1 year GoPro subscription

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Solar1800

Discussion Starter · 10 mo ago

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Hi. I have a Hero 9 which I ordered last year and which came with a one year GoPro subscription. This service was due to end towards the end of July this year and automatically renew on my card. I cancelled the automatic renewal a couple of weeks ago as I decided to order the new GoPro 10 package for £379.98 which states “1 year subscription included”.
I placed my order a few days ago and the new GoPro 10 arrived, but there was no mention on the one year subscription in the package deal which was advertised. I went on Live Chat today and the agent kept advising me the there is no ‘free’ subscription and that I cancelled my automatic renewal. I explained this was for the Hero 9 and that I should have a new one year subscription with the GoPro 10. She insisted the subscription is not ‘free’. Does ‘includes one year subscription’ not mean I should have this at no extra cost as I’m pretty sure I got this with the Hero 9? I kept going around in circles with the agent on Live Chat who said I should use a different email address to subscribe again but I insisted I do not want to pay when I should have this free for one year. Am I wrong here as I am very confused. If I had not signed into my existing GoPro account would I have got the GoPro subscription for no additional cost as she is trying to insist I still would have been charged?

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Fish

· #2 · 10 mo ago

return it, and repurchase under a new email good luck

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Solar1800

Discussion Starter · #3 · 10 mo ago

Fish said:
return it, and repurchase under a new email good luck

Unfortunately I’ve already opened the GoPro and threw the box out

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Ifti

· #4 · 10 mo ago

Could you not have kept the subscription from your Hero 9 and let it renew, and then got the reduced price on the Hero 10 for being a subscriber anyways?
Personally, I cancel my automatic renewal a month or so after purchasing the camera, just in case I forget later. It's something I never use anyways. I then purchase a new camera only after the subscription has fully expired on the previous year just to make sure it's expired properly.

GoPro support are rubbish - you won't really get very far with them unless you are persistent and keep contacting them! Their customer support do seem very lacking with what they can, or will, do!

So what is your current position?
You have the Hero 10 - did you get it at the reduced price, because you still had the subscription from the Hero 9 active?? It's just the subscription you're missing?

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Solar1800

Discussion Starter · #5 · 10 mo ago

Hi. Basically I paid the same price as on the screenshot, In fact I think I paid a few pence more so I have not really gained any discount at all as it would have been cheaper not signing into my current GoPro Account. I just thought once my GoOro Hero 9 subscription ends in a few days the one year subscription would automatically be applied.
I’m annoyed as I did notice in checkout the subscription offer was not there - despite clicking on the link above, but I just assumed they’d send me a voucher code in the post or it’d update my current subscription automatically. I took a screenshot of the above link in case there was a problem to prove I was not after something afterwards (promotional offer after purchase). The screenshot was taken a few minutes before I placed my order.

I have noticed how unhelpful GoPro are. They can see this is genuine but are clearly not willing to help. I even asked the agent can she not just apply the subscription to a different email address if I gave her the details. All she kept saying was it’s not ‘free’. She was basically using this technicality to avoid the ‘includes one year subscription’ word.

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Solar1800

Discussion Starter · #6 · 10 mo ago

Ifti said:
Could you not have kept the subscription from your Hero 9 and let it renew, and then got the reduced price on the Hero 10 for being a subscriber anyways?
Personally, I cancel my automatic renewal a month or so after purchasing the camera, just in case I forget later. It's something I never use anyways. I then purchase a new camera only after the subscription has fully expired on the previous year just to make sure it's expired properly.

GoPro support are rubbish - you won't really get very far with them unless you are persistent and keep contacting them! Their customer support do seem very lacking with what they can, or will, do!

So what is your current position?
You have the Hero 10 - did you get it at the reduced price, because you still had the subscription from the Hero 9 active?? It's just the subscription you're missing?

Yes I have the new GoPro 10. It arrived a couple of days ago. Unfortunately I’ve opened the box and threw it out so I can’t even return it to place another order using a different email address. I honestly never thought there would be any issues. They don’t even have an email address to send a complaint to.

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Fish

· #7 · 10 mo ago

Lets ask, you threw the actual case out, that is the box. because you got the paper front tossed, will not stop the return but , I am not gopro. get to them and ask them

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Solar1800

Discussion Starter · #8 · 10 mo ago (Edited)

I’ve submitted a returns request. Will see if I can fetch the box from the bin

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Fish

· #9 · 10 mo ago

I doubt the outside wrapper will stop the return

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Ifti

· #10 · 10 mo ago

Fish said:
I doubt the outside wrapper will stop the return

Some companies can be quite fussy and say the item has to be in resalable condition - ie, with the box etc.
That and the fact we all know what GoPro can be like! lol

I would still give it a try though!

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Fish

· #11 · 10 mo ago

Ifti said:
Some companies can be quite fussy and say the item has to be in resalable condition - ie, with the box etc.
That and the fact we all know what GoPro can be like! lol

I would still give it a try though!

because the actual serial is on there and that will be the issue at hand.

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Ifti

· #12 · 10 mo ago

Fish said:
because the actual serial is on there and that will be the issue at hand.

Yes but the OP is not returning the GoPro because it is faulty - it will be classed as a 'change of mind return', in which case companies usually request it is in the same resalable condition.
Either way, can only try your luck. Hopefully OP will come back and report what happens

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