I'd been hearing that the new Lindens no longer supplied the support to their premium members that the old Lindens did so wonderfully. I even heard of one woman who had an avatar take her money couldn't get help!!!! Just getting a bot letter is about all one seems to do. Then I experienced what I had been hearing about.
I chose to be Premium years ago when I started because I knew when I'd have issues, I could make a call and within a short time the problem was solved. The old Lindens had the best support of any software service I use BUT NO MORE. Now trying to solve a simple problem, I feel as if I'm dealing with the lack of support I get when I try to solve a problem with AT&T. When SL suddenly wouldn't accept the password for my alt Guyadare, after I kept trying a few times, I followed all the instructions and was informed an email with a link for getting a new password would soon arrive in my mailbox. It never did. It also wasn't in SPAM. This has happened twice. That's when I started writing support tickets. But no luck. After almost a month I have dealt with 4 Linden Bots who always send me the same form letter and start from scratch knowing nothing about my case. It's like a never-ending circle. I tried calling, but the Lindens only accept one type of money problem and that is it.
What point is there being a Premium member now? The lLinden houses look great and have improved but the lag is terrible and it's cheaper to buy mainland and go up in the air to avoid their lag. The Premium gifts are not that appealing and I don't need a sandbox. But support --- when one needs it -especially your new members - and I'm afraid many of your new members will end up quitting in frustration. A simple password change issue should not take months and all these different lLndens sending the same letters over and over. When the bot letters say that I'll get an email link, I should get that link. I've been in SL a long time, but this would be enough to make anyone new to quit. For me, it's just an issue of trying to decide if my 4 avatars should stay on Premium or quit and to do everything I can do to get Guyadare back into SL and to have his inventory that I have spent so much money on. Mary Nuyasaka