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- Correct your own error in a transaction
- Correct a customer's error or assertion
- Correct an error in a payment made or received
- Correct an official's mistake on your taxes
- Explain an error you have made
- Inform customers of a misprint
- Request correction of a billing error
- Request correction of an error in a check
- Request correction of an error in a credit report
- Request correction of an insurance company's error
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Sample Letters if You Made an Error
- Apologize for a defective, damaged, or incomplete product
- Apologize for a missed deadline
- Apologize for a shipping delay or error
- Apologize for an invoice or billing error
- Apologize for betrayed trust
- Apologize for damaged property
- Apologize for hurt feelings
- Apologize for missing an appointment
- Apologize for missing an event or for overlooking or forgetting someone
- Apologize for missing or being late to a meeting or appointment
- Apologize for offensive behavior
- Apologize for poor or inadequate service
- Apologize for providing incorrect or incomplete information
- Apologize for sending a collection letter by mistake
- Apologize for someone else (business)
- Apologize for someone else (personal)
- Apologize to an employee or employees
- Write a business apology
- Write a personal apology
Sample Letters if Someone Else Made an Error
- Complain about a billing error
- Complain about a faulty delivery or a shipping error
- Complain about an unfair insurance payment or settlement
- Complain about poor facilities or equipment
- Complain about poor service or a faulty product
- Complain about receiving damaged goods
- Confirm an error correction or revision
- Disagree about benefits (social security, retirement, insurance, etc.)
- Disagree with a bill, rent payment, or other financial issue
- Disagree with a subordinate, a superior, or a person in authority
- Inform a customer that the check you received was not signed or the payment was not in the envelope
- Write a disagreement letter
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