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Reply when a customer disputes a bill
A customer says the invoice is wrong or too high. Get a calm reply that sets out the facts, deals with the fair points and gets you paid.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me reply to a customer disputing a bill. Their message: [paste it] The invoice: [items and amounts] What was agreed: [quote, messages, changes] What's fair in their complaint: [be honest] What I could offer: [e.g. explain, adjust, nothing] Ask me up to 2 short questions first. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A calm reply that thanks them, sets out what was agreed and done, and addresses each point. 2. An offer if part of their complaint is fair. 3. A clear next step for payment. 4. What to do if they still refuse. Calm, factual, no blame. Not legal advice. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. paste it: a short note you already have. items and amounts: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
The prompt · Claude
Help me reply to a customer disputing a bill. Their message: [paste it] The invoice: [items and amounts] What was agreed: [quote, messages, changes] What's fair in their complaint: [be honest] What I could offer: [e.g. explain, adjust, nothing] Ask me up to 2 short questions first. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A calm reply that thanks them, sets out what was agreed and done, and addresses each point. 2. An offer if part of their complaint is fair. 3. A clear next step for payment. 4. What to do if they still refuse. Calm, factual, no blame. Not legal advice. UK English. Stay in this Claude chat. Do not use a connector, and do not open a project that already holds someone else's files.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. paste it: a short note you already have. items and amounts: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
You paste their message, the invoice and what was agreed.
The assistant asks what's fair in their complaint and what you could offer.
You get a calm reply with the facts, an offer if it's fair, and a next step.
What happens
Use Claude to reply when a customer disputes a bill
A customer says the invoice is wrong or too high. Get a calm reply that sets out the facts, deals with the fair points and gets you paid.
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