Hello everybody!
As you probably experienced before me, DreamPlan's features are heavily limited in its free version (contrary to what its marketing conveys and even states) so, like anyone else, I could not test the program properly without buying a license key.
«NCH Software offers a no-nonsense 30-day money back policy», so fair enough… (actually pretty good, right!?) …I bought my license. - Only to quickly find out that the program's advanced tools are inaccessible (!) on my still supported computer; a huge bug (at least for me) I reported a week ago in this topic.
I must also mention that I haven't received any answer whatsoever as to:
- another issue I reported directly to tech support six days ago: the fact I cannot login to this forum via the Safari browser either on my Mac not on the latest iOS (I can via Google Chrome but it's a crippling memory hog I avoid if possible); and
- how to attach screenshots in here.
Anyways… Five days ago I did get an answer about my main problem (hurraaah!)
No… Not hurrah. Because it was so lousy in every aspect, it looked like a prank! - But it wasn’t. It was a real tech support response to a customer who could not fully use a product he’d paid for days ago because it was seriously faulty. It was rightfully outrageous.
Since I (we?) cannot attach screenshots, I'm pasting that email below (and here's the shot for the doubters) for everyone to see what I mean, and to maybe get some manager in NCH feel ashamed enough to do something and straighten up their act - for dignity, their customers' good, and their company's.
Now… What on Earth do you do with such unpresentable rubbish of a "support" email !?
I know… You're probably thinking it's not that bad. All of us are too used to receiving and accepting similar emails from "serious" organisations day in, day out (some people even send them out themselves!) - but we should never send out, nor receive, nor accept shitty time-wasting emails like that!
So… After regaining my cool, and pondering what to do, here is what I replied - screenshot and copy-pasted:
Harsh? - Of course! For their own good.
And for everyone - specially at NCH - to further grasp how crappy and utterly unacceptable (for me, anyway) that tech support response was, in comparison to what can be delivered and we all should expect and demand as customers (or clients or citizens), just compare it with the little exchange I had the day before with no other than… the customer service of the NCH's competitor I'm taking my money to! (I'm not revealing who they are. I've carefully redacted the screenshot so they are not identifiable, out of respect for NCH in its own forum, okay?) Please have a look.
Read it? Have you noticed any difference, in form and substance, between both responses? About one hundred!? - Me too… In fact, there's not a single detail in that competitor's response that doesn't scream We care, and We excel. As opposed to…… You already know…
To remain fair, early on Monday I received a response to my "angry farewell," this time from the competent representative, EIB. Had it been their first reply, I would not be writing this (which is something!) for it was acceptable enough to not trigger me. To be specific, it was just as lousy in its form (the almost two thirds in German come by default, it seems!), but acceptable in substance: a polite invitation to follow a troubleshooting procedure to get for them the log files necessary to «create a bug report so the developers can look into it for further diagnosis and fixes.»
Assuming my problem with DreamPlan was due to some rare bug, that is the best help I could have expected, and I do appreciate that. But let's evaluate…
Pros:
- Get to enjoy DreamPlan's wonderful features some day
Cons:
- Way too time-consuming
- Far from a prompt solution
- Not even guaranteed!
Determining factors:
- Have not even started using the software
- Already lost my trust in NCH!
So, sorry but no… I'm still switching to the competition.
…Yet not without hoping and trying with this crazy rant that you guys at NCH take it as a tough-love lesson (from a single nobody, no big deal! I know; but still!) and just RAISE YOUR DAMN QUALITY STANDARDS - A LOT!
No doubt your remaining and future customers will notice the difference. And so should your business!
My apologies for stealing too much of your time, dear reader! Chime in! and something good might come out of it all…
Hello everybody! As you probably experienced before me, DreamPlan's features are heavily limited in its free version (contrary to what its marketing conveys and even states) so, like anyone else, I could not test the program properly without buying a license key. «NCH Software offers a no-nonsense 30-day money back policy», so fair enough… (actually pretty good, right!?) …I bought my license. - Only to quickly find out that the program's advanced tools are inaccessible (!) on my still supported computer; a huge bug (at least for me) I reported a week ago in this topic. I must also mention that I haven't received any answer whatsoever as to: - another issue I reported directly to tech support six days ago: the fact I cannot login to this forum via the Safari browser either on my Mac not on the latest iOS (I can via Google Chrome but it's a crippling memory hog I avoid if possible); and - how to attach screenshots in here. Anyways… Five days ago I did get an answer about my main problem (hurraaah!) No… Not hurrah. Because it was so lousy in every aspect, it looked like a prank! - But it wasn’t. It was a real tech support response to a customer who could not fully use a product he’d paid for days ago because it was seriously faulty. It was rightfully outrageous. Since I (we?) cannot attach screenshots, I'm pasting that email below (and here's the shot for the doubters) for everyone to see what I mean, and to maybe get some manager in NCH feel ashamed enough to do something and straighten up their act - for dignity, their customers' good, and their company's. Now… What on Earth do you do with such unpresentable rubbish of a "support" email !? I know… You're probably thinking it's not that bad. All of us are too used to receiving and accepting similar emails from "serious" organisations day in, day out (some people even send them out themselves!) - but we should never send out, nor receive, nor accept shitty time-wasting emails like that! So… After regaining my cool, and pondering what to do, here is what I replied - screenshot and copy-pasted: Harsh? - Of course! For their own good. And for everyone - specially at NCH - to further grasp how crappy and utterly unacceptable (for me, anyway) that tech support response was, in comparison to what can be delivered and we all should expect and demand as customers (or clients or citizens), just compare it with the little exchange I had the day before with no other than… the customer service of the NCH's competitor I'm taking my money to! (I'm not revealing who they are. I've carefully redacted the screenshot so they are not identifiable, out of respect for NCH in its own forum, okay?) Please have a look. Read it? Have you noticed any difference, in form and substance, between both responses? About one hundred!? - Me too… In fact, there's not a single detail in that competitor's response that doesn't scream We care, and We excel. As opposed to…… You already know… To remain fair, early on Monday I received a response to my "angry farewell," this time from the competent representative, EIB. Had it been their first reply, I would not be writing this (which is something!) for it was acceptable enough to not trigger me. To be specific, it was just as lousy in its form (the almost two thirds in German come by default, it seems!), but acceptable in substance: a polite invitation to follow a troubleshooting procedure to get for them the log files necessary to «create a bug report so the developers can look into it for further diagnosis and fixes.» Assuming my problem with DreamPlan was due to some rare bug, that is the best help I could have expected, and I do appreciate that. But let's evaluate… Pros: - Get to enjoy DreamPlan's wonderful features some day Cons: - Way too time-consuming - Far from a prompt solution - Not even guaranteed! Determining factors: - Have not even started using the software - Already lost my trust in NCH! So, sorry but no… I'm still switching to the competition. …Yet not without hoping and trying with this crazy rant that you guys at NCH take it as a tough-love lesson (from a single nobody, no big deal! I know; but still!) and just RAISE YOUR DAMN QUALITY STANDARDS - A LOT! No doubt your remaining and future customers will notice the difference. And so should your business! My apologies for stealing too much of your time, dear reader! Chime in! and something good might come out of it all…