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Date

03/02/2005

Complaint

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Nataliecatteral@hotmail .com

Asda Head Office
Asda House
Leeds
 

 

 

As you may have noticed from our Main Page we have reluctantly withdrawn our FREE HELP AND ASSISTANCE due to the fact that too many consumers have just used us for as their FREE legal advice service without ever getting back to us, updating us or thank us for our assistance.

When we received the following e-mail from Natalie Catteral we relented and we contacted ASDA on her behalf as we felt sorry to learn as to what had happened to the money they received at their hospital over Christmas.

This is the copy Natalie sent us:

 

I’m a nurse on an intermediate neruo rehabilitation unit. As most of our patients are extremely long term we ensure that their Christmas is as pleasant as possible.
We received £200 pounds to buy presents and nice food for over the Christmas period. We chose Asda to buy all this from as they have a big selection of gifts and food. I was told to send our cheque to Asda House and they will give us £200 worth of vouchers to spend. The cheque was cashed 23.12.04 and I have had no correspondence or vouchers since. I have liaised with asda treasury department's Mr Andrew Wells who has not replied to and of my phone calls or faxes. I have also emailed customer services at asda and had no luck. Our Christmas on our ward was pretty miserable and my moral is extremely low as I volunteered to do the Christmas shopping for our ward.
I would be so very grateful if you could help me please!

 

ASDA replied very quickly on the 14th Feb 2005 by e-mail and sent us a copy of the letter they sent to Natalie Catteral
I have recently received a letter from The Complaint Shop regarding your experience when obtaining ASDA vouchers to purchase shopping for a patients' Christmas party.  I was very sorry to learn of your experience in connection with this matter, and I hope you will accept my apologies for any inconvenience or frustration this may have caused.
 
At ASDA, it is always our aim to provide an amazing level of service to all our customers, and I am very sorry that this has not been your experience.  I agree that the level of service provided by my colleagues here at ASDA House was, on this occasion, unacceptable. 
 
I have noted all the details of your complaint but it is also important that the relevant management team are made aware of any mistakes that have been made so that they can make sure that it does not happen again.  I have therefore discussed this incident with our Treasury team, who have assured me that the issues will be addressed through a series of briefing and training sessions. 
 
Unfortunately, we are unable to explain why you did not receive the vouchers as requested, as the cheque had been cashed.  I understand however that after speaking with one of your colleagues, Andrew Walls has now reimbursed this amount. 
 
Your custom and loyalty are greatly valued and we would not want to lose them.  Thank you again for giving us this further opportunity to put matters right and I hope our actions may help to restore your faith in our products and services.  I hope we may look forward to serving you again soon and if I can be of any further assistance to you please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. 
Yours sincerely
Tony DeNunzio
President & Chief Executive Officer
 
So here it was - Yet another quick result and hopefully a happy ending.
Why hopefully
 because you might have guessed it
we have not heard a word from Natalie Catteral
Just absolute silence, no confirmation that the matter has now been settled, no further contact and not a mutter of thank you for spending our time to sort out her problem.
Perhaps you can now understand why we cannot and will not continue to
to offer FREE help and ADVICE in the future
We actually enjoyed doing it but like a faithful dog without a pat on the head  and a bit of appreciation there is no point to continue this service
 so sadly that is the end
 
Complaint Status:  CLOSED      
 
      
 
   
 
 
 
 
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