Cannot get through to sony phone tech or sales support

[Graham Bernard]

Last year, Sony sold the Vegas lines to MAGIX.

* Grazie

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[Todd Zimmermann]

That’s good to know. I’ve already put in a support ticket there. I’ll look for phone numbers on Magix’s site. I believe It was on a Magix site where I found that (305 ) phone num which is absolutely if it drops all my calls the second I make my selection.

Thanks though. I’ll keep looking and trying.

Todd Zimmermann
HP Pavillion Dv4 notebook PC
Win Pro 7 SP1, 64 bit OS
Core I3 2.210 ghz 4 Gig Ram,

[Marco Baer]

I think neither SCS nor Magix sells Vegas Pro 13 anymore. Magix sells Vegas Pro 14 now.

When calling Magix sales support note the service times.

[John Rofrano]

[Todd Zimmermann] “Thanks though. I’ll keep looking and trying.”

Look no further than here:

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/newsletter/special-offer/vegas-pro-14/

The upgrade price on MAGIX’s web site is $249 USD. Just press the Upgrade button and buy it.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasstsoftware.com

[Daniel Palkowski]

If you have any….ANY success in finding help from either magix or sony, please let me know! I have a printout of a page with my 18 licenses that all vanished with that transition, and they are both unreachable and unhelpful (so far).
If anyone is thinking of running for Congress, here’s a great platform that will get you a lot of support: Allow license holders to class action sue software companies for breach of contract when they pull stuff like this.
And don’t get me started on dongles….

[John Rofrano]

[Daniel Palkowski] “If you have any….ANY success in finding help from either magix or sony, please let me know! I have a printout of a page with my 18 licenses that all vanished with that transition, and they are both unreachable and unhelpful (so far).”

Good Luck! My experience is that both companies (Sony & MAGIX) dropped the ball and could care less about their customers. I have customers coming to VASST because neither their Sony account nor MAGIX account has their Vegas Pro Production Assistant license keys that they purchased from Sony and both Sony and MAGIX are telling these customers to contact VASST. Problem is… Production Assistant is NOT a VASST product! We don’t sell it!! We created it exclusively for Sony to sell under their brand and we don’t have a clue who Sony sold it to. It is a Sony product, created by VASST. Now both Sony and MAGIX is sticking their customers and there is nothing that VASST can do to help them because I don’t have the sales information which belongs to Sony.

So in my experience both Sony and MAGIX have definitely dropped the ball and abandoned their customers and left VASST “holding the bag” in the case of Production Assistant.

[Daniel Palkowski] “If anyone is thinking of running for Congress, here’s a great platform that will get you a lot of support: Allow license holders to class action sue software companies for breach of contract when they pull stuff like this.”

That actually won’t go anywhere because there is no contract to breach. As a customer, you purchased the license key and it is your obligation to hold on to it. The fact that the company you purchased it from allows you to look it up is a courtesy to you not an obligation. It would be like trying to sue a car dealer because you lost the keys to your car. When you buy software, what you buy is the license. Don’t loose it! It is the physical proof of your virtual purchase. It’s not the companies responsibility to keep track of your purchases even though many of them do. Treat your license key like you car key and you won’t have any problems.

[Daniel Palkowski] “And don’t get me started on dongles….”

Dongles actually can be a good solution and here’s why. MAGIX is worse than Sony when it comes to copy protection. The draconian copy protection in MAGIX Vegas Pro only allows it to be installed on two computers. I have a MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini. If I wanted to use Vegas Pro on all three I cannot do it without deregistering it from one to register on the other. What a huge pain! I also have many Waves plug-ins which uses a USB dongle. I can install Waves on all three of my Macs and use it on any one at a time simply by moving the dongle from one to the other. Given the silly registration/deregistration dance or a dongle I prefer a dongle.

Of course, I don’t have this problem with 99% of the software on my Mac like Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor, Logic Pro X, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, etc. because unlike MAGIX and Microsoft and others, Apple allows me to install and run all of my software on all of my Macs with no restrictions. Another reason why I no longer use MAGIX Vegas Pro with it’s two computer limit and use Final Cut Pro X on all of my Macs instead.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasstsoftware.com

[Eric Dettman]

You may upgrade your software to the current version and take advantage of discounted upgrade pricing here: https://support2.magix.com/customer/de/vegas/upgrade

Upgrade pricing is also made available through email blasts which are sent out periodically for users who have purchased and activated software. Those promotions can and often do, offer reduced prices as well as other perks during the promotion time.

Our support options are located here. https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/support/

This includes:

Creating a support ticket: https://support2.magix.com/customer/vegas

Our community forum: https://www.vegascreativesoftware.info/us/news-forum/

And our pre-sales hotline. 1-305-722-5810 (Monday to Friday 12 Noon – 4 PM CST)

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[Daniel Palkowski]

Thanks, but I would not buy another product from a company that makes it impossible to activate the products I’ve already purchased, and is unreachable by phone. Not that Magix is the only culprit. Even Verizon makes it virtually impossible to talk to customer service without wading through screen after screen of dead ends. But your site deserves a medal.

[Jorma Nippala]

Actually I cannot still straight out upgrade my [(Sony) Movie Studio Platinum 13] software to the current [MAGIX Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 14] version and take advantage of discounted upgrade pricing using the first link provided by Eric Dettman above. It still offers me the rebranded version 13 and I need to contact the MAGIX customer service team.

[Eric Dettman]

You may upgrade to Vegas Movie Studio 14 Platinum or Vegas Movie Studio 14 Suite at the release promo price, on the following landing page.

https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/index.php?id=461&L=52

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