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uconnbob

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Please help if you can Presto enthusiasts.  I purchased my Presto machine like so many of us last december for my elderly parents so we can send them e-mails and photos etc. We were very happy with the printer and the service until early february when I received an e-mail from Presto that the phone number my parents unit would be calling in to receive messages was being changed from their tollfree nationwide number to a local number in heir home town. Mom advised that she also got a message accross the printer stating the same. Since that date no messages have been received dispite several troubleshooting efforts. As I live halfway accross the country I must call tech support and then have my technologically challenged parents follow the steps presto gives me such as unplug phone and power chords, depress the stop button and press + and - etc, then wait until the next cue time to see if it works. Presto rep did enter the tollfree number back into the selection field but it appears under the lcl number which is likely incorrect. I cannot delete the local number and Presto has not been able to do so either. Every time we contact tech support it is the same with "try this proceedure and wait an hour or so as you should then resume getting messages as everything appears to be working and you are now reset." The last time I called which was yesterday I was very frustrated as it has been over a month now and nothing has worked. Ocassionally the unit will chime in the middle of the night and the carriage will reset but no messages. They always get rejected and I get a message in e-mail that the machine is disconnected. I asked to return the unit but was informed that it is out of warrenty and they would not refund any money. Once again she tried to reset the phone number, Mom unplugged the printer and she was supposed to call me back but no avail. We are very close to throwing the machine in the trash as it appears to be working but no connection to Presto service and they cannot resolve it but before I write off the $200 and a great idea for my parents i wanted to give people from this site a chance to respond with any knowledge or experience or ideas regarding my problem thanks for any input 

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March 21, 2008 4:03 PM

Dear Uconnbob:

I'm so sorry you have had this bad experience. We will get you fixed up. Please send me a private message with your email address, your parent's presto email address, plus name and address. I will give that information to my head of customer service and we will follow up directly from here (our headquarters). I'm sure we can get this back to the way it worked to start with. Again, so sorry for the confusion. 

Presto Insider: Peter Radsliff
CEO, Presto Services Inc.

April 4, 2008 6:56 PM

Thank you Peter!!!...............and everyone else at Presto who got the problem resolved and quickly. Special thanks to Ajith in programming who was very professional and friendly. Apparently my mom's unit was not taking the new software update for some reason so Presto went ahead and replaced it with a new one. We are very happy to be sending photo's of the baby again for Gramma and Grandpa to enjoy.  Our confidence in the Presto company has been restored. We just needed to get the right people involved.   

January 10, 2009 4:18 AM

Is this where you get Presto connection issues resolved?

I just bought a Presto printer and the Presto connection service for a year for a very dear elderly friend of mine and we have had nothing but problems since connection to the Presto service yesterday.

I was on the phone several times today with Presto customer service. Unfortunately, I don't live close to my friend and I had to -- after getting off the phone with customer support -- call her and relay over the phone to her the different things she had to do to try to get it to work and connect to the service. Sigh...

The last call I had this evening with a Presto customer support person he suggested to return the printer and get a new one, which I am prepared to do, but now after reading other posts about the service I am doubtful that the printer is the issue, but rather a connection issue. The only time she has been able to connect and receive email is when it is forced by pressing the stop key and then plus button twice. We tried several other suggestions given by customer support as well.

I am about ready to request a refund on the year's service and printer and just return the printer and forget it. I fortunately had today off from work but I really don't have time to endlessly troubleshoot this. She is in her mid 80's and I don't want her to have to try to figure it out either. I got it for her because it was supposed to be a great way for family and friends to stay in touch with her without her having to hassle with anything. So far not true. We are both so very disappointed.

Please...is there anyone out there who can help?

January 10, 2009 10:07 AM

Dear snusguri:

Please send me a private message through PrestoPlace with your contact information and I will have an in-house customer service manager contact you. We will do everything we can to help, whether that means fix, swap or refund.

Presto Insider: Peter Radsliff
CEO, Presto Services Inc.

January 10, 2009 2:05 PM

I just sent you a message regarding this. Hope you got it.

Thanks,
Karen (Snusguri)

January 12, 2009 6:25 PM

Wow -- talk about top-notch customer service! Thank you Peter and Charlie and anyone else behind the scene who helped take care of us so promptly and efficiently. We won't be returning the printer and will be keeping the Presto service as initially planned.

Everything was resolved over the weekend -- the Presto folks somehow worked their magic and now all is well. My friend is regularly receiving email and photos and she is thrilled!

The Presto service turned out to be everything they said they are and then some. Awesome...thank you!

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