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I'm trying to start a Salesforce certification exam since last week but I did run into several technical problems with the Sentinel App and biometric identification. The basic issues I have resolved on my own, but I'm still stuck. The remaining issue is that at the biometric login my picture is not recognized.

The KRYTERION support did his very best and finally pointed me to Salesforce support, since KRYTERION can't reset biometric data or re-schedule an exam more than one day into the future.

At http://certification.salesforce.com/open-a-case I have already logged two cases last week and again two cases this week. As an unfortunate the support is totally unresponsive. I only have received the automatic responder after the new case - since that nothing. At least my email has proven correct.

So I tried to contact our partner support. Response there was very quick and I started to feel better - but then they simply closed down the case and pointed me back to http://certification.salesforce.com/open-a-case - which stays unresponsive.

As a matter of fact I already spent two times $200 for not being able to simply start the exam. Now in a few hours my current schedule will expire again. I can't reschedule it further into the future via the Webassessor myself - today 23:45 is the ultimate point. If cert-support stays unresponsive it seems that I have wasted $400 for nothing.

My questions are:

  • Is it typical that the response time of cert-support is > 2 days?
  • Does anyone have an idea on how to get motion into unresponsive certification cases?
  • It seems that there is no phone number to call, right? Or is there any?
  • Any secret communication path or any idea form the Saleforce people around here?

Any help or ideas are welcome!

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  • Try posting on Twitter using #askforce and see if that doesn't catch someone's eye who might be in a position to assist you with this issue (or knows someone who is).
    – crmprogdev
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 17:03
  • Salesforce.com usually compensate errors like this, so it's likely you'll get at least some of your money back if you explain the issue when they finally do contact you. As an aside, you can always email Marc Benioff as a last resort. I hear he's very responsive with serious matters such as neglect.
    – sfdcfox ♦
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 17:06
  • @crmprogdev good idea, will try #askforce
    – Uwe Heim
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 17:22
  • @sfdcfox will keep Marc as a last resort. I think for now looking for help here, on twitter and possibly linkedin might be sufficient. But thanks for this idea.
    – Uwe Heim
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 17:25
  • I've heard things posted to Twitter tend to eventually filter to Benioff's attention if not resolved. Good luck on this one.
    – crmprogdev
    Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 17:44

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What actually helped, was to post into the Certification Group of the Partner Community. I got a very quick and nice response from Kari Lucio and right now they have refunded all of my prior expenses. Only waiting on the bio-reset, which should be easy, I guess.

update: bio-reset is done, too.

Thanks Salesforce, well done!

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    I am glad you situation was resolved but I have to take exception to the "Well Done" comment. How it jumping through hoops to find an alternate channel of communication due to no response from the first line communication a "well done".
    – Eric
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 6:44
  • Hi @Eric - the "well done" belongs to their handling of the cases after things came into motion yesterday. It was very fast and very cooperative.
    – Uwe Heim
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 8:15
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    Understood - Was just frustrated with similar recurring issues with support. Thank god we have amazing developers to support their product here on SFSE because without it SF would not be where it is. We are the ones holding up their product....I an a firm believer that anyone with a certification from SF should have access to SF Support beyond the "free" support
    – Eric
    Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 19:45
  • Hi @Eric - I know exactly what you mean. For me the most crucial thing is not having developer support as partner and certified individual. What we do here and elsewhere should be at least worth enough, to be allowed to report the bugs. The SF forums do not work and I gave up on them. I would differ between permanent support flaws and temporary support overload. I hope my issue here was the latter type.
    – Uwe Heim
    Commented Feb 27, 2015 at 12:36

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