We called FPL customer service five times to ask how starting electric service works for someone new to FPL. Four calls stayed in the voice menu. On the fifth, one route got us to an agent, who told us what you need, how fast service is connected, and how the deposit is decided. All five recordings, the exact route, and the phone tree.
We called United reservations to ask how changing a flight works and what it costs. Here is the phone tree, the three words that got us to a person, what the agent said about Economy, Basic Economy and same-day changes, where united.com says something different, and the recording.
Most people searching for a UnitedHealthcare phone number are members, and for members the right number is on the ID card. Here are UnitedHealthcare's other numbers by plan type, all from uhc.com, and a recorded call to the individual and family line, where pressing 1 got a licensed agent on the line about 25 seconds later.
Two San Francisco clubs, the same evening, two different sets of rules. Here's what each one told us, the phone menu to reach a person, and both recordings.
We called Wayfair twice in one evening to ask how returning a big item works and who pays to ship it back. Here's the phone path to a person, what the agents said, and both recordings.
Hear marin, cedar, gleam and meridian in five languages, then inspect repeated calls captured at the receiving end. We test dates, times, reference codes and corrections, with the recordings and transcription disagreements included.
SEP 30 · Nick Khami
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