Hello! I had a challenging support experience today and wanted to share and learn with this community:
- Canada Post went on strike.
- I recently was approved for Neo World Elite. Yay! ETA December 17th, of course I knew with the strike it would be longer.
- The estimated arrival date for my card never changed during the postal strike as it went on, nor did I see any visible warning in the App. Maybe I missed something? It would have helped if Neo had updated the date based on the resolution of the postal strike on December 17th with a new arrival estimate in the App.
- Now, 14-15 business days after the resolution of the strike, I used the help button in the app to get support. It directed me to an AI chatbot which pointed me to several pieces of documentation which I read, but none of them ended up being usable because my physical card wasn’t active yet, and I couldn’t see the option it repeatedly suggested to request a replacement card in the settings menu.
- When I finally convinced the virtual assistant I needed help, it connected me with an agent who suggested they would need to send a replacement card, and asked to verify my address.
- I accidentally disconnected from the chat. My fault entirely!
- I had to repeat step 4 all over again. The chat bot did not seem to remember or respond to prompts to reconnect me with Support.
- I was connected with a different agent. They then advised me that the card could be delayed “until the end of January” via Canada Post and that a replacement would be a bad idea in this scenario, I should continue to wait for my card to arrive.
So a few questions here:
- Am I poor at prompting the AI virtual assistant or is there room for improvement in their range of functions? Does it remember past chats and support interactions of mine?
- Which support team member gave the right advice? Is my World Elite card likely with Canada Post, or do I need a replacement at this point?
Tim