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Re:When empathy becomes insulting by gehar on Thursday April 25, 2013 @03:22PM (#5609284)
Sorry, that's completely backwards.

Zappos can do it because they have HUGE profit margins on luxury/unique products, and those margins pay for customer service.

Whereas AA can't because they have negligible profit margins on a completely price-sensitive hightly competitive landscape

Re:When empathy becomes insulting by quanticle on Thursday April 25, 2013 @03:25PM (#5609302)
Amazon also gives its CS reps pretty significant leeway, and they have razor thin profit margins.