Being an EU player, unless there is a EU customer services number for SoE, calling them in the US would be prohibitively expensive. Besides if the CCR in-game help team can't help and Technical support can't help, I don't see customer services being able to do anything extra....
I'll try your suggestion again Chris and see if it works a second time... If not, I'll have to run through the intro missions again and see if that helps, My rep shouldn't change whilst doing that.
For future reference: [TECH] SOE's Support Phone Numbers Europe : (+44) 0845 6004263 Monday - Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PST) Jeffers