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December 9, 2021
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Photography Plan bought from Adobe store on Amazon not valid according to Adobe

  • December 9, 2021
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Hi

 

I have just had the most bizarre, incomprehensible support call and have to ask for some sense from the community.

 

I received an email from Adobe yesterday saying my Photography Plan package was fraudulent and I have 5 days to resolve the issue. I used the online chat to get through this morning and got connected to "V" who was the opposite of customer service and actually hostile. 

 

I have been a genuine user of the 20GB Photography Plan since 2017 when I bought my first year via Adobe store on Amazon. I have bought this item 6 times since including two on Black Friday this year. I also added 3 months which came on with the purchase of a Logitech keyboard earlier this year. My Photography Plan shows as valid until December 2024. All valid all paid for.

 

'V' tells me that my software has decided it is fraudulent and gives me the first serial I bought from Amazon and entered in 2017. I explain that I have always bought them from Amazon's Adobe store and they always work. 'V' tells me that Amazon are not a recognised partner of Adobe and anything bought from them is invalid. 'V' doesn't have access to anything else on my account other than fraudulent serial and that is all there is to discuss. "Take it up with Amazon".

 

I ask if that means that the 3 years of Photography Plan I have on my account are lost and they answer yes "because you bought them from Amaszon". I ask what about the 3 months from Logitech that came with an expensive keyboard is that fraudulent too? Apparently it is invalid because Logitech are also not a partner of Adobe. So tough. End of conversation. End of account. I asked for a name and a full script of the conversation and that was it.

 

I have never had worse customer support than this from any company nevermind one I have been loyal to while everywhere I look people use pirated software.

 

Is this normal for Adobe? Are Logitech making up an offer regarding Adobe Photography Plan? Or did I just get the most useless, angry, mono-syballic CS rep who wants to lose Adobe loyal customers?

 

Thanks for any help. My next step is to use my family member at the Guardian to highlight this appalling service. Not that I suppose Adobe will care about their public image overly much.

3 replies

Peru Bob
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 9, 2021

Was it actually purchased from Amazon, or was it purchased from an Amazon seller on Amazon?

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2021

Always sold by Amazon not a seller.

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2021

Just had another hour with them and the keys bought via Amazon on the Adobe store are not valid line is still the one given. The hundreds of others who bought them via Amazon on their Black Friday deal seem to not be affected, just my keys. What a dodgy company.

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2021

A surprising lack of community input.

 

Has anyone heard of Adobe Products sold via the Adobe store on Amazon as being invalid? I am literally being told "Amazon was never our authorized seller and these redemption codes will not work". Even though there is a specific Adobe Store on Amazon

 

I was also told by an Adobe customer rep that Logitech offering 3 months photography plan with their products was in fact invalid as they are not an Adobe partner.

 

Has anyone heard anything regarding these statements or have I just had the misfortune of being served by the most uninformed customer service rep going?

Legend
December 9, 2021

That certainly sounds bad, but let's check first whether you have actually been contacted by scammers. Adobe block a lot of sales because they turn out to be fraudulent, but I never before heard of them sending an email. And, customer service should have full access to your account, so why didn't he/she...? Also, customer service seem to always have had names before, not just a letter. So... when you contacted customer service... did you follow a link in the email? If you did, can you tell us where the link takes you?

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2021

Thanks for the reply.

 

Email attached came from . I logged into my account via the normal route and went through the contact options and used online chat. Ravi (pleasant) but me through to the "correct" department. V (who shows as V Tanushree in the chat log they have now sent me) was the advisor I was connected to. They had my software flagged as fraudulent on their screen. They also had my original serial from my first installation. Kept refering me to this link  to show Amazon and Logitech are not partners.

 

"After analysis, it appears that the redemption code access has been shut off for the product. it shows that the redemption code is non-Genuine, we do not have any records of this redemption codes "

 

The fact I went through my own login via the adobe homepage and contacted support through the website suggests they are real?

 

 

 

Participating Frequently
December 9, 2021

oh it removed the from email  it was mail at email.adobe.com

 

second link was to adobe partners page