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December 1, 2011
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"Exclusive Complimentary Benefit?" REALLY?

  • December 1, 2011
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  What is a person supposed to do when, after spending 1 hour and 26 minutes online with a Chat Support representative in India, he is required to YELL (by using upper case letters) at the "technician" to obtain a supervisor who better understands English?

  I was required to do this, ADOBE, because the e-mail you sent me (copy below) would not send me to the correct place to obtain my so-called "exclusive complimentary benefit."  When I clicked on the "Get started" link button, I was sent to "My Information" under "My Account," which I had completed several years ago.  Even after I changed some minute piece of information and saved it, I was not directed to a place in which I could learn what "reward" ("from unique fonts to training to exclusive offers") were available.

  This is a heck of a way to treat a heretofore enthusiastic user of Acrobat, with incompetent support, and disjointed programming!

  Mark Me Angry!

CONTENTS OF E-MAIL FROM adobe@adobeinfo.com :

Claim your Adobe reward today.

Being a customer comes with benefits - claim yours today


Thank you for purchasing Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro software. You are now eligible to claim an exclusive complimentary benefit, ranging from unique fonts to training to exclusive offers on Adobe products.* You can also complete your Adobe ID profile, which will help us deliver news and information that is most important to you. Click below to claim what's yours.

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    Participant
    February 1, 2015

    Bump, so it's like less difference using uhm naughty copy or genuine lol and adobe cs 5.5 still get bonus from adobe http://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/kb/en/928/cpsid_92859/attachments/PRIO_Benefit_Options.pdfww Complimentary benefit claim    

    August 30, 2012

    While working in Photoshop this morning, a taskbar message appeared from Adobe telling me I had a free gift for registering. I had recently registered CS6 Design & Web Premium. I clicked on the taskbar message and was brought to the Adobe login page. After I logged in, my account page had a link to my “exclusive benefit”. The link took me to a page of benefits that I could choose from. I selected the Adobe Text font (nothing else was remotely interesting). Clicking on the Adobe Text font link brought me to another page with a detailed description of the font, but no way to actually select it as my benefit. I logged out and logged back in to try to figure out how to actually select my benefit, but the “exclusive benefit” link was gone. Customer support chat said I wasn’t eligible for any benefits and to ignore the message. I can provide the entire dialogue upon request.

    Preran
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    December 2, 2011

    Hi,

    Check out this link and see if it helps you.

    How do I claim my complimentary registration benefits (http://www.adobe.com/support/registrationfaq.html#d)

    December 2, 2011

    Preran:

    Thank you for your reply.  I apologize for my wordy comments below.  I am patiently trying to obtain what Adobe offers with their "Complimentary Benefit (hereinafter called 'CB')."

    I selected the link you suggested.  I went to the "Complimentary Registration Benefit Questions." 

    1.  The first question was, "How do I claim my complimentary registration benefits?"  It stated, "...you will be prompted within your product or in a confirmation e-mail to claim your registration benefit."  I was not prompted within my product, but I received a confirmation e-mail.  In the e-mail, I selected the "Get started" button, which sends me to My Information at https://www.adobe.com/account/account-information.edu.html .  Several years ago, I had already set up my account with Adobe, so this link was ZERO help and offered additional link to find my CB.

    Bottom line, it does not provide me any links or instructions to obtain my CB.

    2.  Further down, is a question, "Which Adobe software products qualify for a complimentary registration benefit? What are the benefits? ... For a list of possible benefits, click on the link corresponding to the product family:
    • Acrobat X complimentary benefits...," which when clicked on, sends me to http://www.adobe.com/support/registrationfaq.html and offers, "Complimentary registration benefit questions," which sends me in a complete circle back to where you suggested I go at the onset.

    To a long-time customer, this "roundabout treatment" is making me very frustrated.  Someone either needs to send me the correct link or e-mail me the CB file(s).  Also EVERY United States English-speaking customer deserves to correspond with someone who is well versed in our language, customs, and culture and who has the humility to admit when he/she does not have the answer and will refer me to someone who does...

    Thanks Again!

    
    December 2, 2011

    Should I be receiving a link to a webpage similar to: http://registrationbenefits.adobe.com/benefits/?&PRID=330&VERS=12%2E0&PLAT=0&LANG=en%5FUS ?

    Thank You!