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If you're calling about charges on your account, say billing. Otherwise, what Apple product or service are you calling about? Which do you need help with? Say, a charge I don't recognize, a subscription, a device I ordered, or say it's something else."
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Callers to AppleCare's 800-275-2273 customer service number may have questions about their accounts, products, and updates. Like many customer support numbers, I was greeted by an automated voice response system when I called this one. It told me they might record the call for training personnel, evaluation and improving contact center technologies.
The automated voice said it would look up my phone number and then stated, “If you're calling about charges on your account, say billing. Otherwise, what product or service are you calling about?” I said, “IPAD,” and the system asked me to state what was happening with the IPAD in a few words. I shared that I wanted to know if there were updates for the IPAD I purchased several years ago.
The automated voice then asked me to take an evaluation before speaking to an advisor. I had to enter a mobile number for the company to text me a survey. The automated system repeated the phone number that I gave and thanked me. The voice said it would get someone to help me and told me where I could get warranty and privacy rights information online.
The automated system told me to hold for an Apple Support Advisor. While holding, I could listen to the type of music I preferred by pressing 1, 2, or 3. I selected option 4 for silence. I was glad they offered the silence option, as background music can be annoying during these calls. I waited about two minutes, and then an advisor came on the line and asked me for my first and last name. When I told her I wanted to know how to upgrade an older IPAD, the Advisor asked me whether the device gave me the option to upgrade. I told her I could not get into the device to find out. I asked if there was a website I could visit. She suggested that my device might be too outdated for updating and I may be unable to download certain apps.
The Advisor was friendly and tried to think of options to help me. I asked how to dispose of the device without compromising personal information. She said if I had personal information on it, I could erase it. Still, since I could not get into the device, she recommended something else. She said I could download an app to my computer and attempt to update or erase the information from the IPAD using that computer. She gave me instructions for getting the app that would work on my Windows PC to do a factory reset and emailed me the instructions.
I appreciated how the AppleCare Advisor handled the call and that I spoke to a human rather than listening to a long menu of numbers to press that would probably lead to a website. The Advisor spent about 7 minutes talking with me to help find a solution. She was friendly and professional and made me feel that my call was important to the company.
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