Article: All I want for Christmas.(rundles wrap-up)

THIS BEING DECEMBER AND ALL, I HAVE SHOPPING ON MY MIND, and more specifically customer service as it relates to my shopping experience--admittedly a familiar theme.

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I can shop in the stores, I can shop online, I can shop using toll-free telephone numbers--and I do all three regularly--but I can't get over an inescapable fact: Most businesses haven't got a clue about how to treat customers well.

Back in my college days I had the interesting experience of working at a J.C. Penney store, right here in Denver, and I was lucky enough to draw the assignment of drilling bowling balls in the sporting-goods section. Hey, it beats ...

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