Thought I was going to have to HUACA on a WWEDR call centre person on Friday. After going through formalities of establishing my identity, explained that I had not received bonus points for a BWS offer of 'Spend $100, get 500 bonus points'.
Call centre person asked for all details on payment slip which I gave her. These checked out ok and then she said that I hadn't received the bonus points because I had not shopped at Woolworths.
I agreed I had not shopped at WW, but at BWS, as this was the offer: Shop at BWS, spend $100 for 500 bonus points.
CCP: You haven't shopped at WW.
Reiteration by self of BWS offer and an explanation that WW Liquor is now rebranded as BWS. Not sure she understood this concept though.
CCP: You haven't shopped at WW. At the third iteration that WW Liquor was rebranded as a BWS and the offer was from BWS I realised I was getting a bit loud and apologised to her. She finally said she would have to confirm with EDR.......team and would put me on hold.
Came back 7 or 8 minutes later to say she could credit 500 points. No admission though that she was wrong in her initial assessment of the situation that I wasn't eligible for the bonus points because I hadn't shopped at WW.
I think that this is yet another example of poor training of call centre staff, where the customer is fobbed off, unless they know exactly what their rights in relation to offers are.
Then she asked whether I would be prepared to answer a short survey of my experience today!!!!!!!!!! I'm waiting for the points to credit first.
Now, as some would know I have a problem with QF not crediting some points from a voucher purchase some months ago. I'm wondering whether QF will ask me to complete a satisfaction survey, if the points ever credit.