Adobe Offers Photoshop CS4 at Significant Savings to PSE Users

Adobe has emailed a formidably tempting offer of PSCS-4 to registered users of PSE #s 4,5,6,7, and 8. This offer is directly from the Email, or by calling Adobe's sales number.
So, I bought a copy today.
However, the sales associate I spoke with created more questions than she answered. Well, that's not fair, it was probably closer to 50/50.
The Email stated that I needed to have my serial number ready for the operator.
Then I was told that I would have to use the PSE's serial number to install PSCS-4.....??? And that the copy of PSE would stop working....? I'm sort of thinking, good luck with that on a non-activated product.
Then I was told I would probably want to surrender my copy of PSE-7 (via serial number), when my copy of PSE-5 was actually the one that Adobe has on file...!  I've never heard of an Adobe upgrade path, (or version), that goes from PSE to PS. The sales receipt states the what they will ship is a "Universal English Windows Version".
To be fair, the sales associate had to ask if a dual boot system counted as 2 activations. Hey, I can ask my own trick questions.
Then, for some inexplicable reason, I was charged sales tax, despite the fact, (to the best of my knowledge) Adobe does not have a brick and mortar operation in my home state of Pennsylvania.
Does anybody have any insight as to what's actually going on....?

Barbara B. wrote:
Then I was told that I would have to use the PSE's serial number to install PSCS-4.....??? And that the copy of PSE would stop working....? I'm sort of thinking, good luck with that on a non-activated product.
If any of this is true they must have created a special PS version just for this offer, which seems highly unlikely.
Well Barbara, you get the correct answer button on that one. However, I think a lucky guess and a not quite correct response should only qualify for, oh say, 7 or 8 points. (Just joking, of course).
Actually, the box was marked "PSSP,CS4,UPSL UE,001,DV, FROM PS ELEM". So, technically speaking this was a special edition (.) (!) or (?) (You choose the punction).
However, you don't need the elements serial to make the install, nor does it disable any existing installation of PSE. In fact in PSE-7 it installs itself automatically in the edit button menu, so you can go directly from the organizer to PS.
What all of this does bring to light, is that Adobe needs to prep their sales staff a good deal more if they're going to run a special promotion such as this one.

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