CUSTOMER APOLOGY LETTER

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Customer Apology Letter - Hints and Tips

Writing a letter of apology is an extremely difficult but very important task. The reputation of a business or company and the future association with a client is dependent on being able to respond to customer complaints with an appropriate customer apology letter.

Some things to and tips to consider when writing a Customer Apology letter:

Put yourself in the customer’s shoes – how would you feel?
Always acknowledge the feelings before you address the issue
Take the positive approach:
Emphasise what you CAN do
Minimise what you CAN’T do
Don’t blame procedures, systems or staff!
Concentrate on what the customer wants and how you can help – Take Accountability – Get the Complaint resolved
Escalate the problem, if you cannot help the Customer
Avoid the dangers of personalising, internalising or denying!
Impress that you care

The Customer Apology Letter provides details of a suggested layout and content for this difficult task.

Customer Apology Letter Layout

Customer Apology Paragraph Content

Letter Heading / Company logo

Address Details
Tel. Details
Fax Details
Email Address

Reference Number:
Date

Customer Address Details

Dear xxxx,

Re:

First Paragraph

Second and Subsequent Paragraphs

Closing Paragraph

Yours sincerely,

John Brown

First Sample Paragraph
I was most concerned to receive your letter dated _____________ regarding__________

Main Body Sample Paragraph
Respond to each issue raised in this part of your letter...

Apologise when appropriate...
Show empathy - I appreciate how frustrating…

Emphasise what you have done or can do...

The company aims to consistently deliver a professional service to our customers and I would like to state that on this occasion the level of service you received was unacceptable.

Closing Sample Paragraphs
Create the correct lasting impression – the last thing you say, will be the first thing the customer remembers

Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention and I sincerely hope that that you will have no further cause for any complaint in relation to our service.

I apologise for the annoyance/inconvenience that this may have caused to you. The company is actively working to improve service levels and your feedback has proved to be invaluable.

Sample Layout

Sample Paragraph Content

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Customer Apology Letter
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Customer Apology Letter

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Heading and Address of customer apology letters
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