For all of the vendors that I have dealt with that have shown me a touch of customer service excellence from which I have learned greatly.

And to those vendors that have shown me scorn as a customer from which I have also learned greatly.

Changing the name from customer service to customer care never improves the service but only makes for angrier customers.

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