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- From: cab@col.hp.com (Chris Best)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Cover Charge for Restaurant?
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 18:45:53 GMT
- Organization: your service
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- Message-ID: <1h53d1INNnd2@hp-col.col.hp.com>
- References: <1992Dec21.175922.3969@bcars6a8.bnr.ca>
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- > If you really like this restaurant, and want to stay a regular, you should
- > write a letter to the manager and follow-up with a phone call. Ask them to
- > change their policy on cover charges. Make it clear that they will lose the
- > business of a regular, loyal customer (you) and potentially other business,
- > such as your family, friends, etc. Be polite and reasonable at all times, and
- > try to make them see the customer's point of view. If they decide to change -
- > great, but if not, I would stop going altogether.
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- Maybe suggest that the cover charge gets credited toward your purchase,
- over a certain amount? That way, if you don't order enough to justify
- occupying the table for so long, they have the cover to cover it - and
- if you do, then they didn't need to charge it in the first place.
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