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Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple by exelius on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @05:01PM (#9343960)
Yeah, but the return on investment in marketing is likely much, much higher. Or, better yet, invest in making your product better so customers don't need to call support in the first place.

Customer churn is also very, very hard to quantify, and your customers will leave you for a variety of reasons, many of which would not be impacted by better support (i.e. they move, go out of business, get purchased, etc.)

Re:I Quit: What really goes on at Apple by bbcbasic on Thursday April 09, 2015 @05:34PM (#9351195)
Yes certainly, it is an illusion that marketing, customer support, product development and sales are all discrete things without any overlap.