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Turnaround

It never fails to amaze me what our team members are able to accomplish this time of year, especially knowing how busy we are and how hard they are each working on a daily basis.

I'm fortunate that my wife (henceforth referred to as Sarah) is a photographer and one of our customers.  If I ever want the customer's point of view, all I have to do is remember to ask.  Yesterday, Sarah placed 5 orders with Miller's.  Some big, some small, nothing unusual. Miller’s received the first one at 9:43 a.m. and the final one at 2:34 p.m.

When I walked in this morning around 8:00, each of those orders was waiting on me (packaged nicely).  I grabbed them to save shipping costs and will bring home this evening.   It's simply stunning service, which I am not the least bit responsible for, which happened on our busiest day of the year (thus far).

I was planning on writing this post today anyway, but then customer service received the following e-mail:
"I just finished shooting an annual family portrait event that I do every fall....  This time we shot 51 families.... I have already sent the orders into Miller’s and gotten them back and have over half of them already delivered to the families.  Out of the 51 families that ordered all sizes between wallets and 16x20’s, I didn’t have one single error either on my behalf or Miller’s.  The prints were printed absolutely perfect.  The delivery time was nothing short of phenomenal and once again, Miller’s made me look like a super hero and earned many points to me and my business.  
 
"I’m not sure how I ever survived before switching all of our business over to Miller’s.  It really was the BEST decision I ever made." -- Tom Holloway -- ProImage Photography; Niceville, Florida.

Comments

 

Frerd said:

When is the Christmas deadline

December 17, 2007 12:33 PM
 

Jason Becking said:

I'd encourage you to have any orders needed by Christmas to us by tomorrow... I say that because of shipping and weather delays more than our internal deadlines.  

Internally, we expect to clear out every day meaning anything shipped Friday night would arrive Christmas Eve.  However, it's my understanding that FedEx typically doesn't guarantee next day service in the days immediately leading up to Christmas.  That with the aforementioned potential weather delays, Tuesday seems like the safest bet to me.

Jason

December 17, 2007 2:31 PM
 

Jay Fleming said:

Anyone know if it is still possible to get canvas wraps before christmas?

December 17, 2007 3:09 PM
 

Naomi Angel said:

I just want to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!! You have all done an AMAZING job this holiday season and I am thrilled!!

You've made my life so much easier with your amazing turnaround and quality.

Thanks so much!!

December 19, 2007 7:03 AM
 

Tammy Blenden said:

I totally agree that you guys are AMAZING!  My clients are blown away when I call them within a week of submitting their order to tell them their pictures are in.  You make me look so good!  I quit my full time job to do my photography full time. It is a great feeling to know I can trust my lab to print my orders correctly and get them back to me so fast.

Happy Holidays!

Thanks again!!!!!!

December 19, 2007 4:14 PM
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