Complaints

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• Initial Complaint

  Date:04/10/2024

  Type:Billing Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Company Name: Corel Corporation Location: [Insert location, e.g., ******, **, ******]Complaint Details:On October 4th, I encountered a concerning issue with my legitimate Corel Draw 2019 license. After attempting to verify the authenticity of a potentially fraudulent Corel Draw 2024 license purchased through a ****** search unknowingly, I discovered that my valid 2019 license had been disabled after getting enough evidence that my 2024 license was illegal (for charge-back purposes) Now valid corel 2019 has restricting access to: Corel Cloud Saves ************************** features Saved files Issue Description: Cloud access is no longer functional The website (link unavailable) displays "Licence:Pirate," which is incorrect (link unavailable) cloud save and open features are non-operational Reason for Complaint:I believe this issue arose due to either the fraudulent 2024 license seller providing download links or the key itself. As a victim of this scam and the seller assuring me that its a valid and functional license (who proceeded to give me download links), I request that Corel restore my account status by removing the invalid license keys or taking necessary measures.I urge Corel to: 1) Restore my 2019 license functionality immediately along with my corel account and remove all invalid licenses from my account to enable functionality, avoid future issues (copying serials when reinstalling) before i will make any future purchases. 2) Provide a clear explanation for the disabling of my valid license 3) Take measures to prevent similar situations in the future Previous Attempts to Resolve:I have contacted Corel Support, but the issue remains unresolved; i have sent emails to every possible pathway within the company without solution. Desired Outcome:My Corel account fully functional as it was before the 2024 license *********** a result of this experience, I have lost trust in Corel products.

  Business Response

  Date: 04/10/2024

  Hello,

  We see that you are in talks and a potential remote session with one of our technical support agents.

  Please advise if you need further assistance.

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 04/10/2024

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  **** *****

• Initial Complaint

  Date:24/08/2024

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I purchased CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2023 2023-11-07 After the latest Windows update, this software has been glitching badly. I contacted Corel, their support has been terrible. From the very start, it was obvious they were wasting my time. I knew everything the support techs suggested would not fix the problem, and none of them did. After wasting my time for days, they demanded that they enter my computer remotely in order to fix the problem. This was of course refused by me, it is not a smart thing to do from a security perspective, and they are not going to make any changes to my computer without me knowing exactly what is being done. I would like a full refund. If they are able to come up with a viable and coherent plan to attempt to get their software working, I will be willing to listen. This is the only software I am having issues with.

  Business Response

  Date: 27/08/2024

  Hello,

  Thank you for your message. Your support ticket was updated and includes new recommendations to help with the issue you are experiencing. Please follow those instructions and reply to your support ticket with any findings.

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 27/08/2024

   
  Complaint: 22192128
  
  I am rejecting this response because: None of the suggestions have worked and I am being told to do the same things over again and over again. I would like a refund but I am still willing to give corel a chance to get their software working. At this time it crashes every time I attempt to resize an image.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  **** V

  Business Response

  Date: 20/09/2024

  Hello,

  As per the customer's request, we have refunded the ******** version. The customer should see the refund on his statement within 3-5 business days. He will have to uninstall the 2023 version as the serial number will be expired.

  ********************** Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 21/09/2024

   
  Better Business Bureau:
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  **** V

• Initial Complaint

  Date:16/08/2023

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I bought Corel Video Studio Pro 2022 - on Nov 28 2022 in preparation for starting a You Tube channel at the end of Jan. I downloaded the trial and tested the functions of the program to see if it was gonna work for me and it did everything I needed it to do. Jan 28th exactly 2 months later I started to use Corel video studio pro 2022 - Instantly the first use- The program would crash in the middle of building a movie but luckly for me the program would auto save so id only loose a little bit of my work apon re-opening so I worked with it for about 2 weeks with this happening sometimes up to 20 or 30 x crashing to make a 15 min video. I moved to 4k video mid Feb and the program would render my movies wrong, putting clips out of order, sound where it wasnt and sometimes even rendering a blank file. with the program still crashing and me not being able to render any movies. I contacted Corel and have spent MONTHS in email form trouble shooting the program. The first thing they had me do was send them a very invasive WinAudit that i was not happy to send them. WinAudits provide them with tons of my personal information on my computer. So i sent it, they sent me back instructions how to fix it, I followed their instructions for 3 months back and forth back and forth and NOT A SINGLE THING HELPED OR FIXED IT. The last instructions were to remove the program and reinstall - FIne I removed it and followed their instructions to reinstall- IT WILL NOT RE-INSTALL - they want me to send them another win audit and continue this for months and months and Im saying this program is faulty and why should i have to endure this as a customer.?! its never worked properly and always crashed, now it wont reinstall and they refuse to refund me or give me any help me unless i send them a winaudit. I paid for a working program- I got nothing from them at this point that is useable to me. Ive installed 2023 version trial with no issues- HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE if my version wont install?!?

  Business Response

  Date: 17/08/2023

  Hello ***,

  We appreciate you letting us know the trouble you were having. Our apologies it had to resort to you having to come to the ***. Please check your emails and we can correspond through there.

  Kind Regards,

  ****

• Initial Complaint

  Date:28/06/2023

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On 3/22/23, I purchased Roxio for $109.98 via Cleverbridge from Corel. The same day, I requested that my purchase be refunded as the product lacked sme features that I neded. Corel aknowleged my reqqest by email. Within the reply email, Corel provided a link to initiate the refund process. In compliance with Corel's policy, I compleded thed and submted the documentation. Having not received any further response from Corel or Cleverbridge, I reached out to Corel ony to be told t"hat refund "we will not be able to process the refund now as we have a strict 30 days refund policy and the refund requests must be made within 30 days of the purchase date." My response to this information is to point out that 1. I did contact Corel timelly (aknowledgement is below) ; and 2. I completed and submitted the formal refund request. In response, I received a rather snarky ""To continue with your refund request, please follow this link: Start Refund", in order to start the refund process you had to click on "Start Refund"." My point is that first, Corel assumed that I did contact them untuil arter the refund policy sunset; Which is readly disputed by the aknowledgement that Corel was unaware. I did click the link. That said, I notice that Corel does not disavow receipt of my formal submission and compliance with the policy. Aknowledgement from Corel received 3/22/23: Dear ****** ********, Refund request information Thank you for your refund request for the following product(s): Creator NXT 9, Creator NXT 9 Blu-ray Burning Plug-in, Pinnacle Studio 25 Ultimate. An online refund depends on the refund policy of Roxio, on the product you have purchased, your purchase date, what payment method you used, etc. We will check this in the next step and your order may be refunded accordingly. To continue with your refund request, please follow this link: Start Refund For your reference, this link directs you to a web page containing all order-related information. If you did not request the refund, please ignore the email and the purchase remains active. Sincerely, ************ ******** ******* ************* **** *** * ****** ***** *** * ******** ** ***** * ****** ******

  Business Response

  Date: 29/06/2023

  Hello,

  Thank you for contacting Corel. Please look out for an email from Corel within the next few days so we can resolve this issue for you.

  Kind Regards,

  Corel Customer Support 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:22/02/2023

  Type:Product Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I have used Corel WordPerfect from the 1990's. Recently I needed to upgrade my version because I wanted to convert PDF files. On Jan 13, 2023 around 3:30pm (EST) I called Corel and spoke with a representative, explained what I needed, and he sold me the upgrade which he said would help me. This purchase went through by 4pm that same day. That evening I installed it and it did not do what I wanted it to. I called back the next day, and was told that I had to remove the old version, and then “reboot” my computer. The woman who told me this said, she could not stay on the phone while I did this but was sure that this would fix the problem. When it did not, I called back but then was told that I bought the wrong upgrade. I would have been willing to purchase the “right upgrade” but I was always refused to speak with a supervisor. I tried calling many times, but I never could speak with a supervisor. A couple of times I was told that “A supervisor would call me back” back no one ever did. Eventually I was contacted by ****** *****, |****** *****, ***** ***** ******* ********************* ***************** **** ***** ******** ******* ************  I believe from their Seattle office, but after providing him with the requested information (date, serial #, etc, etc) nothing has happened. All I have been asking for is to have a representative CALL ME, so that they can refund my cost, and then provide me with the correct UPGRADE (I am willing to pay for it). I tried to do this through their Sales Number, but these people at this call center do not understand what I am asking for and have even tried to resell me the original upgrade again.

  Business Response

  Date: 23/02/2023

  Please except our apologies. It looks as though you were sold the home and student version instead of the standard wpo upgrade. We will be sure to reach out to you to solve this for you.

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 27/02/2023

  
  Complaint: 19447661
  
  I am rejecting this response because:
  
  The Company has finally contacted me concerning this issue, BUT the issue is still unresolved.  I was told that I would be contacted again today, 2/27/2023.
  Hopefully, when they do, they will fix the issue.
  
  
  Sincerely,
  ******* ******* ******** ** ************
  

  Business Response

  Date: 27/02/2023

  Hello,

  We have a level 2 support agent assisting you and he will be in touch shortly. 

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 28/02/2023

  
  ****** ******** *******
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID 19447661, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  A Corel Support Representative (Douglas) resolved the issue today.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ******* *******

• Initial Complaint

  Date:18/02/2023

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On 02.18.2023 I purchased Corel Graphics Suite 2021 for Mac. I paid 84.15 with a coupon directly from *********'s website. They sent me a serial number to register the program and provided a link to download it. I downloaded the software, registered my email address and serial # on the website, and launched the program. Upon my launch of the program it asks me to either set up an account with Corel or select a box and choose, "already have an account." I selected that I already have an account, entered my username and password, to which I got an error message stating my account was "missing information and I would need to reach out to customer service." When I reached out to customer service to assist me with accessing the software that I purchased, correctly through the company website, they told me they had to open a ticket to resolve the issue. I asked how long this would take as the software won't even launch for use at this time. They advised me no more than 4 hours and I'd have an email and someone would be in contact to resolve this issue. After 4 hours and no response I chatted back in and was told the same thing but they would mark my case "high priority." I've attempted another 2 chats, over 24 hours after purchase of software and they tell me the case is assigned but I'll have to wait for a response. I still don't have working software, no response for help, and money out of my account. I was sold software that I can't use, and it isn't cheap software. I used proper channels to purchase, through the companies website and their support can't even support me, they are a glorified answering service that does nothing more than blow me off.

  Business Response

  Date: 28/02/2023

  Hello,

  Thank you for reaching out. We see that an agent reached out last week to assist. Please let us know if you need anything else.

  Corel Customer Support 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:13/02/2023

  Type:Delivery Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  ***** ******* ************ price paid $109.99 to Corel Draw (Corel corporation) for a T-shirt Vector Bundle that never worked properly and i can not have access to it in my corel and i can not find it anywhere to be used in my computer.. bought it on November 3 2022 online. downloaded and installed and then this disappeared. since then i have dedicated hours of truying to find helop online in chat rooms adn tried so manhy tomes to call corel adn the number they have in their website and everywhere online doesnt work. online give you option press 1 to talk to customer representative n=but after a long wait in silence the message repeat over adn over... all the tries i have made only once someone answered the phone adn i am not sure if was a adult or someones little kid from ab road because they werent speaking english nor could understand me and just hung the csall on me.... (this is the number listed ***********). also they chat room doesnt work. loop you back to previous pages adn over again but. never take you to a person or real chat room.

  Business Response

  Date: 14/02/2023

  Hello, 

  Thank you for reaching out. We see that you have indeed to try to get a resolution to your issue. We have designated your ticket to our level 2 team who will reach out to you via email shortly. Please look out for an email, also check spam/junk mail as sometimes it can end up there.

  Kind Regards,

  Corel Customer Support 

• Initial Complaint

  Date:03/02/2023

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  On Saturday morning January 28, 2923, Microsoft installed a Windows update automatically on my computer. When done, files and programs were missing. I have, except for Corel Wordperfect, managed to get my programs and files back. After a tech told me Monday that my programs were gone, I called Corel customer service, was given ticket number 3932053 and told a tech would contact me. Next day, ****** ********* asked for a screen shot of the problem. I tried to reinstall Wordperfect again, and when I got to the issue, took two screenshots for her. On Wednesday she said the shots were of different programs and which one did I want. I don't know how that could be, but I took a screen shot of my Corel account showing Wordperfect Office 2000 and its serial number. No response from her since then, in spite of two requests yesterday and today for a status. I think what I need is a new download of Wordperfect 2000 and a reinstated license number. Can you please help? Thank you. *** *****

  Customer Answer

  Date: 06/02/2023

   

  Thank yo for your acknowledgement and fast action on my complaint.

   

  Wordperfect has sent me a download and instructions on regaining my lost program. I have followed them and all seems to be in working order just as before.  The complaint may be closed. I am satisfied and thank you for your help.

   

  *** *****

• Initial Complaint

  Date:27/12/2022

  Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
  Status:

  ResolvedMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  Purchase date: Nov 25, 2022 Part of Black Friday offer - included Corel products Video Studio and WinZip. See attached screen shot. When I installed WinZip - I was told I just installed an out of date product, because the Win Zip version was not the current version. And they system upgraded the software automatically, and asked for a new license key. There was no notification in the Corel offer that this was not a current product. When I contacted Customer services, I was told "you knew the version you were buying". The expectations, that I need to review the version of the product I was buying is ridiculous, the product is being sold by the company producing the product. If down level versions are sold they should be so indicated or marked as a fire sale. This is simple bate and switch - not ethical marketing.

  Business Response

  Date: 04/01/2023

  Hello, we see that you have requested a refund for your product. Please let us know if you need anything else.

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 17/01/2023

  
  Complaint: 18646033
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  I did not receive an email from you on Jan 4, 2023 as listed ,  I have checked my Spam folder to make sure.

   

  The vendor’s response is not correct, I have not requested a refund for this purchase.  

   

  I maintain that when I am sold a product ( or provided with a promotional item as in this case) by the manufacturer, it should be a current product and not a product when it is installed, tells me that I have a out of date product that I should update.   

   

  The vendor has now fixed their update check for the product so that it does not force now force one into an update – so at least they have corrected something came out of my complaints

   

  ***** ******

  Business Response

  Date: 17/01/2023

  Hello,

  Please be advised that the technical support agent has sent you the WinZip 27 .exe file. Please see ticket from RT to download the product as requested.

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 17/01/2023

  
  ****** ******** *******
  
  I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID 18646033, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***** ******

• Initial Complaint

  Date:17/12/2022

  Type:Service or Repair Issues
  Status:

  AnsweredMore info

  Complaint statuses

  Resolved:

  The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.

  Unresolved:

  The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.

  Answered:

  The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.

  Unanswered:

  The business failed to respond to the dispute.

  Unpursuable:

  BBB is unable to locate the business.

  I purchased the Corel Painter 2022 application on September 29th 2022. Once installed, the brush optimizer module failed to run as expected and crashed the program every time, rending the application unusable. A ticket was logged with the Corel support team on October 7th. Several emails were exchanged, with the support agent requesting increasingly detailed information about my computer system. Apart from repeated instructions for me to uninstall and reinstall the application using different methods, which failed to address the issue, the support team did not provide a resolution to the application issue. After several more follow-up emails from me requesting a resolution, the support agent simply went into radio silence. In December, two months after this issue was first logged, I contacted the support team again through Corel's chat function three separate times. The first time the agent basically terminated the chat on me after rudely saying I should just keep waiting for a response. The second time the agent said they would escalate the issue and a response would be provided. The third time I was completely fed up and asked for a refund on a product that did not work as advertised if they were just going to ignore my issue. The agent advised that they would escalate the ticket again and that I would be receiving a response within 48 hours. They also advised that since the 30 day refund period has passed, I was no longer eligible for a refund. I asked why should Corel dragging its feet on providing timely support invalidate my right for a refund on a purchased product that did not work as advertised, and got the silent treatment. Each time I requested a transcript of these chat sessions and, unsurprisingly, was not provided by Corel. If Corel cannot be bothered to provide a resolution to their application's technical issue, then I would like a full refund of the product.

  Business Response

  Date: 04/01/2023

  Hello,

  Thank you for reaching out. I have asked that one of our level 2 specialists reach out to you to assist. They should be in touch shortly.

  Kind Regards.

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 06/01/2023

  
  Complaint: 18489008
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

   

  I scheduled time with Corel's Level 2 technician, ****** ********, on January 6th, 2023, as instructed through an email they sent to me. The technician was provided with the required access to my computer system and any other information in order to troubleshoot and rectify the issue. At the end of the session, the technician advised that they were not able to resolve the issue and that based on their diagnosis, there should be no reason why the progam cannot run properly on my computer system. They advised that they will be endorsing my request for a refund with Corel's customer service team. 

  Since it has been confirmed by Corel that the issue cannot be resolved, I would like a full refund for a program that simply does not work for my computer system. I raised this issue with Corel well within their official 30-day refund policy, and had Corel followed up with me in a timely manner we would have come to this same conclusion within the 30 day period. I should not be penalized with a product that does not work and no refund simply because Corel failed to respond and action in a timely manner despite numerous follow-ups. 

  
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ******** ******

  Business Response

  Date: 11/01/2023

  Hello,

  We have been in touch with the customer and are in the process of issuing the refund.

  Let us know if there is anything else we can assist with.

  Kind Regards,

  ****

  Corel Customer Support 

  Customer Answer

  Date: 20/01/2023

  
  Complaint: 18489008
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

   

  Corel has agreed to issue and refund and advised that a refund is being processed, and I am satisfied with this outcome. However, I have yet to actually receive the refund amount that was agreed upon 11 days ago (as of today). I cannot close out this complaint until the refund is actually received. 

   

  Sincerely,
  
  ******** ******