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Hi. I have resent the image with better redactions and offer my apologies. As I mentioned in other comments, my issue is not whose mistake this was, as I'm sur
by kjaftaedi 5y ago
Hi. I have resent the image with better redactions and offer my apologies.
As I mentioned in other comments, my issue is not whose mistake this was, as I'm sure we can both agree that technically I am to blame for my mistake.
My issue is that there was no attempt to amicably resolve this.
The end result was that I lost 15 days worth of labor where I was spending 10-16 hours per day trying to launch a product.
I was unable to recover from the loss of momentum that was incurred by this. (I mean, who really can maintain that type of work effort for an extended period?)
The end result was that the project eventually failed and I lost an amount of revenue that was significant to me.
Again, I am not trying to express that I am not to blame for not closer checking forms that my browser autofills for legal accuracy .. moreso I am suggesting that this could have been resolved by just sending an e-mail to double check things with me before deleting all of my data.
I also reject your idea of deleting accounts that "seem fake". If you have a valid e-mail address, and a valid credit card, which all share more or less the same name, are you really going to reach for the delete button?
This is exactly my issue, and is what cost me so much grief.
If someone gets married and changes their name, are you going to delete their data too?
This is a rhetorical question. At any rate, I can only hope your company adopts a less hostile stance towards your customers, but I do appreciate you taking the time to respond.
- Hetzner_OL 5y agoFirst, thanks for editing your other posts. I really and sincerely appreciate it. :) Second, I am very sorry that you lost so much work. I remember long ago losing around two weeks' worth of work on my master's thesis, so I understand the grief that's involved. I got much better at making multiple backups after that. But it really sucked, and when I think about it today, it still makes me a bit sad. I can understand how you still feel burned by that experience with us. I do appreciate you talking to me about what happened. Really. The marriage-name-change question is a good one, actually. If someone legally changes their name after they are already a customer with us, they can write us a support request and make sure this gets changed in their customer information. If a customer who's just changed their name legally wants to be sure they get an account, they should update their legal ID first. (But I think most people in this situation do quickly update their legal IDs. I know my husband did when he took my name.) We do have a brand new Head of Customer Service, and I will be sharing feedback from customers about their negative experiences. And I am sure that he will talk that into consideration when he assesses our processes and how we can improve them. --Katie