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⚠ Auto-Zero applied: B — Avoidance/Evasion: Agent explicitly avoided responsibility by stating 'we no longer provide technical assistance' for an out-of-warranty device, contrary to policy requiring best-effort troubleshooting. This constitutes evasion of support obligation.
V1 Rubric Scores
Resolution2.00/5
Accuracy4.00/5
Communication3.00/5
Protocol2.00/5
Efficiency2.00/5
Overall2.8/5
V2 Rubric Scores
Resolution0.00/5
Technical0.00/5
Communication2.50/5
Ownership0.00/5
Escalation0.00/5
Customer Exp0.00/5
Overall0.0% (-56.0)
V2 Grader Summary
The agent incorrectly refused support due to expired warranty, violating the requirement to provide best-effort troubleshooting for out-of-warranty devices. No diagnostic steps were taken, no tools used, and no empathy shown, resulting in complete abandonment of the customer’s issue. This meets the 'Avoidance/Evasion' auto-zero criterion.
V1 Case Analysis
Customer unable to connect Linksys router to a mixer; out-of-warranty first-gen router; agent informed warranty expired and provided support.linksys.com article link.
Troubleshooting Steps
Created support record
Checked warranty status
Key Observations
Agent did not request or capture the router model or serial number.
No technical troubleshooting was attempted for the mixer-connection problem.
Agent provided correct warranty information and a self-help URL.
Positive Highlights
Clearly communicated warranty status and expectations.
Offered a self-help resource (support.linksys.com) for the customer.
Agent Errors / Gaps
Failed to gather essential device information (model/serial).
Did not attempt any troubleshooting steps for the reported issue.
V2 Indicator Ratings
Resolution
R1Not MetIssue actually resolvedconf 98%
Agent stated 'we no longer provide technical assistance' and offered no resolution path for connecting the router to the mixer.
R2Not MetDiagnostic thoroughnessconf 97%
No troubleshooting steps were performed; agent only collected account information before citing warranty status.
R3Not MetCorrect resolution pathconf 96%
Agent dismissed support due to OOW status despite policy requiring best-effort troubleshooting; no attempt was made.
Technical Accuracy
T1Not MetTechnically accurate infoconf 95%
Agent asked for serial number and ISP but did not inquire about the mixer, symptoms, or network setup.
No empathy expressed; agent remained transactional and did not acknowledge customer frustration.
X2Not MetTone & rapportconf 94%
Agent did not adjust tone or pace despite customer saying 'I just want to get this fixed' twice.
X3Not MetOverall experienceconf 93%
Customer was asked to repeat name and provide email despite discomfort, increasing effort unnecessarily.
Call Transcript8 turns · 10 lines
Speaker 1
Hi, I'm trying to connect this Linksys router to a mixer and it's been giving me a lot of trouble.
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Speaker 2
Welcome to Lynx's support. To ensure quality service, your call may be monitored for in-warranty products. Our support team is available to help with performance and hardware issues. Register your product by visiting register.lynxus.com. Please have your device serial number ready. For assistance, press one now. For out-of-warranty products, paid support may be available. Please have your device's serial number and contact information ready. If unavailable, kindly call back later. For out-of-warranty product, paid support option may be available depending on the issue. I think for calling Lynsx' technical support. This is Rio. How can I assist you for today? Do apologize, sir, you experienced an issue with your Linksys router. May I know, sir, if this is the first time you are going to connect it to the mixer or it was working fine before? Okay, first time. Can you confirm to me, sir, what's the serial number for your Linksys device, please? All right. Got it. Thank you. Hold on. Let me just take a look. May I be sure if I may ask, who's your Internet service service provider right now? Verizon.
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Speaker 1
Yes. Dante Pasquale. Dante Pasquale. Dante Pasquale. Do I have to give.
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Speaker 2
Okay, is this the first time, sir? You called linkest? Okay, let me create first a record for you sir in the system before we proceed and troubleshoot your device? Okay, may I know your first name and last name? I'm sorry, it's P-A-S-Q-U-A-L, is that correct? Okay, got it, thank you. How about your email address?
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Speaker 1
I just want to get this fixed. OK. OK. Yeah, I'm not comfortable.
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Speaker 2
Alright, there, okay. The reason sure why I'm asking to have this information is because I'm going to create a record for you in the system before we can proceed and troubleshoot your device. But if we don't want to provide email address, it's okay, sir. We can move on to other information if you're not comfortable. Okay. No problem. Uh give me just three minutes. I'm just going to fill in everything first in the system, okay? Bear with me. [silence] All right, sir. I was able to create a record for you in the system. However, based on the record here, the warranty of your product has already been expired. And just as a proper expectation that for out of warranty devices, we no longer provide free technical assistance. And I found out also, sir, that the router that you have is part of our first-generation router. Meaning to say, aside that we no longer manufacture
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Speaker 1
you SSTS. Okay. okay thank you bye
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Speaker 2
REGARD LESS device, we no longer provide technical assistance for this kind of router. Sir. Now, the reason for that's sir, is because, we don't have any more filmware updates for your router. So, troubleshooting might not work anymore for this router. So, we don't support anymore this kind of router, sir. Uh, all right. Now, if by chance that you wanted to still use this router, trying to connect your mixer, you can try to visit our website, support.linksys.com. We do have some articles or you can uh utilize our AI agent there, sir.