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Andy1966
Explorer | Level 3
9 months ago

Account downgraded to Basic after an issue with updating my payment information

I have the problem with updating my payment info while my card expired. I connected to staff and they ask a billion questions. After they could not solve the problem one of support guys suggested to downgrade my account to Basic and then upgrade it.  It did not work but now I can't type to support in chat and by email  because I am on Basic plan.
So, what should I do to get full support and get my plan and account updated?

8 Replies

  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
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    9 months ago

    Hey Andy1966 - sorry to hear about this.

    It sounds like your account has already been downgraded to the Basic plan so you'll just need to re-upgrade your account using your new billing information.

    Let us know if you find any troubles along the way though and we'll take it from there. 

  • Andy1966's avatar
    Andy1966
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago

    That is what I said. I have the problem with updating. And when we tried to solve it they downgraded my account and now I can't get support because I am on Basic.

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    9 months ago

    Hi Andy1966, as the account has been downgraded to a Basic plan, all billing information would've been removed from the account. 

    This means you would need to upgrade the plan like normal from the purchasing page, instead of where you try to update your billing information. 

  • Andy1966's avatar
    Andy1966
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago

    Thanx, but I can't do this because when I try to enter the payment info it says that I am not allowed to make this purchase

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    9 months ago

    Could you attach a screenshot showing this message, while hiding any personal billing info?

  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
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    9 months ago

    Thanks for the image, as this is related to sensitive billing info, I’d recommend getting in contact with our support team directly to look into this matter in more detail.

    You can do this by opening an incognito/private browsing window, while not signed into any account, and accessing this link.

    From there you should be able to contact support. Make sure to pick an email to which you can receive and send emails from.

  • Andy1966's avatar
    Andy1966
    Explorer | Level 3
    9 months ago

    Hey Jay,

    There is the answer on my request the way you gave me.

    "Thanks for reaching out to Dropbox support. Replies to this email are routed to an unmonitored inbox and will not be answered by our support team."

    That's all I get from your team. I tried twice

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