Can I vent about Adobe tech support?

Question

Man, am I frustrated. I upgraded to CS4 because I was having problems viewing some files in CS3. Concurrently, I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Now, when I open up a page from our site in Dreamweaver, the headlines, which are all in Courier, don't display (you can see them, however, in preview). The very same files display perfectly in CS3.
I've tried working with the CSS, tried changing the code, all to no avail. Yesterday, I called tech support. He had me reinstall. That did no good. Then he put me on hold, came back, put me on hold again, came back. None of his suggestions worked. About 45 minutes into the call, the line went dead.
I called again this morning. I explained what we did yesterday and asked for some kind of level two support. The woman said let's try a few things first. The first thing she told me though was that CS4 did not support Courier. I told her I could change fonts to Courier in the body of my document. She put me on hold. Came back, had me change the prefs. That didn't work. Put me on hold again, came back and said that I should contact the community of experts.
I said but I just spent all this money purchasing your software, why can't I speak to someone on the next level of support. She said the community of experts did work for Adobe. It appeared to me that the people were volunteers who nicely offered their time to help, and while I appreciated that, I really wanted to speak to someone who worked directly for the company. She insisted that they were Adobe employees.
When I expressed my doubt, the line went dead. This time I was convinced it was not an accident. Now, I'm a reporter by training. I know how to talk to people on the phone, and I know very well that you don't get anywhere by being rude or raising your voice. I was clear however that I did want to speak to someone in Tech support on the next level. But all I ended up with was a dead line and software that doesn't work the way it should.
Is there some one way to get to Level Two? At this point I'd be willing to pay (even though I don't think I should) to straighten this out.
Ok, I feel better now.
Jeff

Answer 1

jeffisme wrote:
Man, am I frustrated. I upgraded to CS4 because I was having problems viewing some files in CS3. Concurrently, I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Now, when I open up a page from our site in Dreamweaver, the headlines, which are all in Courier, don't display (you can see them, however, in preview). The very same files display perfectly in CS3.
Sorry you're having problems, but Snow Leopard was released only a few days ago. CS4 is now a year old. I have upgraded to Snow Leopard without problems, but others have experienced a lot of pain. It's difficult to know where the fault lies.
She said the community of experts did work for Adobe.
She's wrong. Community Experts are not Adobe employees. Nor do they receive any payment for the help they offer in the forums. Many of us will be attending a "Community Summit" just before Adobe MAX in Los Angeles in three weeks' time. I intend to raise this point at the meeting.  We're experts in using Adobe programs, not a dumping ground for problems that the paid support staff fail to handle.
There, I've let off steam too.
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