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Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

Rochdale, United...
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Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

Whilst at Alton Towers in july I bought one of the new waterproof USB wristbands for the 2 day visit. After riding Air, I tried to purchase my picture and when I had paid the woman behind the counter told me that the "system had crashed" so it took around 5 minutes for it to reboot, she then assured me my picture was on the wristband. When I got home, I was disappointed to find that my picture was not on there and I had not kept the reciept either, but I thought to send them an email anyway. Low and behind, I recieved an email back explaining that they would refund me, all I had to do was send them my address, so I did this and a couple of days later I recived an envelope in the post. To my complete surprise they had sent me a letter explaining that the company that deals with pictures (Picsolve) strives on keeping the customer happy. Also enclosed was a COMPLETE refund (£15, £10 for the wristband and £5 for the picture) and had also sent me a photopass which I could exchange for 5 free pictures, magnets or keyrings on any of the rides in the parks!

I just thought I would let everybody know that their customer service is excellent and I would have been happy with just a £5 refund for the picture! Brilliant little compensation. (:

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1. Re: Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

Now that's good service and for once a company that prides itself in being customer friendly.

Tamworth, United...
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2. Re: Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

That's most certainly a good service. Makes a pleasant change.

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3. Re: Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

whilist my visit at alton towers which should of been a good experience, unfortunately it was not as i was threatened by a member of the towers of terror staff. i was appalled when i was told i was going to have my face smashed in when i accidently touched one of the staff, i am 14 years old and was upset by this experience. i have been coming to scarefest for the past 2 years and been visiting the park on numerous occasions for the past 6 years, i felt this was inappropiate behaviour from a member of staff who should clearly no better, as a result of this i will be wary of visiting the park again.

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5. Re: Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

SCAREfest??

Is not that all part of the service?? Clearly it worked!

(or am I just misunderstanding something here YAAAAA Ha ha.......)

Tamworth, United...
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6. Re: Never be afraid to complain! - Alton Towers picture service.

If you felt threatened by a staff member and have a complant then you should be writing to the management at Alton Towers. You're not going to get a response off this site.

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