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I just got my first internet bill. At the beginning of the month I had trouble setting up my internet so I needed to wait a few days for a technician to come set up my internet for me. It turns out I was being silly and was using the wrong port. I apparently had one port that was painted over by the landlord, and one port (hidden behind my moving boxes, oops) that was the correct one. I went internetless for a week because I was silly. Totally on me. They sent a technician out for me and explicitly told me it would not cost extra. The technician arrived on his scheduled day, was there for literally five minutes while he found the right port, plugged in the router, and had me finish the setup on my app on my phone. I woke up this morning to pay my bill and was hit with a $100 technician charge. The agent was able to waive it immediately but is this normal? And why did they tell me it would be free In the original chats?

I’ve been out of this game for 2 years, I stopped because my partner, who I used to play with a lot, had issues with his Deluxe membership so he was no longer interested in playing and we just moved on to other things. We’re trying to get back into it so I restarted my Deluxe Membership- I purchased the reoccurring monthly option while in-game. I got a confirmation email from the Ganz eStore. It didn’t show up immediately so I figured I’d have to log back out and in again. We were planning on going to the beach anyway so I logged out and didn’t open it again until I got back. I just logged in now and tried to buy something from the W-Shop with the Deluxe logo on it. The popup telling me to purchase the membership came up and realized I I wasn’t able to interact with any of the Deluxe features. I just emailed Ganz for support but it’s just past the time of their support offices closing for the day so I won’t get any official input until tomorrow. Does anyone have any tips/similar experiences/want to vent in the meantime? Is Ganz usually pretty responsive with things like this?

Also, side question: when I have my Deluxe membership activated, will they consider my account a “full” account since I sent them money? Or is that just specifically for adopting a pet within the last year?

I know it’s a self-paced thing but I have heard of people needing to purchase extensions. I enrolled because I work a full-time job and a part-time job and didn’t have time for classes. I’m currently struggling a bit with motivation, but trying to get back on track because when I started in April, I finished one section of a course a day, now it’s more like one section a week. A lot of people ask about how quickly you can finish but I want to know how slowly I can finish without being punished for taking too long? What is the ideal pacing? My track is the Vet Tech AS.

I can’t drive. It was a dream of mine as a kid to do conformation and now that I’m an adult with money and free will I’d love to get into the sport. I’ve read all of the AKC articles and dozens of Reddit threads and social media posts with tips and advice and I feel like I have a solid foundation of knowledge on it- as much as I can get through just reading, of course. That being said, it seems that currently my biggest hurdle is I can’t drive. Is this something I should figure out before even looking at a breed, or are there ways to make it work without a vehicle? Feel free to crush my dreams a bit here, I may need a reality check! Also, open to any newbie tips if you have them!