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kirk3d
06-26-2007, 06:54 PM
Hey guys,

I just got off the phone with Adobe where I was trying to upgrade to CS3. I was having difficulty because I'm trying to consolidate individually licensed products into a suite license. Apparently this isn't possible. I own the following individual Adobe Products:

Photoshop CS2, InDesign CS2, Flash 8 Pro, Dreamwever 8, Acrobat 7.0 Standard. (Illustrator is the only missing piece from the suite line-up)

I was trying to upgrade to CS3 Design Premium, but was not elegible for the upgrade price ($600). I would have to pay the same price as if upgrading from 1 product ($1600) It didn't matter that I already owned 5 products. Even if had all 6 individual products, it would be a no-go to upgrade to a suite.

The sales rep I spoke to was very friendly and even priced out how much it would be to upgrade each indivdual product (and purchase illustrator) and that was CHEAPER than the $1600 it would cost to upgrade to the suite. It was still more than I was willing to pay though.

I politely requested the assistance of a supervisor to see if there was anything I could do. That resulted in an abrupt "The policy is what it is." Ouch.

Has anybody else attempted to consolidate individual products into a suite at an upgrade price? If so, how did you do it?

mkeefe
06-26-2007, 07:45 PM
It isn't and hasn't been possible for some time... I am not sure why, but the reps on the phone can't do anything to fix it.

Best of luck,

M

kiwicolin
06-27-2007, 05:42 AM
Consider sellling of some of the products or upgrade the ones you need

too bad really

kirk3d
06-27-2007, 09:52 AM
Yeah, it's pretty disappointing that Adobe won't even try to help. I'll probably just upgrade Photoshop and Flash right now. Those are the 2 I use regularly, then try to pick up the other ones as I go along.

But it means I'll have the same problem again for CS4 or CS5. I'll never be able to get the entire suite without re-purchasing products I already have.

I guess Adobe really thinks the whole is more than the sum of the parts.