Reply to FrannieKN's post
Although stuck at CS5 at present I am a registered suite owner which is perhaps why I got picked.
A very detailed, comprehensive, survey with lots of questions biased towards knowledge of CC with a scale of about 7 options from Agree fully to No Knowledge of whether you had heard of it, were you likely to switch to it and if not why not. I answered truthfully with a yes where I had heard of the advantages of CC (there are many if you can afford it for life) but whenever there was an opportunity to comment on why I will never take it up I did so.
My reason for not taking it is primarily that I cannot guarantee to always have the money available for a monthly subscription due to variable cash-flow levels and knowledge that at some time in the future there is a risk I might need to take a month or two out of monthly rentals. Therefore for me being able to save up and make one-off purchases so as to always have access to the products in the suite, even if they are not the latest version, has to be my route forward as it has been in the past; 100% long-term access means more to me than features I have never had access to. I probably will jump up to CS6 soon as I now have a MAC (so need a MAC version of the products I already use with Windows) but that will be it unless at some time in the future they release a CS7 purchase option. I would switch to CC if there was an escape and retain option to download and freeze at that version level after say 18, 24 or even 36 months of payments (Like an old style HP agreement) and if they add that option in I would envisage many doubters would convert, it is the no fee no product/no escape route with Adobe that small business/private hobby users can't commit to for the long term.