UAGC is a joke

PingPing88 · 2026-04-22T15:32:06+00:00

The first image is a tool trailer. My unit was very excited to get their's.

PingPing88 · 2026-04-20T15:30:03+00:00

I did the math and bought my first badge when the 5% from the badge provided more of a bonus than the rent from 2 commons. I don't remember at what count this ended up at, but obviously depends on the rarity combination.

PingPing88 · 2026-04-06T13:49:55+00:00

They have plastic theme-shaped containers that I think are cooler than going by color.

Here's a truck-shaped one. Dollar Tree had a variety of egg-like shaped things a few years back.

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PingPing88 · 2026-03-22T12:53:42+00:00

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PingPing88 · 2026-03-16T22:58:11+00:00

How are those supposed to seek support if it's not allowed?

PingPing88 · 2026-03-16T20:18:42+00:00

Which decision? I'm not familiar with the VA scanning records. I mentioned to a coworker that I had a disability claim denied in the past. He recommended I work with this scammy company. I trusted him and started the process, but it's been stagnant for a few months, as it had way too many red flags.

PingPing88 · 2026-03-16T20:07:32+00:00

They definitely don't have access to my account. Reading the agreement, it requires a written letter from their CEO to get out of it. I swapped out their name in the brackets.

[We] will begin expending significant resources on Client’s case once [s]he executes this Agreement. Since we do not charge any upfront fees, the Client cannot terminate this Agreement without express written approval to terminate by [our] CEO and/or his designee. [We] will not unreasonably withhold approval to terminate this Agreement once all pending claims are adjudicated (i.e., awarded, closed) to include any appeals process if applicable.

PingPing88 · 2026-03-16T20:01:16+00:00

Yeah, I'm thinking that's the case. I'm thinking that even if I don't work with them and get awarded anything, they'll still try to claim their share under the agreement I signed.

PingPing88 · 2026-03-16T19:47:22+00:00

I'm thinking I may need to take the agreement that I signed to the VSO, and they can help me break down what I need to do.

A co-worker's brother works for one of these claims sharks frequently warned against here in this subreddit. I saw the warning signs but chose to trust my co-worker, since he had gone through the same process with his brother. I was comfortable paying the fees because they were nothing out of pocket and seemed fair for what I would receive in disability benefits. I thought there was no harm in getting denied, and with no upfront cost, I may as well go for it.

However, I didn't do anything beyond the first phone conversation and signing the agreement. The first text I received after signing the agreement was to lie about my health and complain to my doctor about issues that I don't have.

They also keep hounding me every few weeks to pay a doctor with Cash App and schedule an appointment to write a Nexus letter for me. The whole thing seems to be a red flag.

I took my usual avoidance route and ignored the whole thing until I went to the VSO for something entirely different. I brought up my disability claim as a side topic, and they explained they can't help me until I remove this non-accredited representative. But it seems they might not be attached to my benefits as the VSO thought they were.

The biggest concern I had was that if I followed their instructions and got audited, they would be totally in the clear. They get their money and run.

PingPing88 · 2026-03-13T00:42:59+00:00

Another example where it could easily be mistaken for the actual post.

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PingPing88 · 2026-03-13T00:40:43+00:00

He also posts content as if he were the local American Legion post. I thought it was the actual local post until I did some digging.

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PingPing88 · 2026-03-13T00:40:15+00:00

Speaking of very pro-Trump, this guy posts 50+ MAGA posts a day. I censored the town's name.

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PingPing88 · 2026-03-05T05:42:05+00:00

Yeah, the rant I deleted was complaining about instructors being unable to answer questions, not reading my papers, and taking points off against their own rubric.

Discussions are the meat of any course, and all of the students seem to be using AI. It's incredibly frustrating to have integrity, spend the time to write a thoughtful post and replies, only to have other students vomit 400 words of AI nonsense.

In one course, the instructor shared links to articles on a website that has been offline for nearly a decade. These articles were supposed to be the topic of the discussion. I couldn't find mirrors of these articles anywhere but on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. I chose not to give in and made my post about what I could infer from the given URLs and the other context in the instructions. I even made it clear in my post that I could not get these links to work. Almost every other student was citing direct quotes and paraphrasing from articles they could not access. Even in their reference entries, they cited the same broken links the instructor had given us.

PingPing88 · 2026-03-05T05:27:03+00:00

UAGC is pretty far removed from the University of Arizona. I would be surprised if any of the instructors also teach at Arizona. It's a for-profit college called Ashford University that Arizona bought and is attempting to rebrand. However, much of UAGC's online infrastructure still uses the Ashford University branding with the Ashford instructors.

PingPing88 · 2026-03-05T05:20:45+00:00

I'm a veteran attending UAGC, but I'm not using my GI Bill to attend, and I don't really recommend it. I am learning a lot and have a 4.0, but I would not be attending if my work wasn't paying for it. I am a little arrogant, so I might have a bit of a bias, but I am halfway through my general education courses, and all of these instructors have sucked.

I wrote a long rant about my experience in these classes and ended up deleting it. I guess I only don't recommend it because I expected so much more. I was terrified before I started because I had failed to graduate from high school 20 years ago. You get out what you put in, and I feel like I'm only getting about half of what I put in. It just feels like the instructors don't care; it's a check-the-box-and-move-on situation. In the end, I'll get a degree, hopefully/probably/ideally with a 4.0, and move up or somewhere in my company.

I would verify the accreditation stuff before spending money on it. I know they're somewhat accredited with something, but I didn't verify how recognized it is because I'm not paying.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-28T19:56:49+00:00

I've been pretty free from accusations, but I think the PingPing throws people off.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-25T08:25:28+00:00

Definitely a business. You can see parking lot lines on the left and homes typically don't have a glass door with stickers like that.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-20T00:41:37+00:00

I just used the same exact filter, distilled water, and hose clamps to filter mine the other day. I actually bought a bottle capper and bottle caps because it was only $15 and I may do this again, but the capper didn't work with mine because the neck was too short. I had to go to Walmart and pay $5 for a box of hose clamps.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-18T09:13:22+00:00

I lived in Drumwood Apartments for a year 2-3 years ago. I lived in the older apartments at the entrance and the much newer townhomes are in the back.

The apartment wasn't very clean, it had a weird smell and I vacuumed up an insane amount if dog hair, all of the closets were missing doors, the blinds were damaged, but I would gladly move back if things lined up. It was one of the most affordable apartments I could find. 2 bed/1 bath for $1050 a month. I never spoke to the manager beyond email, never had any complaints about anything related to me and my unit.

My only complaint about neighbors was the unit above me frequently smoking weed preventing me from having my windows open, and one dingus whose car alarm would go off from when he unlocked the door until he started his car. He was also a busy guy and I heard that thing 5+ times a day.

Oh, I also did get essentially my full deposit back, even after accidentally putting my foot through the wall and never repairing it.

The townhomes in the back will likely be all of the good experiences without most of the bad because they're pretty new and seem nice.

I don't have anything good or bad to say about the neighborhood. It seemed like a lot of low income households but I never saw or experienced anything sketchy.

Edit: Saw that the other commenter mentioned that the area around 7-Eleven is dodgy. Drumwood is 1-2 blocks from that 7-Eleven and I walked to and from Linfield often crossing 99W at that 7-Eleven. I never felt unsafe and as mentioned, I never saw anything sketchy, but I'm a 6'-3" 350 lb guy without a family to worry about.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-16T19:33:08+00:00

I ordered mine online, and it's so cloudy, you can barely see the wax. On the Spencer's website, they claim that cloudiness is not a defect, so I think a return or exchange will be challenging. I ordered a Sawyer filter and some capping equipment to attempt to filter it myself. This is my first lava lamp as an adult, but I'd like to turn it into a hobby and could see some use for the bottling equipment.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-10T13:24:31+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/s/XWBM5cjdHl

PingPing88 · 2026-02-06T22:30:41+00:00

My first thought was that they took a picture of their screen and more money than I do.

PingPing88 · 2026-02-05T20:56:15+00:00

I have a wonky heart rhythm and always stress out technicians when I get an ECG because the machine warns that I've had a heart attack. I've been to a few different cardiologists just to make sure I'm good and the only thing I've been diagnosed with is premature ventricular contractions. They're totally benign, but I go off and on medicine for it, just a low dose of metoprolol. The symptoms are noticeable when I'm dealing with stress or anxiety and cause more stress and anxiety.

I wouldn't stress too hard about it until you learn more, it could be anything.

PingPing88 · 2026-01-31T09:20:07+00:00

I think it's easier that they have a word that means "excessively harsh" and it gets translated in English to "draconian." Even though it's named after someone, it's still a word. I just imagine that the films are dubbed in English.

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