Time for a Friday Flight- our sampling of the week’s financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like: Google Lens to snag a deal, junking fees, reduced monthly insurance costs for FHA backed mortgages, costly casas due to low inventory, HGTVification of the housing market, renting on standby, the death of customer service, our favorite wireless provider takes home gold, the rise of 4-day workweeks, breaking the fever of workism, investing procrastination penalties, & screaming tooth fairy payouts.
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Can’t find the link, but you asked listeners to tell you whether we felt it was frugal or cheap for companies to eliminate customer service hotlines to deal with customer problems. I most emphatically consider it stupidly cheap. I permanently blacklist any company I find it difficult to contact. Someday these companies will realize that the ultimate cost savings comes from eliminating all customers, a road these companies have already started down.
Thanks for your comment, Jeffrey. I’m largely with you! For most companies, there’s no need to have a massive call center dedicated to helping customers. But making it impossible for your patrons to contact you is short-sighted. I try to do business with companies that have a customer-centric approach.