2020年,在澳洲的你还好吗?受的委屈还少吗?

2020孤单又艰难的一年

有的人,历经各种中转,改了八次机票想回澳洲;

有的人,每天盯着手机,刷到了天价机票回国;

有的人要出去,有的人想回来

有的人独自在澳坚守了半年,

有的人默默打包回国永不回来,

有的人异地心却更近了,

有的人困在一起却渐行渐远,

说出来的委屈不是真的委屈,

但不说。。。又能怎么办呢?

疫情期间,我们Discover Energy第一能源也一直陪伴着我们的客户,今天让我们听听他们的委屈,隔着屏幕为他们送上一句:都会过去的,平安就好。

@C先生“国内疫情那么严重我根本回不来,电话没法打,网站上不去,连email都被墙了”

“我人不在澳洲,你们那边有办法帮我转到你们公司吗? “

“我有好几套房产。 “

“我没法打电话,上网页也不方便,有什么别的办法可以转吗?”

C先生上来就很着急的连发好几条微信信息。

“可以的,我们这边微信签约,用微信就好,几分钟就搞定了。”客服也及时回复到。

原来C先生是武汉人,过年之前想回家欢度春节,却没想到无法返澳了。C先生在澳洲拥有多套房产,困在国内时想到要交电费。但是国内根本打不开付费的网站,连收账单的email都无法打开,长时间无法回澳就无法查看和支付名下房产的电费账单,这样一来,很可能面临高额的违约金。

通过朋友的介绍知道了我们Discover Energy,就想来咨询试试。

仅仅过了五分钟,C先生就在微信里完成了所有房产的签约注册。

“你们这个效率,太不像澳洲的风格了。也太方便了。”签好后的C先生有点震惊。

我们又给他介绍了下我们微信一键管理的功能。每次会自动推送账单的明细,然后也可以直接微信付款。在微信里也可以一键查询过去的账单,看账单明细和自己的用电量。同时一个账户还可以支持多个地址切换,方便省事又快捷。

“这简直像是回国了一样啊。挺好的,真方便。我一定让我朋友也来试试。”C先生这么感叹道。

其实在澳洲久了,每次回国都会觉得国内也太方便了吧,所以一切用微信都能搞定。然而澳洲的效率慢,方法传统,沟通难,让人有苦说不出。虽然只是生活中的小细节,但是如果可以像国内那么方便不就太完美了吗?这也是我们DiscoverEnergy想要做的,为你的生活做出小小的便捷改变。

@80岁的老奶奶 “澳洲电费贵啊,我晚上快连灯都不敢开了”

这天有一位客人一加上我们客服的微信就立马发来了语音。

“您好,您这边有什么需要帮助的吗?”

“喂?小姑娘,我这边看到广告说你们家电费会比较优惠,能省下多少啊?”

“嗯,我这边可以帮您查一下哦,您的可以把您家地址和我说吗?”

“哦哦,可是我们家地址都是英文啊,我都八十多啦,我实在是不会读英文啊。”

“没关系没关系,你这边拍张照片发给我就可以了。”

收到资料后,考虑到客人的情况,客服小姐姐主动问到:“您这边之前有用过政府的补助吗?”

“我听过,我不知道怎么弄。你们可以帮我吗?”

“可以的,没问题,您把您有的所有优惠卡,健康卡都拍照发给我就好。”

这位八十多的老奶奶,和他的老伴一起生活在澳洲,靠着政府的补助生活。本来日子就过得很紧,现在因为疫情,天天在家,老两口开始担心起了电费的问题。最开始他们认为和中国一样,澳洲电力公司是国营,大家价格都是一样的。面对高昂的电费,老两口只能拼命从自己那边省,晚上连灯都舍不得开。后来知道了澳洲各个公司电费价格不一样,还能自由选择。看到了我们的海报:

就赶忙跑去和朋友打听了下,朋友也推荐了我们DE,说是价格非常优惠而且还有很好的中文服务就来找我们咨询了一下。

了解了情况后,我们用智能的比价系统给他们算出了最优惠的价格,每个季度比之前足足便宜了60多, 同时也帮忙申请了政府的补助,让他们可以为电费少担心一些。 

@B同学  “他们欺负我是中国留学生,莫名其妙要强制断我的电”

 “你好,收到了现在电力公司的警告信,说要断我的电,我才搬进来啊,怎么办?”上个月,我们微信客服收到B同学发来的求助信息。

B同学是去年刚来澳洲读书,因为疫情,取消了自己的回家计划,可是自己旧房子已经到期了,不得已临时找了个房子搬进去。可是有一天突然收到消息中有一封来自澳洲三大电力公司之一XX的警告信件,信件中表示,如果业主一个月之内没有付清欠款会直接强制关闸断电。

B同学才搬进去不到一个月,打电话去了解情况。在等待了半个小时才接通电话,对方英语口音太重,根本无法交流。最后甚至被威胁说,要赶紧交齐电费,不然不仅断电,还会记不良信用黑名册,跟她一辈子。

“我真的和他说不清楚,我觉得他就是欺负我是中国留学生!虽然我不是你们的客户,我求求你们帮帮我,我真不知道怎么办了。”B同学和我们委屈的说。

“没关系的,正常情况是6个月不付款才会收到warning letter的。你和我们仔细说说情况,我们看看我们怎么样能帮到你。”

每次遇到这样的客户,就会不禁想到刚来澳洲时的自己。离开父母独自一人生活,突然开始要考虑很多生活琐事。自己什么也不懂,遇到困难都不知道找谁。最后只能自己咬牙忍受着各种不公平待遇。想帮帮这些孩子们,让他们知道还是有依靠的。

随着疫情的发生,我们的线上客户越来越多:刚移民澳洲的华人群体、留学生、为了和子女团聚背井离乡的老年华人,来澳很多年一直都没有心思去看懂账单的商户和白领……通过与各种用户的接触,看到他们的生活状态,我们有了一个很大的感触:客户需要的不仅是改变对电力的认知,更是尊重和理解。我们的目标便是希望Discover Energy第一能源成为客户生活的一种方式,“一个微信全搞定”这个理念便应运而生了

一个微信全搞定体现在哪里?

微信签电

· 用户不用再去打电话到电力公司,扫一扫,专业顾问为您提供免费咨询。

· 咨询价格前,您只需要发给我们一张您的现在电力公司的账单,我们在8秒内会给您算出选用Discover Eenrgy可以节省多少钱。

· 所有签电需要的文件,你都可以直接微信传给我们。

· 整个个签电过程只需5分钟,电子签约,不需要任何打印扫描。

· 无论售前售后,任何疑惑我们都为您免费解答。

全中文服务

·我们提供微信中文客服,对于打字沟通不便的客户,我们还可以视频通话或者语音通话,大大便利了用户沟通。

·遇到紧急问题比如:停电,更可以第一时间帮您加急处理与配电商联系。

微信支付管理账单

微信一键支付账单,支持人民币付款,方便便捷。同时也支持传统澳洲信用卡,DirectDebit,Bpay等付款方式。


2020年注定是不平凡的一年,因为疫情,我们懂得了生命的脆弱,自由的可贵,也懂得了珍惜眼下的一切。Discover Energy始终与大家一起,把握现在,珍惜当下。

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