<div dir="ltr">PLUGgers,<br><br>You may be interested in this. I sent an email off to the QBE complaints department and got this response.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ben<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Complaints</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:complaints@qbe.com">complaints@qbe.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 7:36 AM<br>Subject: Re: Complaint with online quote system<br>To: Benjamin Woods <<a href="mailto:woodsb02@gmail.com">woodsb02@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Dear Mr Woods,</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thank you for taking the time to provide
your comments regarding our quoting system and the SSL certificate.</font><font size="3">
</font><font size="2">These have been passed onto the appropriate areas.<br>
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We are aware of the online quote's limitations and have a replacement system
in development which will be compatible with most browsers.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Although we are unable to offer you
an online solution today, I can arrange to have one of our Insurance Specialists
contact you at a suitable time to arrange a quote over the phone. If
you wish to take up this suggestion, please email me with your contact
details.</font>
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<br><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Regards</font>
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</font><font color="#0080ff" size="1" face="Arial">Lyndal Arnott<br>
Manager, Customer Relations<br>
Legal and Compliance<br>
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Direct: +61 2 8275 9578 Fax: +61 2 8275 9022<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:lyndal.arnott@qbe.com" target="_blank">lyndal.arnott@qbe.com</a><br>
Visit us on the web at <a href="http://www.qbe.com/" target="_blank">www.qbe.com</a></font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
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<br><font size="3">This complaint should be directed towards the IT department,
namely those responsible for the online quote web pages.<br>
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My complaint is simple: the online quote system does not support browsers
other than Internet Explorer. For an example of this problem, please see
the attached screenshot.<br>
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Not only does this limit Microsoft Windows users from using their favourite
web browser, it also prevents anyone using an operating system other than
Microsoft Windows from being able to receive an online quote. In today's
world, operating systems such as Mac OS X and Linux are becoming extremely
popular. This is magnified by the latest release of products from Apple
such as the iPhone; many people are buying Apple laptops as they have been
convinced that Apple is able to provide simple and effective hardware and
systems. By restricting online quotes to Internet Explorer users only,
QBE has effectively denied this market. I know of many people who have
expressed their frustrations at this, and it is even being discussed on
some online forums; a fact that undoubtedly leaves QBE with a damaged name
in the minds of those users.<br>
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Further more, the SSL certificate offered by the secure online quote web
pages is only valid for </font><a href="http://westernqbequote.com.au/" target="_blank"><font color="blue" size="3"><u>westernqbequote.com.au</u></font></a><font size="3">
and not </font><a href="http://qbequote.com.au/" target="_blank"><font color="blue" size="3"><u>qbequote.com.au</u></font></a><font size="3">.
This leads to an error being displayed to users of Mozilla Firefox version
3 and above. Please see the second screenshot attached.<br>
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I am aware that IT issues such as this are not QBE's core business, but
users affected by these issues are fare less likely to seek insurance from
QBE. I therefore believe that issues like this should be taken seriously
by marketing and IT.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Ben<br>
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