I didn't request to have a thread where I had described a prominent PERBert possibly standing me up, removed.
To summarize briefly I had always maintained a strict booking policy and supported many SPs whom I don't personally know from a hole in the ground about what was considered a booked appointment. And so I carried out with a social experiment using myself as the test subject.I wanted to try a system that I had abandoned long ago seeing as the attitudes towards what was considered a set/booked appointment had changed.
From the looks of it it has done a complete 180 degree turn. What was once a booked appointment is so once confirmed, is now a booked appointment once requested. Ones' word is as good and solid as oak, at least from the clients point of view. Responsibility is on the SP, yet as with the vast majority of SPs I'd imagine the seriousness of ones intention is measured with return communication to confirm and not solely based on the clients word, ie. calling to inquire about services and saying "I'll call you back" and they don't.
If a client has been "stood up" by a SP, there often is a clear division depending on the situation. After much energy spent on my part defending the SP on possible extenuating circumstances resulting in lost communication, I set out on my own to see if the same would give the same result if it were the SP.
I'm presently waiting to hear back from pooner/PERBert as under present expectations that an appointment, assuming there isn't anything preventing the fellow to call, is an appointment from the moment of request. The fellow had requested that I call to confirm an appointment with him. I called to confirm as asked and he didn't pick up the phone. Is that his responsibility or mine?
We'll find out if and when he contacts me
To summarize briefly I had always maintained a strict booking policy and supported many SPs whom I don't personally know from a hole in the ground about what was considered a booked appointment. And so I carried out with a social experiment using myself as the test subject.I wanted to try a system that I had abandoned long ago seeing as the attitudes towards what was considered a set/booked appointment had changed.
From the looks of it it has done a complete 180 degree turn. What was once a booked appointment is so once confirmed, is now a booked appointment once requested. Ones' word is as good and solid as oak, at least from the clients point of view. Responsibility is on the SP, yet as with the vast majority of SPs I'd imagine the seriousness of ones intention is measured with return communication to confirm and not solely based on the clients word, ie. calling to inquire about services and saying "I'll call you back" and they don't.
If a client has been "stood up" by a SP, there often is a clear division depending on the situation. After much energy spent on my part defending the SP on possible extenuating circumstances resulting in lost communication, I set out on my own to see if the same would give the same result if it were the SP.
I'm presently waiting to hear back from pooner/PERBert as under present expectations that an appointment, assuming there isn't anything preventing the fellow to call, is an appointment from the moment of request. The fellow had requested that I call to confirm an appointment with him. I called to confirm as asked and he didn't pick up the phone. Is that his responsibility or mine?
We'll find out if and when he contacts me
communication and lots of it is very essential
