The Plain Dealer Customer Service
Phone Number & Contact Info
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How do I talk to a live human at The Plain Dealer?
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Does The Plain Dealer offer 24 hour customer service?
A:Not at this number; hours here are Mon-Fri 7am-5pm, Sat 7am-11am, Sun 7am-2pm EST. The least busy day is Thursday, and the most busy day is Wednesday. If the call center is closed, you can schedule a call. Q:
How long will I wait on hold?
A:The average hold time is 3 minutes. The longest hold times are on Tuesday, and the shortest are on Thursday. You can skip the hold time for free. How do I get through the phone menu to a live person?
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GetHuman researchers routinely call this The Plain Dealer phone number to document the phone system.
Here is how our research team describes the way the The Plain Dealer phone system greets you: Circulation, home delivery concerns: press 1. Classified advertising: press 2. Death notices: press 3. Human resources: press 4.
Here is our latest tip for weaving through the phone menu to get to a real person the fastest: Must choose an option 1-7.
What are the hours and when should I call?
The Plain Dealer operates the call center for this 800-362-0727 phone number Mon-Fri 7am-5pm, Sat 7am-11am, Sun 7am-2pm ET. The short answer is that you should call on a Thursday. This observation and the following section are based on analysis of a sample set of 1,242 calls made in the last 90 days using our free, web-based phone (see above).
When you use our free AI-powered phone to call and talk, wait on hold, or navigate for you, it will automatically wait until the The Plain Dealer call center opens before trying to call. It will ask your permission before it places the call, so you can also further delay that scheduled call until you are ready. But that means you can "set it and forget it" ahead of time.
An important note: busy times vs hold times vs best time to call
When we refer to busy or less busy times, we are talking about the volume of calls. The busiest times are when the most people are calling this The Plain Dealer phone number (least busy times have fewer people calling). This high call volume does not necessarily mean that you will have a long hold time when you call. Companies like The Plain Dealer staff their call centers differently based on the time of day and day of the week, so you may experience a shorter wait on hold at the busiest of times. When we refer to the best time to call, we are referring to the optimal combination of lower call volume and shorter wait times.
The least busy time to call
The least busy day to call The Plain Dealer is Thursday. The most busy day to call is Wednesday. Again, this is based on a sample of 1,242 calls made with our AI-powered, web-based phone in the last 90 days.
The shortest wait on hold
We measured the shortest hold times to be on Thursday. The longest wait in the queue on average occurs on Tuesday.
The best time to call The Plain Dealer
In summation, the best day to call The Plain Dealer is Thursday. In this case, it's a no-brainer. Thursday is not only the least busy day for calling this The Plain Dealer number, but it is also the day with the shortest hold times.
Why Customers Call The Plain Dealer
If you have time to do a bit of reading before you call The Plain Dealer, we recommend you read over some of our problem-specific articles.
How Do I Let The Plain Dealer About a Missing Delivery?
If you are a subscriber to Cleveland, Ohio's Plain Dealer, and you have missed a delivery, you can take steps to recover your missing edition. You can call the Plain Dealer and report the matter via telephone, or you can make a report online through your account portal. Reports made before 9 a.m. are sent to field teams for redelivery. Reports after 9 a.m. generate a delivery the next day or an electronic edition for same-day delivery.
Top The Plain Dealer customer service problems
Click the link above to get answers to just about any The Plain Dealer customer service question, including step by step guides for the most complex issues. You can also detail a new issue and get answers instantly.
Below is a sample of recent calls to The Plain Dealer, and their purpose. Are any of these similar to the reason you are trying to call?
Delivery issue: "I'm calling about a delivery issue I'm experiencing."- From a call lasting 1m 45s , Feb 20, 2024 8:00 PM
More The Plain Dealer Customer Service Contacts
There are of course other ways to contact The Plain Dealer customer service besides the phone. Below we list the best ones, by medium.
The Plain Dealer Customer Help Desk / Web Support
As a last, sometimes only, resort- The Plain Dealer customer service can be accessed through their website. This can entail digging through help articles before finding a form and "being allowed" to submit a problem to their team, and rarely leads to a real-time conversation, which is why GetHuman does not recommend this unless it's the only way.
Conclusion and closing notes
This is The Plain Dealer's best phone number, the real-time current wait on hold and tools for skipping right through those phone lines to get right to a The Plain Dealer agent. This phone number is The Plain Dealer's best phone number because 7,452 customers like you used this contact information over the last 18 months and gave us feedback. Common problems addressed by the customer care unit that answers calls to 800-362-0727 include Delivery problem, Cancel subscription, Complaint, Lower my bill and other customer service issues. Rather than trying to call The Plain Dealer first, consider describing your issue first; from that we may be able to recommend an optimal way to contact them via phone or web. In total, The Plain Dealer has 1 phone number. It's not always clear what is the best way to talk to The Plain Dealer representatives, so we started compiling this information built from suggestions from the customer community. Please keep sharing your experiences so we can continue to improve this free resource.
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