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August 14, 2017
Question

SUBSCRIPTION SCAM??

It tastes like a scam.

I just finished a "conversation" with one of adobe's support guys. An unpleasant experience.

Dear Navleen .. I hope you see this.

I tried to cancel my subscription 4 months ago and failed, and then got caught up with work and forgot about it, realizing today that I've paid extra 4 months for a month-to-month subscription for Premiere, which I haven't used. ( I used it a few days only after I bought it in April 2017)

1)It is unreasonable that you have to cancel a month-to-month subscription, why cant I just pay for one month? Makes me miss the pre CC days.

2)it is unacceptable that I have to then, contact tech support for them to cancel it for me. Yes I know, you click manage my plan, you click the cancel button, and ta-da. That's not the case for many of us outside the US/EU zone I guess, as I learned today. That button doesn't exist.

And it's so confusing. Made me even believe, the subscription might cancel itself at the end of the month. Boy I was mistaking. A mistake that cost me 120$.

3) my conversation with the tech staff ( NAVLEEN) ended a few minutes ago by saying ... and I quote

" IN SOME COUNTRIES ADOBE TAKES HELP FROM THIRD PARTY TO SELL THE PRODUCT. IN YOUR COUNTRY ADOBE IS TAKING MONEY TROGH DIGITAL RIVER, THEREFORE THE CANCELLATION OPTION IS NOT THERE AND YOU NEED TO CONTACT US FOR THE CANCELLATION AND WE CAN SUPPORT FOR THE SAME"

Mr Navleen then shut me off and ended the conversation.

I can't accept this, this information is not clear on the website to any average Joe like me. Nowhere does it say "contact us to cancel if". On the contrary, it just makes me think it will automatically get cancelled.

I asked for a refund, and Navleen just ignored me, that's around 120$ loss for me. Just cause there is no Cancel button.

I want the cancel button.

I want a refund.

I want clearer information for customers outside US/EU.

26 replies

danav87075891
Participant
December 3, 2017

yes, its a scam!!! i tried to cancel my subscription but its impossible without a fee. i talked to a adobe agent on the chat and since they didn't give me any solution for my request i decided to wait for my subscription to end and surprise! it was automatically prolonged with 1 year! fee for canceling the subscription: 250 euro!!! dont make the mistake to make a subscription!!

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John T Smith
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 14, 2018

When you "click to agree" you are agreeing that you have read the Subscription Terms https://www.adobe.com/misc/subscription_terms.html

Which tell you that your subscription will renew automatically and that you pay a fee to cancel early

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Sheena Kaul
Legend
August 22, 2017

Hi there,

I really apologize for the terrible support experience and believe me, this is not what Adobe wants to provide.

I have checked the chat conversation you had with the agent and I am escalating the case to the concerned team so that they can help you on priority and also I will pass on the feedback for the agent to the correct team.

Appreciate your patience.

Regards,

Sheena

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Participant
August 22, 2017

Hi,

thanks for you prompt reply. I was allowed to end the subscription after two chatting sessions and one phone call. Now I'm not sure I will start a subscription later on due to all the hustle.

Regards,

Carin

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Participant
August 22, 2017

I have experienced the same issue. Month to month payment, but was unabale to cancel the subscription after two months without having to pay for at least 6 months. Funny thing though is that I get different answers from the support. Apparently I'm supposed to be able to end the subscription after two months, but the next agent told me the opposite. What to do??? I live within the EU.

Most disappointed and highly frustrated!

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August 14, 2017

Many others on this forum have raised the same concern. As I see, each one of them gets shut off by a moderator that "it has been resolved, subscription cancelled".

That's an easy, cheap 'FIX'.

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