{"id":289,"date":"2006-09-16T18:59:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-16T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/?p=289"},"modified":"2006-09-16T18:59:23","modified_gmt":"2006-09-16T22:59:23","slug":"forget-things-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/2006\/09\/16\/forget-things-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Things Remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The store, that is. <\/p>\n<p>You know, the ubiquitous customized gifts store found in just about every US mall. Why? Because it seems if they don&#8217;t sell it, they won&#8217;t help you find someone who does. Apparently, they just want you to buy the engraved gifts they sell&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Customer service at its very worst. <\/p>\n<p>I went to the local store today to get some engraved plates for a trophy we are donating to our local Scottie club. I even lugged the trophy with me so we could pick the best alternative. The trophy base is an odd shape, so we needed a larger size than the store carries. <\/p>\n<p>Well, they don&#8217;t do custom or larger plates AT ALL. When I asked where I could perhaps get something that would work, the clueless clerk said, maybe a trophy store. I asked if he knew of any local ones. &quot;Oh no, we don&#8217;t know what the competition sells. Couldn&#8217;t tell you.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>I certainly hope this was just a case of a stupid teenager on a Saturday afternoon. If instead, it is the company&#8217;s corporate policy to NOT help out potential customers when they don&#8217;t have the goods &#8212; ie it isn&#8217;t a competitive situation &#8212; then all I can say is, clueless. How hard would it be to have a list of local trophy stores that can handle the occasional oddball request? Not hard at all, I&#8217;d say. <\/p>\n<p>They might even get an additional sale out of it. I was actually considering getting some small token to go along with the trophy that the yearly winner could keep. The trophy itself is a challenge trophy that must be won by the same person three times for permanent possession. I thought a small engraved ornament or something that the person could keep would be a nice keepsake.<\/p>\n<p>I may or may not do that, but one thing I know for sure, if I do, I will not be purchasing it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingsremembered.com\/\">Things Remembered.<\/a> In fact, I doubt I&#8217;ll ever shop there again. <\/p>\n<p>It may take me a bit longer and may not be as convenient, but if I need something engraved, I&#8217;m sure I can find somewhere else.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Count on it. <\/p>\n<p><small>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/customer+service\" rel=\"tag\">customer service<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Things+Remembered\" rel=\"tag\">Things Remembered<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The store, that is. You know, the ubiquitous customized gifts store found in just about every US mall. Why? Because it seems if they don&#8217;t sell it, they won&#8217;t help you find someone who does. Apparently, they just want you to buy the engraved gifts they sell&#8230;. Customer service at its very worst. I went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/getgood.com\/roadmaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}