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Michael S.197's avatar
Michael S.197
Collaborator | Level 9
2 years ago

Chat Support is a paid service, but they only provide sales, not support

Dropbox advertises chat support as a paid service for Professional, Plus and Family Manager.  This is an advertised service.
https://help.dropbox.com/account-settings/customer-support-levels 

 

However, if you contact them (https://www.dropbox.com/support) and pursue any kind of basic syncing issue, their "Service" is to try to sell you more product. 

 

I have had a professional account for years. I contacted them twice with my problem (Despite having 3T of drive space for my dropbox files, my 1.9T of files won't sync to it).  When I asked the first person to stop selling me things and address the problem, they ghosted me.  The second person, when asked directly if they can provide anything other than sales "service", they directed me to the email service account. Which is a downgraded service, and not "Chat Support."

This is false advertising by dropbox.  They should adjust their page to reflect actual practice.

 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    Michael S.197 wrote:

    Dropbox advertises chat support as a paid service for Professional, Plus and Family Manager. ... This is false advertising by dropbox.


    It's not a false advertisement. Chat support exists and is readily available. It sounds like you were using the Sales chat rather than Support.

    • Michael S.197's avatar
      Michael S.197
      Collaborator | Level 9

      I used the links in my post. 
      When I asked the "support" person for technical support, they themselves referred me to the email support service.

      Do you have a link to a non-sales support chat?

      • Hannah's avatar
        Hannah
        Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

        Hey Michael S.197, thanks for reaching out to us.

         

        Since you're on a Dropbox Professional plan, you should be able to access email and live chat support.

         

        Can you please try through this link?

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