Crown the Champ of Customer Service in Gulfport

Patch’s 2012 Readers’ Choice customer service tournament has come down to this: Two worthy and much loved small businesses will go head to head this week to determine who has the best customer service.

It is up to you to crown the King or Queen of Customer Service in Gulfport. This coastal town has so many popular small businesses run by independent merchants.

Here are two that emerged as tops with our readers. Show your love for:

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2. Industrial Arts Center

In this final championship round, there is no poll vote. It's up to you, dear Reader, to leave a comment below this article or hop over to the business directory to rate your favorite contender.

• Each favorable comment is 20 points (leave your comment at the end of this article).
• Each favorable directory review written during the polling period is 50 points (just search for the business on our directory).

Read on for important details:

Each reader may leave one comment and one directory review per business.

Leave as many comments as you like, but for voting purposes we count only the first comment and review you leave in favor of each business.

Any ties will be broken in overtime.

To leave a review for a business, search for the business name in the Gulfport Directory, or click on the business name below to go straight to its directory listing:

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• Industrial Arts Center
  

The polls are open until Wednesday, April 4, at noon.

About this tournament: The 64 participating businesses joined Patch before the March 11 qualifying deadline and were selected based on their ratings in the directory.