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๐–๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ?

Ted Prodromou
2 min readJul 20, 2022

โ€œCustomer serviceโ€ is now an oxymoron.

There, I said it first!

Recently, we had a Tesla solar system and battery installed.

Communication during the installation process was exceptional.

After a few weeks, our system stopped working.

I contacted customer support and my rep was very helpful.

She tried to fix our system remotely and had to escalate the case to Tier 2 support.

She said to reach out to her if I had any questions.

A week goes by with no updates.

I emailed my rep numerous times but no response.

I emailed the main support email address and not even an automated response.

Another week goes by with no updates.

NADA.

Zilch.

I have $20K of brand new, broken hardware on my roof that may or may not get fixed in the near future.

While I was sitting on the beach last week sipping beers, I jumped on the customer service chat on the Tesla app.

It was really hard to find the chat because it only appears after you navigate an automatedโ€ฆ

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Ted Prodromou
Ted Prodromou

Written by Ted Prodromou

Award-winning, best-selling author of Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn for Business and Ultimate Guide to Twitter. Get free LinkedIn tips at www.YourLinkedInCoach.com

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