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GregP1
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

I sent a referral to one of my students, but it's once again ineligible.

Sorry to have to raise a similar issue again. As promised, I am continuing to recommend Dropbox to my students and their parents, and now sending the referrals via my Referrals page. Today I reco...
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Nancy
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2 months ago

Hey pink_light! Can you send me a few more details on what’s happened exactly on your end?

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GregP1
Explorer | Level 3
31 days ago

Hi - I assume that I should reply to Nancy with more details of this issue. (I'm not sure who "pink_light" is - another user encountering the same sort of issue?

The issue is as described earlier:

Using the referrals page on the website, I recommended Dropbox to one of my students, while she was here with her laptop, so I could see and make sure that everything was done right.

She had never installed or used Dropbox before. She was logged into a different network than me. She clicked on my referral link and successfully installed the App. However, she was listed on my Referrals Page as: "Waiting for Install"

She then came round for another lesson with her laptop. I got her to verify her email address by following the steps recommended by Nancy at 10:13pm on 27th October 2025. The student received an error message, saying "Something went wrong... An unexpected error has occurred, but don't worry - your files are safe and our team has been notified."

She (and the rest of my three recent introductions are still shown on my Referrals Page) as: "Waiting for Install"

Please can you sort this out?

Thank you,

Greg

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    Nancy
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    31 days ago

    Hi again, GregP1! In order to investigate this internally (since we don’t have any account visibility on the forum and I can’t see any details on your Dropbox account, or the referrals you’ve sent here), you’ll still need to reply back to the email I’ve sent you.

    The only thing I want you to forward me via email is a screenshot of your “Refer a friend” page, and I’ll check a few things in our system to see what we can do.

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