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Have you ever hired a debt recovery service in the past? Then you probably know that old-school debt recovery services have earned a reputation for itself for all the wrong reasons. These reasons including
• A cliché industry mindset
For a long time, the mindset of debt recovery industry has been that you need to see the parties that fell behind on payment as deadbeats. The idea is that if a party fell behind on payment, they will never be able to pay their dues unless they are forced to do so. This gave debt recovery services quite a bad name.
• Bad behavior of recovery agents
Following the old industry norms, old-school agents used to treat the parties they call with disrespect. They were often mean, rude, ill-tempered and devoid of any manners. This kind of behavior used to make the parties feel miserable and angry. As a result, they often used to decide against talking to the recovery agents ever again.
• Intimidation and threats as recovery techniques
Old recovery services used to depend on scare tactics as recovery techniques. The recovery agents were often accused of using intimidation as well as threats as recovery techniques. These used to make the parties they are calling feel frustrated and furious at the same time.
As a result of these reasons, debt recovery services have earned a bad name. And the companies that hire them felt that the recovery tactics should go through a sea change. Their requirements were
1. Treating their clients well
At the end of the day, the parties these recovery services call are clients of companies that hire them. These clients just fell behind on one or two payments. But that does not mean they will never do business with the company. They may again choose the company as their business partner. Therefore angering them with cliché mentality of seeing the parties as deadbeat will only damage the relationship between the company and its client.
2. Talking to their clients respectfully
It is necessary that the recovery agents treat the parties with respect. After all, they are existing clients of the company. Treating them with respect will benefit the company and establish a stronger client-company relationship.
3. Listening to the clients before offering them solution
The parties may have something to say regarding the overdue payment. There might be some misunderstanding or miscommunication regarding payment. Hearing them out can clear it out. And in case they need some time to pay their dues, the agents can offer them an option to pay in installments. This will, in fact, improve the relationship between the company and its clients.
These are the vital reasons for which the necessity of new-age debt recovery strategy was felt.
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