My Lightroom update serial number 5 appearing only on the my products page. unnecessary support chat

I bought a license of Lightroom 5 upgrade July 25.  I got a confirmation e-mail but my serial number is displayed on the order summary page after purchase.  I tried to register the serial number several times through the page of my products, but for a reason that was not appear serial number, even if the registration process present a successful result.  In addition, the Adobe products purchased in the Adobe store must be automatically registered according to the Adobe web site.  Apparently it must have failed.  I need to reinstall Lightroom 5 but the serial number still does not show up on top of the page my products.  I just spent an very frustrating of an hour with the cat 'Live' Adobe, who has done nothing but send me in circles and repeat the same canned answers over and over again.

I am currently on hold with "hotline", but I am not optimistic because I've been waiting for 28 minutes.  The only other option support was a link on this forum, where this post.  I hope someone from Adobe can retrieve my serial number and contact me.  Otherwise, my only other option will be to contact VISA and open a support ticket.

My comical-if-it-weren't-so-sad conversation with Adobe support:

Hi, there are 36 customers online in front of you. We will be with you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Hi, there are 35 client (s) online in front of you. We will be with you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Hi, there are 31 client (s) online in front of you. We will be with you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

You are now talking to Bhagawan.

Fanny: Hello! Welcome to the Adobe Customer Service.

Joel: Hello

Bhagawan: Hi Joel.

Joel: I have to reinstall Lightroom 5 but my serial number is not displayed remotely in my products and Services on the Web site

Joel: I bought a Lightroom 5 upgrade in July

Fanny: I'll be happy to check and help you with this question.

Joel: For some reason any registration of the product does not appear under my account. I have my VISA transaction info if it helps you to find my purchase.

Joel: thank you

Fanny: I'll be right with you.

Joel: Okay

Bhagawan: Okay.

Bhagawan: Can I know the e-mail address, please?

Joel: *.

Fanny: thank you.

Bhagawan: Let me check on that.

Stephanie: For security reasons, could verify your full name and address of billing on your account please?

Joel: ensure that:

Joel: Joel *.

Joel: *.

Fanny: Thank you Joel.

Joel: Joel, I see that your serial number is registered under your adobe account, please sign out and sign in your adobe account click on my products and service information to retrieve the serial number.

Joel: I see that Lightroom 4... No Lightroom 5.

Joel: But I'll try

Joel: Give me a sec

Bhagawan: sure.

Joel: Nope... still shows that Lightroom 4

Joel: Products in use Version registration platform when Lightroom 4 Mul October 4, 2012 to register new products

Bhagawan: Okay.

Joel: Don't know why it is not show my driver's license, upgraded to Lightroom 5

Bhagawan: Please give me a minute or two.

Joel: Okay

Bhagawan: sure.

Fanny: Thank you to stay online.

Joel: np

Joel: Joel, in this case, I put you this cat to our team in order to check and help you with the serial number.

Joel: Okay

Bhagawan: Please stay on the line.

Joel: Okay

Please wait while I transfer the chat to the appropriate group.

You are now chatting with Naveen R.

Native r: sorry for the wait. Please stay online.

Native r: Hello! Welcome to the Adobe Customer Service.

Joel: Okay

Joel: Hello

Native r: Hi Joel.

Native r: I understand that you are unable to locate the serial number.

Joel: I bought Lightroom 5 on July 25, 2013, as an upgrade for Lightroom 4. I need to reinstall Lightroom 5, but my serial number does not appear in the page products and services.

Joel: I looked through my e-mail receipts and could not find an order confirmation (or whatever it is Adobe on my recent purchase.) After purchasing the upgrade, the serial number is displayed and I thought that I had recorded using Adobe account portal

Joel: Apparently, it did not work. I have my VISA if necessary transaction information.

Native r: thanks for the information.

R: Naveen, I'll be happy to check and help you with that.

Joel: thank you

Joel: As I said to the agent, when I entered my products on the portal of Adobe, I can see my Lightroom 4 info, but the Lightroom 5 upgrade info is not there.

Joel: a = go

Joel: sry

Native r: thank you for waiting. A moment please.

Joel: Okay

Naveen a: I'll be right with you.

Native r: sorry for the wait. Please stay online.

Joel: Okay

Native r: thank you for waiting. A moment please.

Native r: sorry for the wait. Please stay online.

Joel: It will take a lot more time?

R: Naveen let me check on that.

Joel: Are you living?

Native r: I'm sorry due to the error of the application that I'm unable to check on that.

Joel: Can I please get a phone number to call? My only other choice would be to open a claim with VISA for fraud since Adobe seems unwilling to help in this matter

Native r: I'll give you the steps to find the serial number on your Adobe account.

Joel: I already know how to look for a serial number. The problem is that it does not appear in the Adobe account portal.

A: Naveen please log in under another browser.

Joel: Ever tried. Used IE then Chrome

Native r: remove the cookies your browser update.

Joel: Same problem

Joel: Please provide me with a number to call

Native r * one time that you sign in to the Adobe account, click on "My products" under the "my products and services.

Naveen a: *, You can locate the serial number that you have saved.

Joel: I already have.

Joel: It is NOT listed

Joel: which I said in the last 40 minutes +.

R: Naveen can I know the address of e-mail that you connected to Adobe account?

Joel: *.

R: Naveen thanks.

Joel:...

Native r: thank you for waiting. A moment please.

Native r: I see that your serial number is registered under your account.

Joel: Lightroom 5

Native r: I will give you the serial number by email after the end of that conversation.

Joel: Okay, but please make sure that this isn't Lightroom 4 but my serial number Lightroom 5

Native r: Yes. Due to a technical error, you are unable to locate him.

Joel: ok please send serial number

Naveen a: sure.

A: Naveen is another thing I can help you?

Joel: No.

From left to right: you're welcome.

Native r: please contact Adobe. We are available 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. Good bye!

This chat session is over.
Please contact Adobe.

OK, I was able to recover my previous system image and fortunately it seems that you can get the serial number of the help-> System Info.  I tried to save the serial number again through my products page and while he said that the registration was successful, we'll see.  At least I should be able to install LR5 on my new machine now.

Edit:  I also just found out that the serial number is listed under my orders, but not under my products.  Weird.  In my defense, I never thought to check the history of my order because I never received a confirmation email and the order has not been listed after purchase even as late as mid-August (when I checked last.)  Very strange but it's all good now.

Edit #2: OK now I feel stupid.  I just got an email from Naveen with a real support AND if the correct serial number.  So, I was wrong.  Live Chat process still feel incredibly long with a few responses apparently canned / automated, but, in fairness, he did get back to me.  Thank God I washed my feet today...

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