So, your favorite advisor should only be given positive feedback? After being charged insane amount of money and not getting even a satisfactor y reading, why can't we leave a bad review? If it's very unfair I'm sure the reader can dispute it. I don't understand your vent honestly, unless you are that reader. I'm sorry, I had to say that. This is a strange vent. I don't want to go back and forth with anyone on this but I've no sympathy for any readers.
Why as soon as one has any empathy or some form of understandi
ng a person "goes there"? Non of this remotely equates to her being a reader. it has nothing to do with not wanting your favourite reader having low ratings, it has to do with honor and integrity. If I've read with someone for five years and spoke to them in various situations, and know how they respond in certain situations etc and then read a review that I know isn't in the character of the reader, I would too not take to kindly to it. Because it's obvious the person has an agenda. And it's not fair to the advisor or anyone for that matter in any line of business. I find it more strange when people get all up in arms when someone defends another, why is that? is it because they are guilty of the doing the same? There is a huge difference between leaving an honest review and slander or because that person didn't get what they want or has problems with basic comprehensi
on.
The problem with messaging as its been mentioned already is that many advisors either don't read their mail or don't respond to it. Which I personally feel is unprofessio
nal and bad for business. I have emailed readers after for clarity on something and it's 50/50 if they reply. Most of the time they don't even open the message and read it. That may be because they either get an overwhelmin
g amount of readings, I remember a few over the years sending out an email saying they were no longer reading and replying to emails as they are overwhelmin
g and taking time away from them taking client calls. The other side is that many send that follow up question and try to milk a reading out of the advisor for free. So there is a delicate balance here.
HappyK: your comment about not having any sympathy for readers speaks volumes. They are still human beings and from working in customer service for many years and dealing with horrid people, i can only imagine what they have to deal with as well. You should never paint everyone with the same brush. There were many times when i was nice and friendly and because someone didn't get what they wanted complained with complete lies about what happened to make themselves feel justified. I could say i have no sympathy for customers where i worked, especially because of the problems they complained about were 97% of the time their own fault, but wanted to blame me or my coworkers etc. As a manager i had people complain to me about the most ridiculous things. You're entitled to your feelings, but i find them highly unfair.