Acrobat Standard XI - Sending fillable forms to people who only have Reader?

Hi there,
I really hope someone can help me, as I am quite frustrated. I have thought about buying Acrobat for a while but my most recent need is what really encouraged me to buy it --
I want to create an interactive, fillable form for our customers to fill out and resubmit. Although I can create the document with the form fields fine, my co-workers who only have Adobe Reader either can't fill it out, or can't save it once it's filled out, and have been returning them to me blank.
Is there an extra step I need to take to ensure that people who can only VIEW pdf's (such as people with Adobe Reader) can interact with the form and send it back to me filled out? Not all of our customers are going to have shelled out $300 for Acrobat. If this is something that I can't accomplish with Acrobat Standard, then I essentially wasted $300, which is a pretty sizable amount of money. I will not be spending an additional $200 for Acrobat Pro and I will feel kinda duped by Adobe, to be honest.
Please help.

Try67, I appreciate the response.
However, when I go to Save As Other, my only options are "Text" and "Word or Excel Online."
Is it true that I can't save it as a Reader Extended PDF in Standard, and that I have to upgrade to Pro? Seems kind of ridiculous to have to spend an extra $200 for this simple tiny capability.
Any other insight you have would be very, very, very much appreciated.

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