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Please be aware - Restore issues are supported FREE OF CHARGE

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Hi Guys,

I was really disappointed to learn that restore issues were supported FREE OF CHARGE, after I had paid to have an incident resolved... thought I would share my learnings.

Please read here:
http://www.acronis.com.au/support/faq.html

Q: Does Acronis provide free support?
A: Yes. Acronis Home and Home Office products include 30 days of warranty support from date of purchase. Additionally, Acronis provides warranty support for all recovery problems at no charge. Acronis does offer presales technical support during trial period at no additional cost, and support for registration and serial number issues after purchase, except for cases where Support needs to generate a new serial number.

I had a restore issue and paid $32AUD to have this resolved. At NO POINT was I advised that restore issues were covered free of charge, nor was I offered a refund. I happened to be looking for the support agreement and came across the FAQ above. When I contacted the sales team, they confirmed that my PPI was in credit and had not been used, which is when I asked for a refund and they obliged.

Several support engineers have also asked me to repeat the same steps while trying to debug my issue, so it appears they are not even reading my case history. Frustrating when I wait 3 days for a reply.

Really not happy with Acronis as an organisation or True Image 2014 as a backup solution. I find their platform too buggy and do not trust my data with their solution.

Sorry, just my opinion...

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Sorry, I guess my Jan 26 response should have been clearer.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/53570#comment-166230

GroverH wrote:

Acronis does help users with Recovery issues. Just specify it is a recovery issue as you are progressing thru the support screens.

Not passing blame onto you Grover... I would expect the support engineers to mention this when I opened the case. Or even better, I shouldn't have to pay for restore issues in the first place :)

If Acronis technical support had given me a satisfactory solution, I probably wouldn't have been looking for the support agreement in the first place, and probably wouldn't have even noticed...