Saturday, November 05, 2011

Adobe Terrible Customer Support

I ordered Adobe InDesign for the home computer for Peyton. I got the software Thursday, but that is my regular knit night, so it didn't get loaded until yesterday after work.  The software wouldn't load.  Evidently, it has been a problem for many because there are several "fixes" on the Adobe website for you to attempt, which I did.  It still wouldn't load. I called their technical support and held on the phone for 30 minutes only to be answered by an individual who I could hardly understand and they couldn't understand me.... I hate this!  This is a US company and should have people helping customers who speak good English.  After speaking to her for about 3 minutes, our call was disconnected.  I know it did not happen on my end of the line.  I call back.  I held for 2 hours.... 2 HOURS!!!!!!! While I was holding, I was able to "chat with an agent" online.  After answering the questions I had already answered, I was told I would have to talk to their technical support that they couldn't help me.  I informed them that I was on hold and had been on hold for over an hour (at that point) after getting disconnected from a 30 minute hold before and asked if there was another number I could call and speak to someone.  There wasn't.  When someone finally answered the phone and I told them who I was and my serial number, they disconnected me again.  This is poor customer service.  I know that the disconnect was NOT on my end... I had them on speaker phone so there was no way I mistakenly pushed a button to disconnect the call.  I called back and finally hung up at 10:00 which is 7:00 their time and closing time.  I worked on this from the time I got home from work yesterday until 10 last night.  They will be getting a letter from me.  I understand we're not one of their multi-license business customers, but hell, the little guys expect service too.

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