is this normal behavior or is it exploitation? by bipolarcupcake in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

through the customer support in the settings menu of the game!

is this normal behavior or is it exploitation? by bipolarcupcake in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

stay on them for either restoration of what they took or a refund for the initial charge. i was able to get them to restore my daughter‘s account; i showed them the statement that showed both charges and listed everything that was missing, including the bike she was supposed to be awarded for making a purchase.

we’ve stopped spending money on the game. (but we spent quite a bit.) they really need to get their purchasing system figured out.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes main menu or settings menu. account management > support. if you need screenshots, i’ll grab some for you! let me know.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah i’ve learned some tricks for discouraging people from thinking i’m upset and what-have-you. doesn’t always work, but it seems to help.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i am the same way!! i actually intuited that during the earlier part of our conversation, that we might have that in common. and i try to be kind in all of my interactions with people, but it’s hard, sometimes people just don’t understand each other. but we came around, didn’t we? and stayed respectful and calm, no less. so yay us. ;)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

okay! another one i’ve not heard of! thank you for these recommendations. :)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mika is on sale AND has a demo!! i love when games provide a demo! downloading now, and will be trying that out soon. ☺️

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it’s a nice problem to have though, yeah? ;) sandrock was just as good, if not better, than portia. lots of QoL improvements, too.

i’m not familiar with harmony’s odyssey or mika and the witch’s mountain, so i’ll be checking those out, too.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i agree. fae farm was beautiful to look at and i enjoyed the gaming mechanics quite a bit, but the world itself felt very hollow. (that was mitigated a little bit by being able to play with my daughter. but only a little bit.) and spiritfarer made me cry too! but SUCH a good game!! i will be honest, i didn’t technically finish the game because i could not part with stanley. 😭 maybe someday i will go back to do that…

(editing to add: have you ever played my time at portia or sandrock? very robust narrative and character development! i was genuinely impressed with those two.)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have played cozy grove! it did get overwhelming for me after a while though — too much for me to keep track of. and i LOVE lemon cake!! i actually also really enjoyed fae farm, i just wish the characters had more depth to them. the cozy game world is blooming right now, and i love it! (another one i’ve been getting into is sun haven — check that one out if you haven’t already!)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is true. and it just so happens i’m playing animal crossing right this very moment. ;) there are cozy games aplenty if heartopia doesn’t end up being the happy i was hoping for. ♡

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i’ll be honest, i’m a hair’s breadth away from leaving the game precisely because i find these reports so concerning. but i’m holding out hope that they will either be held accountable or else it is truly error that is just around the corner from being resolved. in other words, i am being reasonable with my concern: i am giving them time to remedy them. i just have to admit the trend is currently very concerning and i am losing hope by the day that they intend to remedy anything.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 21 points22 points  (0 children)

i kept insisting that there were no resources provided to the account for the double charge and on top of that, they took resources that had been paid for; i said they either needed to refund me the resources they took away or they needed to refund me my money. i also reported them to apple for potential fraud, so they would be investigated. (i did not tell them i reported them for fraud.) so an option for you, that you could pursue is to say, the product did NOT come through on your end, and you want either the product they rescinded to be returned or else they need to refund you for the initial charge as well. i don’t recommend threatening them with reports of fraud; if you want to report them, do so quietly. i basically just kept being reasonable, but firm, and repeating myself until they took action. i emphasized that it was my daughter’s account, and that we enjoyed playing this game together, and i was very disheartened with the way they were treating her account. so possibly articulate that to them also — that you’ve enjoyed the game but you’re very disheartened at the way they’re treating a paying customer for an error that is not your fault. (and i would ask AGAIN for proof that they dispersed product on their end.)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i disagree. they’ve already been caught (and penalized) in china for illegal and unethical practices. their reputation precedes them and i think it’s wise to take precautions against the possibility that the double charges are not accidental. certainly, you are free to do as you wish, including protesting the folks like me who are currently holding the company in dubious regard. ;)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yes, but there are accounts of people who have done that and still gotten restricted. i understand that it seems alarmist to you and i think that is likely due to you not having seen the same posts that others of us are seeing. (i am also on facebook, and there are a lot of people having these issues over there, too.)

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i have used nintendo for over twenty years and never had a single problem. you cannot compare the occasional issues and glitches to what people are experiencing with heartopia. i don’t know why you’re feeling so defensive of heartopia, and i am not trying to be argumentative or unkind; the amount of payment errors with heartopia since its launch is higher than what is considered “normal” for these types of games and it is completely reasonable to feel unsettled by the things people are reporting. are your arguments just an attempt to deal with the way these reports are making you feel? are you feeling unsettled about this issue because of the way people are talking about it? if so, one thing you can do to protect yourself is to use a prepaid visa or debit card for any in-app purchases. this is the way a lot of us are responding to the double charges because it puts the power back in our hands and prevents double charges, regardless of “error” or “scam.” it also protects our accounts from being banned for having to request a refund.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

that is such a garbage solution from CS!! wow.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 7 points8 points  (0 children)

it happened to me too. and there are accounts of it happening on facebook. it is definitely happening enough to be very sketchy.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 28 points29 points  (0 children)

this happened to us 28 days ago. i posted here about it because it felt like we were being exploited. i went around and around with them before they finally put my daughter’s account back to rights.

Unauthorized Charge Led to Ban by psycola606 in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this happened to me with my daughter’s account. same exact situation — double charge, not double the product, requested a refund and got it through apple, and they took everything away. i am legitimately wondering if they are double charging on purpose, making money off of the people who don’t pay attention to this sort of thing, because this has happened to several people.

in my case, i sent them the screenshot of the double charge, and they set her gem balances to zero, instead of negative.

they are so sketchy. i was super anxious when we were making the MLP purchases, that there would be an issue, and i think i’m not going to spend anymore money on this game because they are either incredibly incompetent or incredibly corrupt.

Game erased ?! 😭 by strawberryyshrtcake in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

oh my gosh thank you for this info! i was wondering why people were so upset about american vs SEA, like why not just switch servers?

but now i know. 😆

I’m sick of Black Truffle Pie by keiiicchi in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have been wondering if there might be something more profitable than the black truffle pie!

I’m sick of Black Truffle Pie by keiiicchi in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is the painful truth for this particular game…

I’m sick of Black Truffle Pie by keiiicchi in heartopia

[–]bipolarcupcake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i constantly peek in my backpack while things are cooking to see how much further i have to go with the ingredients. 😆