Question: Recently, a customer in a store purchased over $ 1 0 0 worth of household cleaning supplies. As the clerk bagged the purchases, the customer

Recently, a customer in a store purchased over $100 worth of household cleaning supplies. As the clerk bagged the purchases, the customer notice that the bags were flimsy and the items (laundry soap, detergent, cleanser, furniture polish, bleach, ammonia, etc.) were rather heavy. The customer requested that the items be separated into several different bags and double-bagged to avoid ripping the bags.
Though the store was not busy and no one else was waiting in line, instead of complying with the customers request, the clerk hefted the bag in the air and said it should hold up. The customer insisted, but the clerk refused to double-bag or provide more bags. As the customer left the store, several of the bags ripped. The customer ended up returning for bags and re-bagging the items without the aid of the clerk. The customer has decided not to patronize the tore in the future. What costs of quality did the customer incur? What costs of quality did the provider of the product or service incur?
Question 7 options:
External failure costs (cheap bags)
External failure costs (poorly trained clerk, no customer service)
Prevention cost (Is anyone telling purchasing that the customers are upset about the bags?)
External and Internal failure cost (lousy bags that employees cant do anything about)
All of the above
A, B, D

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