Topic: Dell Customer Service: "Bitcoin - is that some sort of wire transfer?" (Read 1341 times)
July 24, 2015, 12:47:12 AM
Dell should've enabled Bitcoin payments across all of their worldwide sites from day one. Instead, they keep feeding the localized efforts in the US. Sigh....
July 23, 2015, 02:18:37 PM
i remember hearing about Dell accepting bitcoin a year ago in fact i found the coindesk article about it too:
http://www.coindesk.com/computer-giant-dell-now-accepts-bitcoin/
it is for July 18, 2014 , and they have announced that they were accepting bitcoin through a partnership with Coinbase.
http://www.coindesk.com/computer-giant-dell-now-accepts-bitcoin/
it is for July 18, 2014 , and they have announced that they were accepting bitcoin through a partnership with Coinbase.
that's rather odd then, a year should be ample time to thoroughly train their customer support department about the basics of bitcoin, and being a company as big as they are, its not something they should skimp out on. that's pretty negligent of them, but maybe it was just the particular call center or representative op got connected to.
July 23, 2015, 07:57:28 AM
LOL this was really funny to read 
Unfortunately, it seems that some 'big'' boss in Dell heard something about bitcoin and that a lot young people using it, and probably concluded that it would be a good idea for Dell to introduce Bitcoin and show that they follow the trends and desires of young customers.
They didn't, however, educate their customer support about Bitcoin probably thinking that no one will use this method of payment and not realizing it too seriously.
Now you can see the consequences of it and the whole company look unprofessional and frivolous.
Unfortunately, it seems that some 'big'' boss in Dell heard something about bitcoin and that a lot young people using it, and probably concluded that it would be a good idea for Dell to introduce Bitcoin and show that they follow the trends and desires of young customers.
They didn't, however, educate their customer support about Bitcoin probably thinking that no one will use this method of payment and not realizing it too seriously.
Now you can see the consequences of it and the whole company look unprofessional and frivolous.
July 23, 2015, 07:43:48 AM
There was a similar post on this forum a while ago from somebody buying airplane tickets with BTC, and also got in a lot of troubles... If my memory serves me correct, his payment was declined but not refunded.
Why a company like dell starts accepting a payment method BEFORE they train their support staff is beyond me, but it does not supprise me at all.
Why a company like dell starts accepting a payment method BEFORE they train their support staff is beyond me, but it does not supprise me at all.
July 23, 2015, 07:37:45 AM
i remember hearing about Dell accepting bitcoin a year ago in fact i found the coindesk article about it too:
http://www.coindesk.com/computer-giant-dell-now-accepts-bitcoin/
it is for July 18, 2014 , and they have announced that they were accepting bitcoin through a partnership with Coinbase.
http://www.coindesk.com/computer-giant-dell-now-accepts-bitcoin/
it is for July 18, 2014 , and they have announced that they were accepting bitcoin through a partnership with Coinbase.
July 23, 2015, 07:22:38 AM
their website looks good:
http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/campaigns/bitcoin-marketing
@Kakmakr
how many people have sent an email in 1996 ?
http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/campaigns/bitcoin-marketing
@Kakmakr
how many people have sent an email in 1996 ?
July 23, 2015, 07:03:48 AM
Since Dell accepted Bitcoin payment, we have not seen any sales figures or a indication of how successful it was. I hope it was not just a publicity stunt. How many other people paid with Bitcoin, since they accepted it?
It might just be a training issue or a communication issue. I know in the beginning, some people said only certain branches accepted Bitcoin payments. I hope this gets sorted out quickly. It's embarrassing to tell people that Dell accepts Bitcoin and you find this type of scenario.
It might just be a training issue or a communication issue. I know in the beginning, some people said only certain branches accepted Bitcoin payments. I hope this gets sorted out quickly. It's embarrassing to tell people that Dell accepts Bitcoin and you find this type of scenario.
July 23, 2015, 07:01:41 AM
I've just tried it and it went well (Of course I faked the details, I'm not gonna buy sth right now).
And it redirected me to Coinbase payment page.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/LdmcSKu.png
I didn't get any troubles.
And it redirected me to Coinbase payment page.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/LdmcSKu.png
I didn't get any troubles.
Yeah, thanks for checking. I placed the order and paid with my Payoneer debit card. I received an order confirmation, then nothing. I called Dell and it turns out they would not accept the card because although it is denominated in USD it was issued by a UK company and they would not accept it for payment in the USA - which was the sort of crap that I wanted to avoid by paying with bitcoin in the first place. Dell never contacted me in any way to inform me that there was a problem - it was up to me to check the order status and question why it was not being shipped.
So I went back and placed a new order, but this time using a different browser and this time the bitcoin payment worked beautifully. For the record I had the problem using Chrome and I later placed the successful order using IE.
In brief: bitcoin great, Dell customer service crap!
July 23, 2015, 05:14:17 AM
I recently bought a Dell computer - how did I not think to check if they accepted Bitcoin? I didn't see the option anywhere though or else I would have considered it. Perhaps it's only in the US? I bought it from my country's local Dell website.
maybe this is the reason why their employees don't know about bitcoin, the reason why they obscure too much the payments in bitcoin when they add it, is still beyond me, it's like they are ashamed of the fact that they have accepted bitcoin
July 23, 2015, 01:52:54 AM
I actually just bought a 950 gaming computer on NewEgg by Asus tonight. Screw dell and their new venture of Alienware. Their business goings are just stupid in my opinion. I honestly believe I could give them better marketing advice than they are getting now.
Screw dell and their new venture of Alienware. Their business goings are just stupid in my opinion. I honestly believe I could give them better marketing advice than they are getting now. July 23, 2015, 01:49:13 AM
"Yes Sir" she said "I will put you through to the Bitcoin Department right now".
LoL - that would have been amazing
you can see that we are very early in the game.
LoL - that would have been amazing
you can see that we are very early in the game.
July 23, 2015, 01:41:43 AM
I recently bought a Dell computer - how did I not think to check if they accepted Bitcoin? I didn't see the option anywhere though or else I would have considered it. Perhaps it's only in the US? I bought it from my country's local Dell website.
July 23, 2015, 01:20:58 AM
This is surprising to me because I met 4 staff members of Dells US facing customer service call centre in a social setting here in the Philippines and they all knew about Dell accepting bitcoin.
They also advised me never to buy a Dell product, believe me I did not need to be told, unlike OP. What are you thinking buying from the worst brand in the industry? Thanks for using bitcoin though I guess.
They also advised me never to buy a Dell product, believe me I did not need to be told, unlike OP. What are you thinking buying from the worst brand in the industry? Thanks for using bitcoin though I guess.
July 22, 2015, 07:26:24 PM
People are so fucking dumb it's painful.
its customer service, i wouldnt expect them to be too knowledgeable about technical stuff, half the stuff they do and say is scripted anyways. i would expect that dell started accepting bitcoin recently, and have not had the chance to thoroughly train their support staff on it.
True. Although they should be by the least, get briefed about their payment processors or have a dialogue for concerns like this OR the bitcoin department which was stated above.
July 22, 2015, 06:25:03 PM
People are so fucking dumb it's painful.
its customer service, i wouldnt expect them to be too knowledgeable about technical stuff, half the stuff they do and say is scripted anyways. i would expect that dell started accepting bitcoin recently, and have not had the chance to thoroughly train their support staff on it.
July 22, 2015, 06:11:50 PM
it's not just bitcoin related. customer services of so many large companies here have very bad instructed/educated employees. 90% of the time you're explaining your situation to an employee that doesn't understand anything. it's beyond sad.
Exactly... they lack formation in almost all areas! Especially when they introduce new services. Which is just wrong, as new services are prone to doubts, questions and errors!
July 22, 2015, 06:11:26 PM
I am glad that Dell accepts BTC.
Yet somehow I am not surprised by this experience. Hopefully as more customers attempt to use BTC, their people will become better trained
Yet somehow I am not surprised by this experience. Hopefully as more customers attempt to use BTC, their people will become better trained
July 22, 2015, 06:10:21 PM
it's not just bitcoin related. customer services of so many large companies here have very bad instructed/educated employees. 90% of the time you're explaining your situation to an employee that doesn't understand anything. it's beyond sad.
July 22, 2015, 05:59:49 PM
Typical client service. They don't even instruct their employees on how to help clients... And when Bitcoin comes on, it's seems to be to hard to teach people.
This is really unfortunate. I hope they change this soon.
This is really unfortunate. I hope they change this soon.
July 22, 2015, 05:52:05 PM
I've just tried it and it went well (Of course I faked the details, I'm not gonna buy sth right now).
And it redirected me to Coinbase payment page.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/LdmcSKu.png
I didn't get any troubles.
And it redirected me to Coinbase payment page.
Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/LdmcSKu.png
I didn't get any troubles.
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