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How to send a complaint about customer service?

Hello everyone. Long story short, I've had three support tickets without a solution marked as solved. The last time, I explicitly requested that my message be turned into a complaint about the "support" I was receiving. Nothing, absolutely nothing happened, no reply at all.

I've been a Dropbox user for over a decade, and the decline in the quality of technical support (and of the service itself) is appalling.

Does anyone know how can I send a formal complaint?

thank you!

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Megan

Hi @Daniel50, I hope you're doing well!

First of all, I am sorry to hear about that, and I'd be happy to see what I can do on my end to help!

Feel free to let me know more in regards to your situation and the issue you faced when contacting our team.

Any ticket numbers are, of course, welcome, so I can pass your comments on to our team.

Thanks a bunch!

Daniel50

Hi Megan, thanks for your reply.

The tickets are:

Ticket #15209279: DB: Individual file not syncing
Ticket #15346991: DB: Reopening ticket
Ticket #15477556: DB: Unresolved issues marked as "solved" twice

In sum, I had a syncing issue, and it was marked as solved without being solved (and after supposedly being escalated, after a waste of time with the first line of "technical" support). I started another ticket, and AGAIN, it was marked as solved without a solution.

I started another ticket only to complain about the first two, and guess what...it was marked as solved. Not even an apology. Dropbox is a disgrace, especially compared to what it was years ago.

There are technical reasons why it is not so simple for me to move to a different service, and it would cost me a lot of time. But frankly, the company is taking advantage of that. I feel absolutely robbed and treated disrespectfully. Simply ignoring repeated requests and marking them as solved?! Absolutely disregarding an explicit complaint about technical support? Not even acceptable for a free service, let alone for a loyal customer since your beginnings.

Megan

Thank you for all the info @Daniel50!

I did some digging, and I was able to create a brand new ticket number on my end for you.

I have re-escalated to our specialized team, so you can continue working with them.

Don't forget to reply back to them as soon as possible, before your ticket closes due to inactivity.

If you need anything else, I'm here.

Daniel50

Thank you, let's see if I get a meaningful answer this time.

Anyway, my original question is still unanswered, is there an official way to send a complaint? Apparently not.

Daniel50

Dear Megan,

This seems like a bad joke. You opened a new ticket where I was contacted by a "senior specialist on the Advanced Support team".

After a message on Friday saying "Rest assured we'll get to the bottom of the cause of this problem", the ticket was closed on Monday morning and marked as solved, before I even answered.

I received an email yesterday (Sunday) saying "If we don’t hear from you in the next few days, your support request will be closed. You can reopen it at any time."

Am I supposed to spend my weekend answering belated messages from Dropbox Support? And if I don't, the ticket is marked as solved so that someone's metrics look good?

Whoever is behind the working and the incentives of Dropbox technical support, congratulations for killing Dropbox. Changes in technical support are even worse than the new "features" of the Dropbox app, and that is difficult to achieve.

I don't have time to read the terms and conditions, but I feel I am being robbed. As soon as I can solve the technical issues that force me to stay with Dropbox, I am migrating away.

Kevin Sharkey

Hello I am writing again In hope I won't get fobbed off. I was supposed issued a refund for a charge taken without my authorization. The problem was resolved on the 31/10/22 as I managed to get talking with a very helpful lady on live chat. It said in my paypal account refund from Dropbox issued and pending. Amount of (£199). It still has not arrived in my bank. Please can you help resolve this as it is a right pain in the arse and looks really very bad for what was /is?? a great company/service. I have done absolutely everything. I can not say how utterly shambolic the service or lack of customer care with this has been. Please get back to me.. I won't hold my breath tho..

regards

Kevin Sharkey

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Jay

HI @Kevin Sharkey, as you've already been in contact with a support agent and they assisted you, do you see the refund processed on your account from this page?

Kevin Sharkey

What I 'm saying is that it never went into my account!!! Hence this faff!! can you send me a direct email so that I can send screen shots proof of my not receiving the £199 refund. It says refunded on 31st October and there is no payment at fo that sum I checked right up to four week after and nothing . Can you enlighten me as to where it is?

Kevin

Kevin Sharkey

Can I just speak with someone on live chat or a phone call ? I see are no longer a support option. This should not be so difficult. Who do I send screenshot proof or bank statements showing I never received the supposed refund to?

Kevin

Rich

@Kevin Sharkey wrote:
It said in my paypal account refund from Dropbox issued and pending. Amount of (£199). It still has not arrived in my bank.

What I 'm saying is that it never went into my account!!!

From what you're saying it did end up in your PayPal account, but it still shows as a pending transaction. That would indicate that Dropbox has already issued the refund from their end and it's just waiting to clear with PayPal. Have you reached out to PayPal to ask what the delay could be? That would be my first step if this happened with my account.

Julie R.19

I have just asked the very same question to Dropbox Support. I asked if the support agent could tell me what the customer compliant policy is. As Dropbox is a large company it is bound to have a customer compliant policy. Sadly, I was informed 'tell me your compliant and i will pass it onto the team'. This is Dropbox's Customer Compliant Policy. I feel very disappointed as I have been a faithful Dropbox customers for 10 years too

Hannah

Hey @Julie R.19, thanks for the nudge here, but can you please clarify what it is you'd like info about exactly?

Are you trying to submit feedback/complaints about something or are you trying to find something like our terms of service?

Mark

Sadly @Julie R.19 you are right - they arent interested is my experience 😞

Tickets are too often just closed and ignored if replied to at all.

Sherry2024

Hi Jay. My school email (not this one I'm using) was disabled after graduation and it was associated with Dropbox. My school changed the email domain so I have no way to retreive it. Could you help me cancel the plan without access to the email?

SeoulGalVP

2 years on and we've had the exact same experience. I've just read through these posts and there doesn't appear to be an answer to your question. How do we submit a formal complaint to Dropbox? Please give us a clear answer Dropbox. Thank you!