Yesterday my husband and I were shopping in Brandon. The first thing we were going to check out was a new TV because one of ours is certainly on it's death bed. We started our comparison shopping by going to Visions on the highway. As soon as we walked into the store, a gentleman said "Hello. How are you today?"
My first thought, was "Oh no, this man is going to be in our face all the time we are in here." That was not to be the case. We looked at the various Televisions, and of course looked at the price tags. After a reasonable amount of time David Leland came over to see if we had any questions and if he could help us in any way. He answered all our questions and we developed a good working relationship.
We weren't ready to buy a TV, but we had some questions about a combination DVD/VHS recorder. He showed us a Toshiba he had in stock. It was the last one in stock and it was $193. He gave us his card and we went to do some comparable shopping. We found the exact same one in another shop for $210. We then went to another store where they had a no brand machine for less than $100. My husband was very skeptical. I told him I liked dealing with David and asked him if Visions was worth the extra $100. He said yes. Needless to say we called David to see how long he was open and told him we were on our way. When we got there, David had the machine ready for us to take away.
Will we go back to Visions? Absolutely! He had the right product for the right price and the customer service was excellent.
We then went for dinner at the Victoria Inn. We had certificate for a free entree with the purchase of another. We placed our order and the service was o.k. When the the entree arrived the steak skewers I ordered as medium rare, was well done. When informing the waitress of the problem she said she could get me another one. I was hungry and did not want to wait. She said I could eat the one I had and she would still bring me another. I declined because I knew I couldn't eat that much or, shouldn't eat that much. I don't know her name but she was friendly, compassionate and she smiled.
When the manager, Brendan Carmichael (I think that is his name) came around and asked if everything was alright, we informed him about the well done steak. He said he would do something about it and he did. He didn't charge us for either entree so all we paid for was the appetizers and our drinks. This certainly was a pleasant surprise! Will we go back? Absolutely because all though there was a problem, the problem was fixed to our satisfaction.
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I run a small online store and I know the power of a happy customer! My customers are my number 1 marketing tool. A happy customer is always the best type of referral (much like your blog is for those 2 businesses).
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