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[joe917]

When calling Why don't agents who have already taken details and completed security pass this on to the agent they are handing off to? I was in touch with the call centre today and had to go through the whole palava with each person I spoke to.

[japitts]

Known in the trade as a "cold transfer", and is often used when call volumes are high, to release agents quicker.

Many companies with good CS ratings, will - as a policy - use "warm transfers" where the call is internally announced & introduced, before being transferred.

I have no idea what VM's policy is, and I doubt they would publicise it.

[joe917]

I understand, but it's best bad customer service.

[joe917]

I understand, but it's bad customer service.

[Tom_W1]

Hi @joe917, thanks for your post although I'm sorry to hear of your concerns raised regarding the transfer.

If security has been passed by the previous agent (or first one), then as long as the transfer goes through successfully without a connection drop then we should be able to see this has already been passed and move on quicker.

However, if there is any doubt or the system doesn't display this, this may be why the team are asking - it is always better to ask from a data protection side than to not ask at all, which appears to be the case here.

I hope this helps but if you need any further help, please let us know.

Many thanks