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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.

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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?

Dabrudders작성자
Participating Frequently
December 9, 2021

Always sold by Amazon not a seller.

Dabrudders작성자
Participating Frequently
December 15, 2021

Dabrudders, I am sorry that you continue to encounter problems with purchasing a redemption code through Amazon UK.  Have you contacted Amazon UK to request a refund of your purchase?

 

Regarding the moderation of this discussion, I did not mark my answer as correct another moderator did.  Since you are the original poster of this discussion thread, I have removed the correct answer being marked.  You can choose to mark a correct answer if you feel one has been offered.


Hi Jeff

 

I have no problems purchasing a redemption code. My account has been flagged as non genuine. I added codes succesfully weeks ago. There were no 3rd party codes and I need to speak to someone to prove it.

 

Please read and understand. I have spent hours with CS and got nowhere. I was promised a call back from Adobe Genuine 6 days ago. I didn't get a call back. I am being given no recourse to "reach out to solve the problem" that was mentioned in my initial email from Adobe.

 

I bought 2 Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan 20GB via the Adobe store on Amazon on Black Friday. I also had 2 x 3 month redemption codes that I aquired from an offer when purchasing Logitech keyboards. I added all 4 redemption codes to my account. All good. Account says 12 December 2024.

 

Last week, I receive an email saying the software is non genuine, please reach out within 5 days to resolve the issue. I have all invoices for the products but Adobe don't care. Neither will they tell me which redemption code there is an issue with. If I ask for information they give factually incorrect information in return such as Logitech promotion codes arent valid. Something I noticed you still haven't gone near.

 

I've asked both Amazon and Logitech if their codes are genuine and valid they both say yes. How can I know which codes to question the authenticity of if Adobe will not let me know which one has been flagged. The Logitech promotion sends me directly to THE ADOBE WEBSITE and grants me a code.

 

I haven't purchased any 3rd party codes ever and if there is an issue with one I have entered I would appreciate knowing which one and I would like it in writing because unsurprisingly Amazon aren't overly keen on refunding digital codes just because someone tells them it didn't work.

 

Why should I lose access to my paid in advance software and be given neither the opportunity to prove that the redemption codes are legitimate or the information to support any claims I may have for a refund from the Adobe store on Amazon?

 

Thanks

 

 

Dabrudders작성자
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?

Dabrudders작성자
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?

 

 

 

Dabrudders작성자
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