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Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by Skeletor on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @11:42AM (#7178513)
This is Michael, CEO of drchrono. It's definitely a rude awakening to wake up to see a post on top of Hacker News from an angry customer.

I've reached out to Dr. Dal to have a phone call today to see how we can resolve his issues. Me and my staff have attempted to have a phone call with him for the past several weeks to address his issues.

Rather than try to dig into the issues he brought up publicly, we'll do our best to contact him directly and resolve the issues he has.

Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by arethuza on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @11:53AM (#7178579)
Now you've just established the fact that HN is a good place to raise problems with YC companies. :-)
Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by jacquesm on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @11:57AM (#7178612)
It even works for Google, why wouldn't it work for YC companies?
Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by rch on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:19PM (#7178786)
My impression is that this forum provides some extraordinary benefits to YC companies. It's only natural that it would introduce a few risks as well.

One would hope that moderation will be just enough to keep HN from becoming a catch-all support site, without stifling the conversation altogether.

Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by jcutrell on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:18PM (#7178778)
It's effective this time.

It wouldn't be effective if it became a complaint board.

Very glad to see that the CEO cares enough to comment, though. Good faith there, even if the op was "against the rules".

Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by rahimnathwani on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:14PM (#7178752)
Have you sent him a copy of all of his data? That may go a long way toward reducing/eliminating the risk to his business whilst you reach out.

Your note here suggests you may not have spoken with him yet, and may not even have a confirmed time for a phone call.

Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by atourgates on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:43PM (#7178977)
Hey Michael,

This is tangentially related, but one of Dr. Dal's complaints was about raising your pricing for billing services. He made it sound like these were a fixed fee, which would be unusual for the medical billing service industry.

Nearly every medical billing service I've seen charges a percentage of collections, and I've seen them range between 4% and 10%. It's a model that seems to work well from the perspective of a provider, since the billing service is financially incentivized to collect more.

Have you decided on a different pricing model for drchrono, and if so, what made you decide to deviate from the norm?

Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by axeny on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:03PM (#7178655)
This is how the first thread should have been resolved. Great answer and I really hope both sides benefit from the following conversations.
Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by LanceH on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:06PM (#7178683)
Which is also a reason the thread should have been killed. If posting here works for customer service, this turns into a different kind of forum.
Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by joshdotsmith on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:09PM (#7178700)
If "customer service" needs to be elevated to this level, something is severely wrong.
Re:ASK PG: Why HN killed a reasonable complain about YC company by jonny_eh on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @12:30PM (#7178880)
I'm assuming DrChrono is in PST. The previous thread may have been killed before the CEO even woke up.