# Laundromat Machine Complaints Tracked to a Refund Source: https://maito.app/workflows/track-laundromat-machine-complaints-to-a-refund When a customer reports a machine problem, Maito finds the payment, checks the machine's history and posts it for you. Refunds wait for your approval. Each failed-machine report gets the machine, time and payment, so repeat faults and refunds are easy to see. [Customer support](https://maito.app/workflows/team/customer-support) · [Home services](https://maito.app/workflows/industry/home-services) · When something happens · Updated October 19, 2026 Works with - Slack - Email - [Airtable](https://maito.app/workflows/tool/airtable) - Microsoft 365 ## How do you track laundromat machine complaints to a refund? To track laundromat machine complaints to a refund, have Maito watch the problem form. It finds the customer's payment in the POS, checks earlier reports for that machine, flags repeat faults and refunds already given, and posts it in Slack with a suggested action. No refund goes out without approval. ## How it's done today The owner gets scattered texts and notes with no machine number, time or proof of payment. ## What Maito does 1. Capture the machine, time and payment reference from the report 2. Check past reports for the same machine 3. Ask the technician to inspect 4. Track the refund until the owner decides ## Example Loop run: New machine problem form **Maito** (3:20 PM): New report: Washer 7 took payment and didn't run. • Reported by: Joan T. at 2:58 PM, via the form • POS payment found: $4.50 at 2:14 PM, reference 77310-A, confirmed • Her note: door locked, no water, cycle never started **Washer 7 history** • Oct 11 and Oct 15: two earlier reports, same symptom. A technician's note on Oct 15 says it was reset. Catch: this is the third report in 9 days, and both earlier refunds ($4.50 each) went out before anyone inspected the machine. That's $13.50 in refunds against one fault. From the form, the POS and the machine register. I suggest putting an out-of-order sign on Washer 7 and having the technician look at it before it takes another payment. Do you want me to ask Pete to inspect it tomorrow, and draft the $4.50 refund for your approval? **Carlos** (3:35 PM): yes to both. Refund after Pete confirms the fault. **Maito** (3:36 PM): Asked Pete to inspect Washer 7 tomorrow morning. The $4.50 refund for Joan T. stays pending until he confirms, and I'll bring it to you then. ## How to set it up When something happens Track laundromat machine complaints to a refund Ask your agent “When someone submits the machine problem form, find their payment in the POS, check earlier reports for that machine, and post it in #laundromat. Don't refund anyone until I approve.” Connect point of sale - Shopify Connect spreadsheet - Airtable - Microsoft 365 Use forms - Typeform - Tally No MCP server needed. Ask your agent to save a skill with the steps, then add the login or API key in Settings → Vault. Not connected yet? Your agent sends you a link to sign in. ## What it won't do It can't inspect a machine or confirm the fault. A technician or you decide whether to refund. ## Questions ### Does it refund customers? No. Refunds go out only after you approve. ### How does it find the payment? By matching the time and amount from the form against your Shopify point of sale. ### Can it spot a machine that keeps failing? Yes. It checks earlier reports in your spreadsheet and flags repeats. ## More customer support workflows - [Draft replies to tickets you've solved before When a question has been answered before, get a draft reply from that answer. 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