do now, after a few seconds, I ask the caller to remove my name from
his or her list. This seems to rest the conversation without being
offensive. The other thing is If I am not satisfied with the services
provided I do not do business with the company. There is no pay back for me
to be upset at the workers trying to make a living under the tutorship of US
and Canadian owned companies. The companies outsourcing work to these
countries are the one accountable not the person bringing home the bacon for
$3000.00 per year.

Denis
Rothesay, New Brunswick

"leloysue" > wrote in message
news:k6Fac.147305$1p.1874316@attbi_s54...
> Hey You all,
> I am new here. I was just wondering, how did you know these people were
> Indian? Did you ask? Also, even if you did ask, why do you all hate
> indians so much? They are trying to do their job just like us. They did
> not ask those companies to move to India. Try not to be so racist, ok? I
> am from here and have had the same problems, but, I dont blame it on the
> fact that the people are from India. I say it's because their english is
> not very good.
>
> Your friend,
> Sue in Kentucky
> "Nancy Scott" > wrote in message
> ink.net...
> > When you try to get service from Earthlink, you will again get the heavy
> > Indian accent. The last time I had a problem with them I got an Indian

> who
> > was an ignorant, rude, racist, sexist jerk. That is all you are going

to
> > get, no matter what company you use, the companies want cheap not
> > intelligent or competent. If I found an internet service company that

did
> > not use Indians who are paid four times what they are worth to do

nothing,
> > I'd switch.
> > "Ray Sandusky" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Last Friday, I entered into a service agreement with NetZero for

dial-up
> > > Internet for my laptop while I am on the road.
> > >
> > > About 1 hour after I got set up on their website, I tried to log on

> using
> > my
> > > brand new user ID and password. It failed repeatedly, so I called

> > customer
> > > service for NetZero (also owns Juno). After many clicks and pops, I

was
> > > connected to a lady with an obvious Indian accent. Being a patient

> > person,
> > > I explained my situation in detail and wass asked to repeat many of

the
> > > simple points over and over. I eventually asked to be handed over to

a
> > > supervisor, who could not understand me either, causing about 20 more
> > > minutes of long distance to be incurred by NetZero.
> > >
> > > At the end of this, I was frustrated, mad and ready to throw my $300

> cell
> > > phone against the wall!
> > >
> > > So, I did what any other red blodded American would do, I cancelled my
> > > account by asking to be switched to the billing department. It was

then
> > > that I was transferred to an American - nice young man who profusely
> > > appologized and trtied to get me to change my mind - I told him there

is
> > no
> > > way I would ever use their service and I want a refund of my fee.
> > >
> > > Then I did what I should have done in the first place, I called

> Earthlink,
> > > spoke with an American and got set up, connected and on-line in about

10
> > > minutes! Wow what a difference!
> > >
> > > I had the same trouble with DELL - over 3 hours of frustration!
> > >
> > > So, now I have a new policy - I will not deal with any companies where

I
> > > have my telephone call to customer service switched to India. If I

can
> > not
> > > get American Service for my American money, I do not want to deal with

> > them.
> > > Sorry, but I am not a bigot, I am interested in saving time, effort

and
> > > frustration!
> > >
> > > If these companies were smart, they would do a test before switching

> their
> > > service department - it would show them the problems that exist in

this
> > type
> > > of service arrangement!
> > >
> > > Not to mention the lost productivity of the AMerican workers while

they
> > are
> > > trying to deal with the thick accents and requests to repeat basic
> > > information over and over agian!
> > >
> > > Ray Sandusky
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Greg Cook" > wrote in message
> > > s.com...
> > > > On 3/27/04 12:57 PM, in article ,
> > > > " > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > When You Hear The Heavy Accent & The Poor Phone Connection... HANG

> > UP!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What exactly does this have to do with winemaking, woodturning, or

> yarn
> > ??
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Greg Cook
> > > >
http://homepage.mac.com/gregcook/Wine
> > > >
> > > > (remove spamblocker from my email)
> > > >
> > >
> > >

> >
> >

>
>



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