joa
Member
Trying to activate today's offer failed with a message:
"Unable to connect to server when verifying the license. Please follow the steps to activate."
Then you are asked to visit easus.com/offline, and to enter License Code and Machine Code.
Doing that gives no response - Should respond with a new Activation Code.
/joa
ChrisS
Administrator
They may have a limit on the number of licenses that they are willing to give away. You might try again later to see if it changes.
However, this offer differs substantially from most GOTD offers where you can install today and then test/use at your leisure some time in the future. Unless you have an immediate need for the software, and have the new PC on hand, the software won't do you any good. You need to install it on both computers and you can't install the GOTD offer after today.
It's a good advertisement for what's available but for most downloading it's probably not any different from the trial version that's available on their website. You can see what it would attempt to do but you can't determine what it will do unless you have a PC ready to receive the transferred programs.
joa
Member
FYI...
After having wrote to EaseUS support, I got this answer (written 1½ hours ago):
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We are sorry the free giveaway promotion has already canceled due to an unexpected technical issue. So the code is invalid now. We are truely sorry for all the inconveniences this has caused. You can keep an eye on our giveaway activities next time. Your kind understanding will be much appreciated.
Best regards，
Ted
EaseUS Sales Department
http://www.easeus.com/sales-faq/
Office hours: 9:00 – 18:00 GMT+8
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infotekkie
Member
I got the same thing.
Nice. What happend to Giveawayoftheday? This is Giveawayofthehour. I know it's not GOTD Team's issue other than dealing with a non-compliant vendor. Hopefully this can be resolved in very near future, or they remove this vendor from their supplier of software list.
boycott EaseUS!
ChrisS
Administrator
joa, thanks for the update.
It's always a bit baffling when companies decide to bypass the GOTD activation process that's worked for a decade. When the activation fails it seems like GOTD said "you're going to get a lot of activation requests" and the developer replied "nah, nobody ever downloads our software".
seascoot
Member
I had the same issue:
"The license code has been disabled. Please contact EaseUS support: support@easeus.com to check your order status."
The EaseUS representative who posted on the Giveaway page seemed to suggest they were going to re-open the giveaway at some point.
Oh well - it looks like they don't want to app-EaseUS!
harpo2448
Member
To EaseUS, forum Moderator, or GOTD staff:
In regards to the Dec. 5, 2015 offer: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/easeus-todo-pctrans-pro-8-6/
Any news update on how/when a working activation code/key will be released and distributed to those (no-doubt many) of us who download and installed this title?
Since a working e-mail address was required to perform the download from this web site, it would seem that there should exist a list of GOTD participants for that day for EaseUS or GOTD to use for distributing a valid key.
I remain hopeful...
ChrisS
Administrator
Your best bet for notice of a rerun or new code is probably by subscribing for email notification of the upcoming Giveaway (click one of the "subscribe" links at the bottom of the page). You might also periodically check the blog (link is also at the bottom of the page). However, should a rerun occur there will be an announcement on the main page and somebody will update this thread with the news.
If GOTD used the email address you provided for the download link to conduct a "blanket announcement" they would be labeled Spammers by every ISP on the planet. Such an announcement would also not address the Facebookers or Twitterers who got the link via those methods.
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