Friday, February 15, 2019

It still exists. About excellent service and customer relations.

Another new experience in Thailand. The maintenance of my car. Talking about excessive service. It can still be given.

Three weeks ago I received a text message from Mazda to remind me that my car is now almost half a year old and / or maybe I had already 10,000 km driven and if I wanted to make an appointment for a check-up.

Very normal. A kind of ‘health’ check-up of the car. Regular maintenance is a must and serves safety as well. Good to get a reminder.
I made an appointment for February 7th. I was told it took at least two hours of time. OK. 6 February in the morning I got a call from the garage to tell me again of the appointment.

I was fifteen minutes early and was warmly welcomed by a gentleman in Mazda uniform with a list on which I could fill in any wishes and defects. I was invited to go inside the waiting room of the garage and was given the opportunity for free lunch, coffee, soft drinks, pastries, etc .. A movie, in English with Thai subtitle, was shown in a kind of small cinema in the waiting room. Regularly a nice young lady checked if I wanted something to eat or drink and after I asked for something, she brought it neatly.

On a screen I could see, indicated with lights in red, orange, yellow and green, the progress of maintenance of my car and through a large glass wall to the workshop I could see how technicians worked on it. After more than an hour technical works, repairs and the changing of various oils etc. (red), the screen (orange) indicated that the car went to the quality check. Then a yellow light came on in the screen in the waiting room to announce the car went to the carwash. Never had that experience before with any car I had in The Netherlands. Washed from the outside and inside and dry cleaned the entire engine compartment. The rims specially brushed and the tires blacked / greased again.

After a total of two hours someone came to pick me up and I was introduced to a, so it seemed, brand new car. The bonnet open and I got an explanation about everything and what was done and which (synthetic) oils were replaced.

5 lists of quality checks were shown to me and explained and I had to sign afterwards and of course pay.

I was escorted to my car again and a gentleman from the Mazda accounting department and a lady from customer relations accompanied me to the car, thanked me, wished me a safe trip and hoped to see me again and waved at me from the stairs of the showroom.

All together for 1.875 Thai Baht, about not even 50 Euro.

Talking about customer and product care.  

Viriya Mazda in Chiang Mai, TOP service !!!


Gangey Gruma (Frans Captijn)

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