Last semester one of my classes was assigned to write a complaint letter to a company we had a bad experience with. I was fully reimbursed with a promise for a future discount.
Just recently, Eric and I got a check from our old apartment complex. We moved out early so we could save more money, but the check ended up being over $125 less than we were expecting. I was pretty upset. I was venting to Eric when he didn't really want to hear it, so he told me to write a complaint letter while I was heated up.
The letter I wrote was a full page and pretty dang awesome if you ask me! I pulled out some legal terms from my old business law book and may have even threatened the apartment owners to take them to court, although I would never actually take it that far. I just wanted to see if anything would come from my letter. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take, after all.
As I was coming home from work last night Eric was sitting on the front porch and handed me an envelope. I opened it up and there was nothing but a check inside for $125. SUCCESS! (He opened it first because he didn't want me to be in a bad mood all night if there was no money)
Whoever said complaining doesn't get you anywhere was completely wrong. If I've learned one useful thing from my college education, it's that businesses don't want a bad reputation and are usually willing to reimburse you for a bad experience. So start complaining!!
2 comments:
YOU ARE MY HEROOOO. Lets start sending letters to everyone and get FREE STUFFFF!
Way to go my sister! How is it that life always seems to go your way? Maybe one day I can be like you. :)
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