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HareBrain's avatar
Apr 28, 2022

Armor Renewal Issues on ORBI RBR750

I believe I have been extremely patient with Netgear resolving my issue with my activation of my auto renewal of Armor on my ORBI RBR 750.  My one year subscription expired on 3/27/22 and my credit card was charged for the auto renewal.  A couple days later, I noticed that my Armor was no longer active on my router and the Bitdefender apps on my devices (VPN & Antivirus) were showing expired.

 

Opened a ticket with Netgear on 3/31/22 and have been going back & forth with them to get this resolved (mostly me contacting them).  At this point I have provided them with proof of purchase (screen shot from my credit card company & email confirmation from them), provided screen shots from ORBI app, router, Bitdefender VPN & Antivirus and online showing that the subscription has expired.  

 

It has been a month now and no resolution.  The only change is the ORBI app went from 'Expired' in the Security tile to 'Updating Armor' but never changes.  When clicking on the 'Security' tile, get an error that returns an error ARM-PYMT-EXP.  

 

Have tried rebooting the router, deleting ORBI app and re-downloading and checking for firmware updates for router and nothing has helped.

 

The only response I get from Netgear is an 'Im sorry...' response with that they are still looking into it.  At this point, I feel that this is only 'lip service' and I am out the cost of my renewal.

 

Even contacted Bitdefender directly and after checking things on their end basically said that it needs to be resolved by Netgear.

 

Any suggestion from the community as to how to resolve this issue would be helpful as I am not expecting Netgear to correct.

 

Thanks...

12 Replies

  • ChristineT's avatar
    ChristineT
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Hello HareBrain,

     

    plemans - Thanks for calling this to our attention! I'm on the case. 

     

    I'll take a look at the case notes and see what the hold up is and see if I can clear the path for an immediate resolution.

     

    HareBrain I truly appreciate your patience and allowing the NETGEAR Community to lend a helping hand! I'll be back in touch once I have an update.

     

    Best,

    Christine

    • HareBrain's avatar
      HareBrain
      Tutor

      Thanks Christine for working on trying to get this issue corrected.

       

      I did get an email from Netgear last Friday stating that the issue had been resolved.  I checked and reported that there was no change in the Orbi app, router, VPN client or Antivirus software.  The only thing that changed was that armor.netgear.com subscription now shows that I do not have a subscription and to either enter an activation code or to buy.

       

      Received a response from Netgear on last Friday to check again over the next few days and it should activate.

       

      Checked on Monday 5/2/22 - no changes in the status.  Added a note to the support ticket.

       

      Checked on Tuesday 5/3/22 - again no change in status.  Added another note to the ticket.

       

      Checked today 5/6/22 - still no change in status.  Tried to add a note to the support ticket but would not let me save the note.  Not sure why I could not add another note.

       

      A little surprised that have not had a response from Netgear from the notes added this past Monday and Tuesday.

       

      Larry

       

      • ChristineT's avatar
        ChristineT
        NETGEAR Employee Retired

        Hello HareBrain ,

         

        Please forgive the delay in responding to this message! I'm checking into this again now for you.

         

        Best,

        Christine