Bad customer service- problems with apple purchasing - 2 apple IDs as living in 2 countries

I purchased iphoto. I have 2 accounts (apple IDs) as I have been living in 2 countries over past 5 years, I mistakenly reloaded the iPhoto with the wrong account. It is not always clear what account the app has been purchased on. Apple was not helpful to reimburse this purchase despite I have leagally purchased this before. This is not good customer service! In addition, this limits use of apple for global people.
Very disappointing! I guess since Steve Job's died, not only product quality went down but also the customer service.

Well, clearly you are very unhappy and as I'm sure you realise, I am just another user like yourself.   But I would still encourage you to try to reach an agreement.
I am sure Apple do not want a disgruntled customer spreading bad vibes and while they won't settle for the sake of it, write to the address below and set out your grievance.   But first review your apps.
Apple - Support - iTunes Store - Contact Us
I see you admit to mistakenly downloading iPhoto via the wrong account so they aren't entirely to blame.   And if this is something relating to an original purchase of 5 years ago, if I recall correctly, iPhoto08 was the version then.   Now we are on iPhoto 11 and having passed via iPhoto09. These upgrades were not free, and your records should show which version you have now and which past versions you have had.    Armed with this you will be better able to approach Apple.
Just a suggestion, you understand, I'm not out to defend anyone.

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Truly Terrible Customer Service- Problems With Lenovo U410

Hello everyone,
I would like to share my Lenovo Customer Service experience.
While on holidays in Poland last August, I decided to buy a new laptop in one of the big electronic stores. The laptop, however, developed a fault on the second day. I thought it was a case of bad drivers causing the problem. After I returned from my holidays, the fault was still there.
I contacted the Lenovo Customer Service who requested a proof of purchase. I explained that the laptop was bought in Poland on holidays and sent them on the receipt. A day later, I got an email saying:
"Your machine has been booked in for a full repair at our service centre. Thank you for your proof of purchase.
In 2-3 working days you will receive a letter containing instructions regarding the booking of your collection. The letter will also contain very important terms and conditions in particular with regards to data loss.
Please follow the instructions and your machine will be repaired under warranty."
A few days later the machine was taken off me by a DPD courier for almost 2 weeks. In the meantime I had no other option but to use my father's laptop to do my final year college project.
I was delighted when I got the email:
"We have completed the servicing of your item.
Your item is now being packed and prepared for dispatch. You can track your package online..."
However, 30 mins after using the "newly repaired" laptop, the stripy screen came back! Needless to say, I wasn't happy. I contacted Lenovo again, their customer service agent apologised for the bad experience and said that the laptop will need to be sent back again. For me that meant another 2 weeks without the laptop!
This Tuesday, I finally received the laptop back. After using the laptop for an hour or so, the horrible stripy screen appeared in front of my eyes! This time I was absolutely infuriated!! The laptop was sent back twice and the same problem persisted. I got my phone and rang the Customer Service to ask what the hell is happening?!
The answer I got this time was that the laptop was purchased in Poland and therefore it is not covered by the International warranty!! A few months of dealing with the company, a couple of phone calls and sending the laptop off for a repair twice to be told that they didn't fix it because the machine is not covered by the International Warranty?!
This is my short story of my terrible customer experience! I am not satisfied with the way this company operates, takes my laptop off me, sends the laptop off to their repair centre in Germany to then say that they cannot fix it?! Could anyone who works for Lenovo please explain to me where is the logic in that?

I find it absolutely deplorable of Lenovo that there has been no posted response to this customer service issue. I have been trying to decide for a while now if it was worth purchasing a Yoga 2 Pro as it looked to have all the specs of a PC Hybrid I was hoping for. Well....how wrong could I have been...I had no idea how appalling the customer service is from this company!
Firstly, in the UK...there have been some nightmare stories of faulty items and ridiculous product shipping delays that just seem to keep changing without any thought for the consumer in explaining what the hold up is. If you want to see a fantastic daily updated example of this alone just have a look at the Lenovo UK Facebook product page. Just reading it for ten minutes is tragic. There are so many upset customers in there that it almost seems comical.
The shipping delays are pathetic, they will glady take people's money (including warranties on items that arent there!) and hold it in the Lenovo bank accounts but the slow service and response to those with faults displays a complete disregard for the consumer. I can understand a company being unable to keep up with high demand of a product if it is very good and in demand but this needs to be addressed with admission in communication. Simply advertising a product that people cannot access and dealing with the irate customer-in-waiting afterwards is not acceptable.
Let it be known that Lenovo through their own incompetence have lost a customer before he even purchased anything today. I can only hope that others considering making a purchase will see further posts like this and feel deterred in the same way. That way, Lenovo may finally see that they really need to up their game in terms of service and quality control. To the person that made this post, I can only feel sympathy for the problems you had with them and can only say that you are certainly not alone! Check out their UK Facebook page to see just how terrible the service is (including choosing to ignore the more upset customers while blowing the trumpet whenever someone's problem is "sorted"!).

Problem with Movie Purchase on Apple TV

I purchased a HD movie from my apple TV. It plays on my tv but noticed that it does not appear on my iTunes Movie Library where I can watch it on my computer or iphone. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi All:
I have been looking through the forums searching for answer as well.
I have had ATV for about a year, It worked fine with transferring data back and forth. Now however out of nowhere, purchases made on ATV will not show up or sync to Itunes Library. Itunes finds ATV and allows for transfers from itunes to ATV...When I click the ATV from Itunes all the shows/movies I want to move to my HD are visble, but under the synch menu for ATV they are not visible.
(I see they are there, but they will not sync) ??
It is really annoying me because apple is giving me zero support. I have about 130 TV episodes that I purchased and want to get off of ATV...I am runnning out of HD spcae (160GB model)
PLEASE help me.
Other note: I swithed my itunes library to an external HD location...could this be the problem ?
If an answer is already on the forums I apologize, I could not find what I am looking for...please share the link if so...

My app store wont let me download apps, says the card is expired and theres a problem with previous purchase can someone help me pls?

My app store wont let me download apps, asks me to update my payment details then says theres a problem with previous purchase and card is expired which is untrue someone help me pls

This is a User to User Forum...
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Mac Apps Store Customer Service
http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact.html?form=account
iTunes Customer Service Contact
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html

Pandora Doesn't Work on Droid X2-Bad Customer Service from Verizon

This probably isn't news for most Droid X2 users, but my husband can't get Pandora to work on his newly purchased Droid X2. What's really frustrating is that we went to our local Verizon store to pick out a phone for my husband because he wanted to listen to Pandora at work & neither one of us was at all familiar with android phones. We told the salesman that we were newbies & asked his advice on which phone to get. This guy(Fred) assured us that he was a pro & he listened to Pandora all the time on his Verizon phone. He specifically recommended that we get the Droid X2 for listening to Pandora. Unfortunately we did as he suggested & signed on. It took my husband way more than the allotted 14 days to familiarize himself with using the Droid, let alone Pandora. By the time he felt comfortable using Pandora on his phone at home (using the WiFi), it was past the 14 day trial period. That was when he discovered that Pandora wasn't working right on his phone without the WiFi. Naturally he assumed he was doing something wrong. Then we checked into the problem online & discovered that the Droid X2 was infamous for not working with Pandora.
We went back to our salesman,Fred, & asked him for help in getting Pandora to work. This went on for a few weeks and eventually he admitted that in fact Pandora doesn't work on the phone he recommended to us for just that use. We assumed that he would help us in upgrading to a phone that would work since he was the one led us astray. That was when he went into standard Verizon mode & told us that our 14 days were up & there was nothing he could - or would- do to help us. So we contacted Verizon directly & were told the same thing.
Is this kind of bad customer service typical of Verizon? I don't understand what the big deal was about not helping us to fix our salesman's mistake. If we'd made this mistake on our own, I could see Verizon telling us that we were stuck. But we told them we were newbies & asked for their help.
I'm really disappointed because I bought this phone for my husband so he could enjoy Pandora at work. And now he's stuck with 2 years of making do with other services & hoping that maybe Pandora will help him out. Does anybody have any suggestions as to anything we can do to make this sorry situation work? Thanks.

Milkring wrote:
This probably isn't news for most Droid X2 users, but my husband can't get Pandora to work on his newly purchased Droid X2. What's really frustrating is that we went to our local Verizon store to pick out a phone for my husband because he wanted to listen to Pandora at work & neither one of us was at all familiar with android phones. We told the salesman that we were newbies & asked his advice on which phone to get. This guy(Fred) assured us that he was a pro & he listened to Pandora all the time on his Verizon phone. He specifically recommended that we get the Droid X2 for listening to Pandora. Unfortunately we did as he suggested & signed on. It took my husband way more than the allotted 14 days to familiarize himself with using the Droid, let alone Pandora. By the time he felt comfortable using Pandora on his phone at home (using the WiFi), it was past the 14 day trial period. That was when he discovered that Pandora wasn't working right on his phone without the WiFi. Naturally he assumed he was doing something wrong. Then we checked into the problem online & discovered that the Droid X2 was infamous for not working with Pandora.
We went back to our salesman,Fred, & asked him for help in getting Pandora to work. This went on for a few weeks and eventually he admitted that in fact Pandora doesn't work on the phone he recommended to us for just that use. We assumed that he would help us in upgrading to a phone that would work since he was the one led us astray. That was when he went into standard Verizon mode & told us that our 14 days were up & there was nothing he could - or would- do to help us. So we contacted Verizon directly & were told the same thing.
Is this kind of bad customer service typical of Verizon? I don't understand what the big deal was about not helping us to fix our salesman's mistake. If we'd made this mistake on our own, I could see Verizon telling us that we were stuck. But we told them we were newbies & asked for their help.
I'm really disappointed because I bought this phone for my husband so he could enjoy Pandora at work. And now he's stuck with 2 years of making do with other services & hoping that maybe Pandora will help him out. Does anybody have any suggestions as to anything we can do to make this sorry situation work? Thanks.
From the Pandora website located here
Note: We do not support Pandora on rooted or unlocked phones, unofficial OS releases, or custom ROMs.
Trouble Streaming Pandora on Android
If you're having issues using Pandora on Android, try the following steps:
1. Uninstall the app: From the home screen, press the menu key and select Settings then Applications. Select Manage Applications. Scroll down and select Pandora. Then Uninstall.
2. Power down the phone and pull the battery out. Put the battery back in and turn the phone on.
3. Reinstall: Go to the Android Market and search for Pandora.
4. Clear data for Pandora: Press the menu key and select Settings then Applications. Next select Manage Applications. On that page select Clear data.
5. Switching from High Quality audio to Normal Quality audio. From the Now Playing screen, press the phone's menu button and select Preferences. Change the Cell Network Audio Quality to Normal instead of High.

Complaint BAD customer service experience in Hong Kong

I would like to complaint a Apple staff called “Andrew” who worked in Festival Walk Apple retail store in Hong Kong resulting in my wife cannot buy the iPhone reserved within the timeslot provided.
My wife successfully reserved two iPhone 6 Plus 64GB Gold with timeslot 12pm to 1pm (Lunch time period) on 13 Oct 2014 at Festival Walk Apple retail Store in Hong Kong. She queue and waits for assistance. Bearing in mind two different members of staff approached her and said there was a 20/25 min wait. It is fine to wait for 20-25min. But after 20 min later, she asked the Apple staff again to confirm how long she needs to wait for and ask if she whether took the iPhone few hours earlier and later. This is because the she needs back to work.
She asked the apple staff called “Andrew”, he raised his voice and told her that she need to wait now and cannot take the two iPhone 6 Plus 64GB Gold earlier and later. He also said if she would like to take the iPhone earlier, she needed to ask everyone in the queue to confirm if she allows taking the iPhone first. How come the staff response to her like that. My wife needed back to work finally and cannot buy the iPhone reserved!
At first, time management is very bad in Festival Walk Apple Retail Store in Hong Kong is very worst. Why my wife cannot buy the iPhone within the timeslot provided.
Secondly, Apple Staff attitude is very ridiculous. My wife just enquired the staff politely. But how come the staff replied her like that. How come Apple hired a rude staff likes “Andrew” in Festival Walk Apple Retail Store in Hong Kong. He was very rude, impolite to her. What’s going on. The staffs never polite and I can tell you if we treated our customers like that where I worked we would have been fired immediately!!
Does Apple Company provide any training to the staff? My wife and I doubt that any training provided to the staff. Apple customer service is terrible, he really don't care about helping you with a problem.
Apple is a big company over the world. Apple staff is the most arrogant group of people we will ever meet. They provide such worst customer service experience. It is absolutely unbelievable and unacceptable. Great service offers a unique opportunity for businesses that are willing to invest in a memorable customer experience – they can ot-support the competition. But I cannot find any great customer experience in this Apple Retail Store. Please note that Bad customer service is totally affect company reputation. I did complaint those staff “Andrew” on the same day. But there is no any feedback and response from the Festival Walk Shop Manager or Apple representative. It's an absolute disgrace and I wonder why apple don't have a complaint department!

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You get to the store ~30 minutes before closing time, your card is declined for insufficient funds, you are told there isn't enough time to go to your bank in order to deposit more funds and return in time to finish the transaction and are surprised when they don't agree to finish the transaction when you return AT closing time?
Glad you finally got your phone, but I too see no reason for an apology from Verizon. Maybe checking to make sure you have the funds to cover the expenditure next time would be wise. You have a smartphone, possibly adding an app to make the funds transfer electronically would have even kept you in the store while you made the additional deposit/transfer. Better planning on your part would have prevented ALL of this.
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Customer Service Problems

After fighting with Verizon customer service over two service issues without any possibility of resolution I am canceling my account.
I’m doing this reluctantly because as a long-term shareholder of Verizon I would like to see the company succeed and keep profitable. Yet I am appalled by the cavalier, disrespectful, obstructionist treatment from your staff in dealing with customer service problems. When you were just the telephone company and operated as a monopoly in a regulated industry, you had to take customer issues seriously.   Now that you are an unregulated telecommunications giant it seems that you don’t feel the need to respond to your customers. Someone in your company needs to hear this and put a stop to these destructive business practices.
In brief, the first issue involved arranging a service call for interruption of internet service. The entire process kept me on the phone for a total of 3 hours over several days. I have given up my land line and use a cell phone exclusively. Verizon’s communication systems and staffing levels caused me to wait on hold for 10-15 for each person that I spoke to. Then each conversation averaged 10 minutes.   In addition, I was transferred to different departments but I did not understand the reason for the transfers. Then the pattern of hold-talk-transfer began again. Several times my calls were dropped necessitating more repeats of the hold-talk-transfer pattern. Some of your staff were South Asian and they either garbled or misunderstood English, thus prolonging the conversation beyond the average of 10 minutes.   During that time I incurred cell phone charges of $.45/ minute.
After the service was restored I called Verizon customer service and asked for a service credit to compensate me for those out-of-pocket expenses over and above 30 minutes which I consider to be a reasonable amount of time to arrange a service call. They denied any responsibility for the amount of time it took to arrange the service call or the amount of time to complain about their service. I was not happy with the outcome so I requested to speak with someone who was a decision maker and had authority to negotiate a settlement. I also asked to have them communicate with me through email. I was told that communicating through email was not possible. These calls followed the same pattern of hold-talk-transfer averaging 30 minutes each. I repeated myself to 3 or 4 people who wrote down my complaint before I got to a manager who had decision making authority. The manager denied any responsibility for the amount of time it took to arrange the service call and would not authorize a service credit.
The second issue involved billing. I signed up for auto-pay to have my monthly bill deducted directly from my bank account. Verizon’s computer system deducted the bill twice, overdrawing my account. I incurred a bank overcharge fee. The same pattern of hold-talk-transfer began for this complaint as well. The customer service staff refused to take responsibility for this error as well. Their solution required me to spend more time and incur extra expenses. I had to repeat myself to 3 or 4 complaint takers before I reached the same manager who denied my first request. He denied any responsibility for this billing problem too.   I had to have my bank retrieve the money under a fraud compliant.
Verizon is one of the largest *communications* corporations in the world.  If your internal systems can't handle customer service calls in a reasonable amount of time, then there is a problem. If your customer service staff is unwilling to take responsibility for such inadequacies and solve the issues that emerge from them, then there is a problem. If a customer has to contact the CEO of the company to try to resolve two service related issues, then there is a problem. When all of those actions prove inadequate, then there is a *communications* problem.
Customer service has flagged my account and put me down as a “problem” customer. Instead of offering even a token settlement, they are prepared to stonewall me by maintaining that the company is just not at fault and that they tried to solve the problems but I wouldn’t cooperate or accept their solutions. Early on in the process, if someone told me that Verizon messed up just a little, but still couldn’t compensate me, I would have accepted that, albeit reluctantly, and dropped the matter.
This is not the way I do business and I resent it when others don’t feel the need to honor any kind of code. I grew up working in my family’s retail liquor store. From the time I was a kid I learned four customer service lessons that I’ve carried over into my adult life:
Admit when you are wrong and try to make up for the mistake.
Never argue with a customer over small things.
Listen to the compliant and don’t just dismiss it out-of-hand
Try to make things right even though you may not be directly responsible for problem.
For my two problems, Verizon customer service staff didn’t even come close to following these common sense rules. I’ve learned that if you ask their customer service people they will repeat back to you some type of business code that they say they operate under. But their behavior tells a different story.
Unfortunately when I spoke with {edited for privacy} of the Executive Presidential Appeals office, I was taken somewhat aback by his manner and demeanor, which was coarse and inappropriate for a customer service discussion, and which I found personally offensive. He and members of his staff agreed to send me emails specifying which part of the Terms of Service they based their decisions on. To date I have not received the communications they promised.
Is this the image of your company that you want the public to see? Are you willing to just shrug off these complaints as an isolated case that is too small to concern yourself about? I’m afraid the answer will be yes. Not only do you feel that you are too big to fail, but you are too big to care.   Customer service means solving problems not manufacturing bad will and resentment.
My purpose in writing this note has been twofold: to make one last effort to solve my problem and to hope that someone will take note about the issues about customer service practices that are harmful to the company. I'd be happy to speak with someone with real authority to deal
with my issues but have no interest in repeating my past experiences.
It's too bad that this had to happen since the solution could have been so easy and simple.
I plan to publish some form of this letter and distribute it to the public.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Therefore, I request to please clear this unacceptable due balance, and contact Experian to removed and clarified the mistake in my credit report.
RE:  Cancellation fee charged on internet DSL service charged by mistake. {edited for privacy}
A $65 balance remain for a cancellation fee on internet DSL service, by Verizon New York mistake.
In February of 2010, I set up my phone and TV in a vacation plan but keep my internet service active. After a month I had a vacation plan, suddenly without notification, my internet service was suspended and a cancellation fee was issued.
My final statement was $ 24.47. I cleared a check from Verizon.
I contacted Verizon online to request connect my internet service and discuss the issue on the cancellation fee. The response was that I should pay the internet cancellation fee, and paid a new activation.
After fighting with Verizon customer service over the unacceptable fee charge service issue without any possibility of resolution I cancel my home phone which was in a vacation plan.
Later I kept receiving the statement with this cancellation fee every month. I called and discussed the issue more than 6 times during the next 6 months, The entire process kept me on the phone for a total of 2 hours over several months. The costumer representatives responded that the issue was in an investigation.
Later,  a Collector company start chasing me to get the $65 paid. Phone number: {edited for privacy}, Inclusive, they made an offer to reduce the amount if I accept to pay or contact Verizon to request a clarification.
By the end of the year, I contacted Verizon costumer services one more time but the representative stated that the account is not visible anymore.
Convinced that the problem on this account was resolved, the second week of November, I called Verizon to reestablish my account with a new home phone number and Internet DSL connection.
The answer was that  following Verizon policy I was unable to get a new account if a balance remain.
After I explained the events, a manager (non-identified) who spoke to me by phone told me that Verizon will investigate the issue and I should wait for approval.
On November 16, my account was confirmed approved and clear of debt, therefore, Verizon welcome me back with Home phone and internet DSL Service and confirmation on my online registration.
New number:{edited for privacy} ; Email:{edited for privacy}
Also, during the months of January and February 2010, Verizon New York, made other charges mistakes in my account (See details below) that have been resolved with an apologize and a refund.
Events that prove the lack of training and support Verizon customer and billing service have.
Chronology of the emails exchanged between Verizon Ecenter and myself after I requested investigation with the charges.
01/10/10   I have contacted Verizon customer support regarding of a mistake in my internet service statement.Tracking # 430824. Reference: Duplicate charges for Internet Security suites service.
1/12/10 Verizon eCenter responded. Angela. ' Apologized for the inconvenience. 'The cancellation and credit will appear on the next bill'.
2/08/10 Verizon eCenter responded. Cheniqua. 'I have issued a credit of $6.52 for a Verizon internet security suite charges'; your internet charges
2/04/10 I have contacted Verizon customer support in regard of clarification in my Direct TV  statement.
Tracking # {edited for privacy}. Reference: Balance from Direct TV due to my recently requesting vacation plan.
2/06/10 Verizon eCenter responded (John) Verizon Bill statement: February 26 = $6,73 paid
2/06/10 I have contacted Verizon customer support in regard of a mistake in my home phone statement.
Reference: By mistake, international fee in my home phone (inactive line/vacation plan) was charged.
Tracking # {edited for privacy}
2/08/10 Verizon eCenter responded. (Linnette) 'I apologize for the error'.
A credit for the international plan has been applied to your account and will appear on the next statement.'
2/08/10 Verizon eCenter responded (Cheniqua) 'The regional essential calling plan does not qualify for a discount during vacation suspension. Which prove that my home phone was in a vacation plan.
2/15/10 I have contacted Verizon customer support in regard of a non-notified, neither requested suddenly suspension on my internet DSL service and charged a cancellation fee for this suspension.
Tracking # {edited for privacy}
2/16/10 Verizon eCenter responded (Michael) I am sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced.
Please contact our Consumer Sales and Solutions Center directly at 1-800-Verizon or (800) 837-4966
Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Local Time.
2/16/10 Verizon eCenter (Sue) responded : I am sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced.
I understand your frustration and concern regarding canceling your internet service in error. In order to provide you with the best customer service, please contact our Consumer DSL Sales and Solutions department directly at (800) 567-6789 and a representative will be happy to assist you.
I stand on my decision of not pay for someone else mistakes.
Your actions have damaged my integrity as a good costumer and citizenship.
Without doubt after this problem get clearly resolved, you will lose this good costumer, get a negative feedback and I am planning to publish this letter at every web forum available.

Very bad customer service!

I am a photographer and in June 2013 I decided to join the newly launched Creative Cloud single application subscription program for Photoshop CC.
At the same time I purchased a Lightroom standard license (Lightroom was not available on the Creative Cloud at that time).
The monthly price for Photoshop CC with a one year commitment was 24,59 Eur for Europe (I live in Czech Republic). I didn’t quite understand how that translates from the 19,99 USD of the US subscription, but fair enough Adobe is not a charity and they have the right to decide to charge what they want for their products. Plus the subscription prices were clearly showed on their website, so I decided to join anyway.
Honestly I was very happy both with Photoshop and Lightroom and I think they are two fantastic pieces of software so I didn’t mind the price I paid for them.
Then a few months after I get a call from my bank saying that my card has been blocked because it might have been compromised following some online payments I made. And after a little research I find out that (citing the Adobe website) “Very recently, Adobe’s security team discovered sophisticated attacks on our network, involving the illegal access of customer information as well as source code for numerous Adobe products. We believe these attacks may be related.
Our investigation currently indicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems. We also believe the attackers removed from our systems certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers, including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders.
Great, now I am for two weeks without card while my bank gets me a new one (they are not that fast in Czech Republic).
Fortunately I also read online that (citing the Adobe website) ”Adobe is also offering customers, whose credit or debit card information was involved, the option of enrolling in a one-year complimentary credit monitoring membership where available.”.
Honestly I misunderstood that as a one year complimentary Creative Cloud membership and I thought that was very nice of Adobe, they didn’t have to do it, and to me it showed an effort to say “we are sorry” and to try to retain their customers’ trust.
Some time passes and I am obviously still getting charged monthly for my subscription.
So I contact Adobe through the online chat…..turns out that I am not eligible for the one year complimentary subscription (none of the agents actually explained to me that I had misunderstood the offer) but after a bit of complaining and waiting online I get offered a one month complimentary subscription!?!?!.
You can make up your own mind on how to interpret that but to me that meant that Adobe recognized their responsibility but tried everything possible to get rid of me with the minimum possible.
The guy on the chat however said that if I am not satisfied I can ask him to escalate.
I do so and he tells me that I will be contacted within 2-3 business days.
A week after I have not been contacted yet, so I call the support again and I am told that they are very sorry for not getting back to me and I will be (again) contacted within 2-3 business days.
TWO weeks after that chat I finally get a mail from Adobe, which is now offering me 2 months complimentary subscription.
I realize I better take what they give me so I reluctantly accept.
Not even a week after that, I realized that Adobe launched a new Photoshop Photography program where they give the Photoshop CC license + Lightroom 5 for 9.99 USD or 12.29 Eur with a yearly commitment. This is half what I pay now, not even considering the one off Lightroom 5 license that I already paid (129.15 Eur). The special offer expires on the 2nd December (less than a week from now at the time of writing this).
The good news is that existing CC subscribers can ask to transfer to this program for free.
So I contact the Adobe support again and they happily confirm that I can switch to the new program.
BUT I would lose the 2 free months as they cannot be transferred to the new program because it is already discounted.
I spend a good deal of effort explaining that the 2 free months are not a discount but are a compensation for me being without card for 2 weeks so I should be able to retain them, but the support person on the other side of the chat just politely dismisses every argument.
I understand that Adobe did not have to allow existing subscriptions to transfer to the new offer for free, I purchased a service and then a few months after the price went down, fair enough this happens.
If the price went up on the other end I would have still kept my original price.
However what infuriates me is that since any existing subscriber can join the cheaper offer, Adobe has actually penalized me in front of all the other customers and the reason why they have penalized me is that my data have been compromised on their servers.
You draw your own conclusions but to me this is very bad customer service.

This is the transcript of the conversation I had with your colleague over the support chat, then unfortunately my connection dropped and I lost him:
Saka: Hi Francesco.
Francesco: Hello
Saka: I have received your initial question. I'll be glad to check and help you with this.
Francesco: thank you
Saka: Sorry for the wait. Please do stay online.
Francesco: ok
Saka: Francesco, I have checked and see that we have issued 2 months free for the subscription Nov 21, 2013. Your next billing date is on 27.2.2014.
Francesco: but I have already been billed on 02.12
Saka: I'll be right with you.
Saka: Are you referring to Clenství ve službe Creative Cloud s jednou aplikací pro Photoshop (rocní) or Program na úpravu fotografií Photoshop (Pro vlastníky licence k produktu CS3 a novejší)?
Francesco: the first one should have been canceled, the second one has been activated
Francesco: with the 2 months free of charge added to it
Saka: Yes, the first subscription has been cancelled.
Francesco: I have been bulled only 12.29 Eur so it is for the second subscription
Francesco: the first one was 24.99 Eur I think
Saka: Yes, you have been charged € 12,29 for the new order Program na úpravu fotografií Photoshop (Pro vlastníky licence k produktu CS3 a novejší).
Saka: You can continue using the subscription without any issues.
Francesco: so where are the 2 months free of charge?
Saka: We have provided 2 months for your Clenství ve službe Creative Cloud s jednou aplikací pro Photoshop (rocní).
Francesco: those have been transferred on the Program na úpravu fotografií Photoshop (Pro vlastníky licence k produktu CS3 a novejší)
Francesco: as confirmed by your colleague and by the mail I received
Francesco: This is the mail confirmation
Francesco: Užívejte si našich služeb o něco déle Bezplatně jsme prodloužili vaše předplatné produktu Program na úpravu fotografií Photoshop (Pro vlastníky licence k produktu CS3 a novější) o několik dalších dnů (62). Nové datum pro obnovu předplatného je nyní 26-únor-2014 (PT). Děkujeme, že jste si předplatili náš produkt! Tým služby Creative Cloud
Francesco: Which confirms that the next billing date for Program na úpravu fotografií Photoshop (Pro vlastníky licence k produktu CS3 a novější) is 26/2/2014
Saka: Francesco, we have provided 2 months free only if you are willing to continue subscription till the commitment date. The order gets cancelled since you have purchased for Program na úpravu fotografií Photoshop (Pro vlastníky licence k produktu CS3 a novejší) at lower rate.

Bad Customer Service - no solution for Trial Version for CC install

Hi,
I'm having problems to install my CC apps, since I`m having the issue on the apps keep asking for a serial number.
I already tried all the solutions that I found on the foruns: delete cache, install using English International as my preferences on Adobe Manager App, etc etc
That is only happening on my PC with Windows 7. On My Macbook Pro everything is working fine.
Well, today I tried the Chat option from Adobe Customer service, and after I spend a long time with them, they just dropped the connections when they doint have
anyother solution for me.
It waa bad experience from Adobe.
At least I still have some time to cancell my CC signature If I dont get this solved on the next days.

If you don't get any help at this link then I have to agree that it is a bad Customer Service:
<http://forums.adobe.com/community/creative_cloud>
There's nothing you can do because Adobe in their wisdom decided to have these forums so that unpaid volunteers can help customers in exchange for worthless title called MVP.
They also have a call Center in India where the staff are paid huge amounts (thousands of rupees per month) to help you.

BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE IN NEWNAN

We had very bad customer service at the NEWNAN, GA BEST BUY. I purchased a notebook with a defective part. Returned the netbook back to the store. Geek Squad looked at it and said the hard drive was defective. They would not do anything except after arguing with us finally offered to send it off for repair. We declined becuase my in laws sent a laptop off to be repaired and ended up paying just as much for the repair and they paid for the computer. This was after they were told they would not pay for anything. Also, were only told they had to pay once the computer was sent off and could not get it back until they paid. $300 LATER THE COMPUTER WAS STILL BROKEN! We were lied to and pused around by everyone we talked to. BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi there and welcome to the Community. What brand of laptop are we talking about and when was it purchased?
Adam
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Download or upgrade current and free apps says there's a billing problem with previous purchase previous purchase what can I do to fix it

Every time I try to download a free app or even upgrade any of my apps for free it tells me to put my Apple ID I do that then it say there a billing problem with previous purchases. So I click continue and put in my debit card information correctly but still won't work it always declines it and says he's different payment method. what can I do it's been like that for 3 months that's the only card I have.

Hi ..
I replied to you here > Download or upgrade current and free apps says there's a billing problem with previous purchase previous purchase what can I do to fix it

HT201359 i have a problems while purchasing or download a free item in apps store or itunes, it said that you have a problems with previous purchase, it also said that my payment method was decline.,..

i have a problems while purchasing or download a free item in apps store or itunes, it said that you have a problems with previous purchase, it also said that my payment method was decline.,..

Hi shldr2thewheel,
it has been a while since we have last spoke, I would like to let you know, I am still working on getting used to the switch from windows to a Mac/Apple system. I do have a new question for you, I did purchase In Design CS5.5 through journeyed.com through Cuyahoga Community College of which I attend as a student, is there a way to purchase an online book through iTunes to learn that as well? Also, you know me, the struggling student, I would also, when and if the book can be purchased through the iTunes, would need to know if you do know of a much easier book for struggling students like myself and at a reasonable price as well for the In Design CS5.5 program. Our campus bookstore had closed early, and, so did the colleges library and our local library here where I do live, so, I cannot go to either place to purchase a book or to take out a book, plus cash funds are low at this moment as well but, I do have money left on the iTunes account to use, if it can be used. So, can it be used, the iTunes money, towards finding a low priced online book? I am in great need of assistance as I have a project due for my one course for this Tuesday, September 4, 2012.
Sincerely in need of help once again,
Kim

I am sick of the bad customer service

I called to set up new service. I had to use my grandson's phone (personal cell phone) who happens to work for AT&T, and these people refused to help me. He was in the other rooom doing school work while I was on the phone with the company to try and set up service. They are not very helpful when it comes to trying to set up a new account. You try to bring your number from another carrier, they transfer you, and you get transferred to another department after you give them your SSN and then it makes you feel as if your information has been stolen.

If I have to keep putting up with bad service with phone service, then I will not stay with who I am with, and I will not try using AT&T service. It seems as if when I have to use my grandson's my personal phone I could get him in trouble when I have to get ugly with these people for not listening to me, and then they decide to talk over you when you are talking, and I am not happy because it is bad customer service. Someone needs to do something about the employees. My grandson has told me that if I have to start writing down employee names and ID numbers and start reporting them, because it seems like this company does not take the concerns of the customers to the caring level, and when you are a new customer, they don't want to help you.

Problems with both of my apple ids:

Hello, i got a problem with both of my apple ids and can not use them anymore.
I changed the password of my apple ids but now it says the new password is wrong... I tried to reset my password again but now i do not get any email with the reset link! I also tried to change my password with the answering my security questions but i do not remember the answers. It all started as i wanted to activate an old apple id but the activationlink was send to the apple id itself because i canceled the primary mailadress. Then i changed the primary mailadress and got an activation link but now i can not log in because of the problem described above. I am struggling for hours! Please help!

You're probably going to need Apple's assistance with this. You can reach them by going to https://expresslane.apple.com, then click More Products and Services>Apple ID>Other Apple ID Topics>Lost or forgotten Apple ID password. You can also try contacting the Apple account security team for your country (Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security), or contacting iTunes store support by email if your country isn't listed (https://ssl.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html).

I have a problem with your purchase from the App Store

I have a problem with your purchase from the App Store
To understand the problem as well as view images on a flow
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You will need to do what it says, contact iTunes Support. These are user-to-user support forums, if you thought you were contacting Apple by posting here. Go here:
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html
to contact the iTunes Store.
Regards.

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