Video: Gene the Jeweler Shares His Appalling Views on Customer Service

His ideas aren’t getting him far.

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5 years ago

December 11, 2018

Jimmy DeGroot

IN THIS EPISODE of Jimmy DeGroot’s satirical Gene the Jeweler series, Gene explains his views on customer service.

It’s actually kind of appalling.

Gene’s a firm believer in providing the bare minimum.

By the end of the clip, you can see where that attitude is getting him.

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Jimmy DeGroot is a jewelry store manager who has been in the business for over 20 years. Now he spends his time training teams around the world at jewelrystoretraining.com and sharing marketing advice through his blog site at jewelrymarketingguy.com. Sign up for training videos here.

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