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Someone left my shop a bad review. What do I do now?

One bad review and it's all you can think about. Here's how Nolavi works through it, the same way a good mechanic works on a car: find the concern, the cause, the correction, then verify the fix.

1

The concern

A customer left Nate a 1 star review about a 3 day wait for a part. He wanted to fire back.

Nolavi alert of a new one star review for an auto repair shop with a draft reply option
Flagged the minute it posted.
2

The cause

Nolavi pulled the repair order. The part was backordered, and nobody had called the customer to tell him.

Repair order timeline behind a bad auto repair review showing a missed customer call
The real cause: a missed update.
3

The correction

We drafted a calm reply that owned the missed call, explained the backorder and invited him back. Nolavi now flags any job waiting on parts for a customer update.

4

The verification

The customer updated his review to 4 stars, and complaints about waiting dropped to zero the next quarter.

Results after replying to a bad auto repair review and fixing customer updates
Fixed the review and the reason.

How we work. We make changes like this for shops all the time, using each shop's own data. The numbers shown are examples.

Questions

Quick answers.

Should I reply to a bad review?

Yes, calmly and quickly. Own what went wrong, explain briefly, and invite them back.

Can a bad review help?

A good reply shows future customers how you treat people when something goes wrong.

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