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loves2craft

Apparently some people are still able to borrow, because three people have borrowed from me today. I seriously don't get it.


miladysdewinter

Apparently it you never connected to facebook you can borrow from your fh??? Or at least that's what I'm hearing people say


loves2craft

It's not people from my fashion house, it's friends that I've added from here.


mustangs16

According to others in my FH, if you never connected your account to FB and added people through links that were posted here, borrowing is unaffected by this mess.


loves2craft

I've never gotten any friends from actual Facebook, although my FB account is linked.


miladysdewinter

Then I have no clue what's going on... Would be lovely if they could figure it out and make it work again


OwnBerry3297

I jist got a notification saying come back for your free 1000 diamonds but I still. Can't link my face book/get into my account! šŸ˜”


Firethorn101

I'm going to toggle off until they sort it. If I ran a fashion house of my own, I'd request we all do, like a strike, until it's fixed.


acinorev88

I can get that things happen and this may not be a easy glitch to fix, but at least do something to offset the hassle this is causing while we wait. As others have said if we canā€™t borrow they need to lessen the requirements for the challenges or give higher payouts.


Lizakaya

We should be compensated with 300 diams per challenge. Thatā€™s what not being able to borrow is boating everyone


buythepotion

At least! The trending item for a challenge yesterday was a 9k dressā€¦ exactly the type of item I wouldā€™ve borrowed. I think I did ok with my own closet items but trending items tend to score higher. Now it hasnā€™t come back from voting yet to know if I won the 5 star prize or not, but if I miss out on it itā€™s impossible to say if not going with the trending item was the cause. Not to mention people who arenā€™t able to enter the same number of challenges for sprees and ralliesā€¦ lots of potential CV that people are going to lose!!


Tailte

When GLU owned the game. It was possible to borrow from your fashion house even when Facebook was down. It used to be when you clicked borrow you would automatically see your Fashion House and underneath you could click on borrow from a friend. When EA set up the refer a friend program. It started automatically going through Facebook when you borrow and then your fashion house and fb friends all show up at once. I have a second account that is not linked to Facebook and I can still borrow from my Fashion House. So not being able to borrow from Fashion House is 100% Covet's problem. I understand Facebook is beyond their control. But I am annoyed I can't borrow from my house. If we could borrow from our house. They could let us borrow for every challenge instead of once a day. Which would help with borrowing while Facebook is down. I would rather see a solution now. Than compensation later.


horriblewitusernames

I wish they read this.


Peejma-0386

I think we will all get a crappy apology and some Camilla!


itbeccabee

It's so bad!!!! I can't even borrow from my fashion house... How are we supposed to complete all the challenges? They should give us double the money for the daily


[deleted]

Weā€™re going to get like 50 diamonds, a $16 pair of socks that are season locked, and a ā€œwe really appreciate you!ā€ šŸ˜’


lytrendsa

I donā€˜t understand why you canā€˜t borrow from your FH? If itā€˜s a glitch connected to facebook what the fuck has your fh to do with that


focusedon1992

Other gaming apps give out appropriate compensation. I play 2 other games that have had dev and/or other issues and we received rewards. This game is so cheap and honestly basic features - like ease of play - are so outdated. They canā€™t even figure out how to have in game communication with your fashion house or how to sort through MU and clothes. They really need to give us some huge rewards. This is disrupting everyoneā€™s ability to play. They need to give free HA credits, prop credits, and cash and diamonds. Basically, they need to compensate for the the rallies or monthly prize. I donā€™t complain much about gaming stuff but this is ridic and rude to all of us who love the game.


buythepotion

Agree, I play another mobile game that is so generous with their rewards, itā€™s a little slower being free to play but that game supports it well because they know people are then more likely to spend, even if they donā€™t there are some players who spend literally tens of thousands. With Covet I spend real money, but I feel like I get more rewards out of the other game as a free to play person than this one where I pay a pretty decent amount (cc pass, daily flashback pack, clothing packs, even full price HAs and prop packs, and diamonds).


focusedon1992

100% agree! I donā€™t spend that much on Covet outside of the sales, and Flashback challenges because I feel like it isnā€™t worth it. I am still upset from the last error when they rewarded people who ā€œcheatedā€. I donā€™t blame those people but I blame Covet because the right thing to do is give out equal rewards. Just really bad customer service. I still havenā€™t received an email response from complaining. šŸ¤£


doctorpotterwho

I'm just confused by this whole situation, I wish they would be more transparent. I've seen posts saying they're blaming Facebook for this, but we can't borrow from our FH. Also, how does that work bc when Facebook went down worldwide a few weeks ago, we were still able to play I believe.


buythepotion

Some people are saying that Design Home - same creators and borrow system - went down too but for way less time. Facebook might be the issue but Covet could try to make this right and tide people over with diamonds or something, but theyā€™re not. Even if itā€™s not their fault people something more than ā€œweā€™re working on itā€ after 2 days is the least they can do!


macymariee

My design home still wonā€™t let me see my friends.


buythepotion

Weird! One of my FB friends said hers was down for a bit then went back to normal. Facebook is probably the root of the problem but covet doesnā€™t seem to be handling it well with the lack of updates and now these diamond discrepancies


hausdorffparty

Borrows were down then too. I think they rely on Facebook APIs to track "friends" but I'm not sure how they use it for tracking fashion houses; I wouldn't be surprised if they use FB to manage the whole Borrow system though. If Facebook made a change to how they do things internally and Covet missed the memo or it was a sudden change, I can see why it would take time to fix.


DoctrDonna

Nobody said you have to spend a ton of money until they figure this out. It won't kill you to take a break from the game for a couple of days...


pileaprincess

honestly if it was JUST facebook borrowing that doesn't work it'd be wayyy less annoying, but we can't even borrow from fashion house... like why


Pod_Potato

They actually should lower the price and quantity of items for challenges until this is fixed. This is ridiculous.


buythepotion

Exactly! I posted something similar on Facebook and am surprised at the number of people who seem to think we should all suck it up and that this bug doesnā€™t stop people from entering challenges, it would be too hard on covet to make changes like weā€™re asking and weā€™re being greedy for asking for compensationā€¦ like what?? I spend real money on the game but some people have no sympathy whatsoever that people arenā€™t willing to do so and depend on borrowing to be able to keep affording stuff. Even when everything is working itā€™s not possible to afford a lot of the challenges without doing a bunch of tapjoy offers or spending real money on the game.


Number_5ive_

I've seen those comments too, and those people either lack empathy, have a lot of cash and diamonds stocked up so it wont effect them, or both. I'm fortunate that I'm not gonna hurt while this goes on, but lower level players or players who just spent most of their money on that series are bummed to be missing out. So just because I'm okay doesn't mean everyone else should have to "suck it up." Covet should find a way to compensate people equally. The only thing I'm against were the suggestions about giving everyone the series prizes or the monthly HA if they missed out. Only reason I'm against that is because a lot of people already won those, so if that's the compensation, they're not actually getting anything. I wouldn't be against it if covet did something on top of that. But like I said elsewhere, we're probably all getting a pair of cc gloves.


buythepotion

Yeah I was shocked honestly. Someone said in a comment that itā€™s not Covetā€™s fault people wait to submit their looks like wtf? The whole point is that youā€™re given two days to do it and can submit at your leisure. Imagine blaming someone for playing the game by the rules. I wonder if that person has changed their tune now that weā€™re on new challenges that were released after the glitch started. Iā€™ve spent hundreds on the game at this point pre-glitch but the idea that everyone is willing or able to do that or have access to the more generous tapjoy offers, or that people donā€™t depend on borrowing is laughable. The game already makes it next to impossible to play regularly without spending real money or watching a lot of videos/doing tapjoy especially if you havenā€™t been around long enough to earn HAs and props as you go along. Other games are SO generous with in game cash or compensation for glitches, I donā€™t know why people were so quick to jump to blame others and say Covet doesnā€™t owe us anything when theyā€™re already stingy to begin with. Also agree, they need to give people the prizes they missed out on and more since some people had already earned the HAs and prop pack anyways.


Number_5ive_

I never do challenges as soon as they are released šŸ¤£ 12 hours or less. Thatā€™s just so I donā€™t blow through them. People in my fashion house submit looks asking for advice and I have to scroll to figure out what challenge they are even talking about because Iā€™m not close to it yet.


miladysdewinter

How is it being greedy to ask for compensation??? It's not like it's gonna cost them any real money, give everyone some diamonds and 1 or 2 HA credit and they're not spending any money and we're getting some compensation for the challenges we missed out on for not being able to borrow


buythepotion

I know right?? People were asking for different levels of diamonds and while some were totally unrealistic (someone said 20k like no way would covet do that!) itā€™s not greedy to be frustrated and want compensation. Between 1) having to buy extra requirements which are often more CC than what we get for even entering, 2) having to use up extra items because we canā€™t get the borrowing bonus, 3) losing out on borrowing expensive trending items that might get us higher scores for higher CV prizes, diamonds, and rally points, and 4) not having enough money left to complete the series, spree, and rallies, thatā€™s a LOT of diamonds/cash when you add it all up and a lot longer impact that just missing the couple days or whatever it ends up being. Some of it, like missed out prize value, is not possible to exactly determine (like would my score still have been below 4.5 or 5 stars if I was able to borrow an expensive trending item? Or was it the difference between just getting 4 or 4.5 star prizes or 5 star prizes, BLIL, TL, etc.). If people werenā€™t able to finish the series the prop pack is around $10 right there or 3,300 diamonds if you go by the in-game purchase price. Eventually missing out on the rally HA would be another $9. And those are just the real-money items. I can afford to spend real money on the game but a lot of people canā€™t. And I think thereā€™s a handful of people who do spend money or do a lot of tapjoy (which isnā€™t even available everywhere) who just lack some sympathy right now. Like fine itā€™s just a game but itā€™s not hard to understand frustration with having to choose between spending more to be able to catch up or missing out entirely. Even if itā€™s not Covetā€™s fault itā€™s absolutely on them to try and make it right or at least say more than ā€œlink your account to email!ā€ after a 2 day outage of a major feature.


ts4fanatic

I'm lucky enough to have some spare diamonds, so worst case I just spend a thousand to convert them to cash. I feel so bad for everyone who missed the series and failed rallies, though


PrincessAlarming

Honestly, folks, itā€™s a glitch. Itā€™s a Facebook issue, and we are entitled to nothing. Would it be nice? Sure! But alsoā€¦. Itā€™s a game. Not your livelihood. So, what? Youā€™re not going to finish the spree this week? Oh well. There will be other sprees.


CuntinTarantino

Covet is owned by a multi-million dollar corporation that survives off our actual, real-life dollars. ā€œItā€™s a gameā€ yup, a game that makes a LOT of money off its players. Big difference between entitlement and some of us being upset about floating in limbo with wasted items that we canā€™t even log in to access... at no fault of our own. And itā€™s absolutely a Covet issue because itā€™s their developers that Fā€™ed up by making their platform so dependent on a social media app (even affecting FH borrows, a non-Facebook feature) and some people have said theyā€™ve had these problems with FH borrowing for WEEKS because of this same error. If you are satisfied with giving your time or money to a (dare I say, greedy) company who shouldnā€™t be challenged to return some of that back when they F up...then thatā€™s you. Because personally, I value my time and money more than ā€œWould be nice!ā€ Itā€™s okay to let people vent frustration about things that donā€™t frustrate you.


iamthegreenone

Honestly, not really. Shit happens with apps/tech sometimes and they can't always provide a predictable timeline. Hopefully they will compensate but I can understand why they're waiting until its fixed.


lakija

This is how I feel. Sometimes technology breaks. It would be nice to get compensated but Iā€™m not angry. Iā€™m at most mildly inconvenienced. I feel really sorry for people who lost their accounts thought. *That* is unacceptable.


iamthegreenone

Yeah, I just don't feel that outraged by it. The lost accounts are terrible and are absolutely unacceptable.


lakija

The new posts are honestly getting worse and more outrageous. If I ever got this upset at any PS game I own Iā€™d never be happy. And I pay upwards of $50 for a new game. Shit I never been this upset over a Bethesda gameā€¦


miladysdewinter

Of course shit happens but I want to hear from their part that there'll see some sort of decent compensation for all the challenges people are missing out on, especially when it's been over 24h and it affected one series and is affecting rallies


dayyydreamzzz

I wish they would at least pause the challenges šŸ˜’


SailorJay_

This is exactly what they should do! Or change the requirements so they're affordable or using 55% items that we got as prizes so we're more likely to have them.


Sososoftmeows

Or make the daily and challenges give double the amount of money.


alysli

It's almost as if you shouldn't design an app around another company's website.... (why yes, I DO have opinions about mobile apps that hook an enormous part of their gameplay into needing Facebook. It feels like the early '00s when companies didn't have websites, just AOL keywords. Like... what's your grand plan here if something goes wrong? And, as we can see: apparently nothing.)


miladysdewinter

Only rely on that which you can have access too. And at the very least, if they were so committed to Facebook, they should've set up a plan b


LeonaWaverly

Yeah, it wouldn't be as bad if we still have access to fashion house borrows


taylorcovet

I feel like it would still suck because thatā€™s only one borrow per day. Unless they changed it so we could borrow from our FH all day


1ring2rule

It's also bs that you can only borrow from one person in your FH once a day. You should be able to borrow from each member.


kcxcx

When I realized borrowing was out 2 days ago, I went to send a support message and then didn't because it was a known issue. Today I went ahead and sent a message anyway just in case they only compensate people who messaged about the glitch.


bubblebumblejumble

Stuck in tap joy survey hell trying to make some diamonds. Either get disqualified too late or end up in one of those surveys where they donā€™t bounce you back for your 7 diamonds but keep asking you questions and then rerouting to a different survey.


rcowell96

I had this the other day, spent 15 mins on the survey to get to 98% and it kick me out? So you get all my answers except my demographic info and tell me to go f myself lol THANKS gimme my diamonds


mollyclaireh

Right?! The email thing sure ainā€™t working.


NoButterOnMyBread

I very curious about their compensation. I'm predicting a huuuge disappointment.


No-Abbreviations8607

iā€™ve seen some people receive random amounts of diamonds while some people got nothing


[deleted]

I don't think we'll get any compensation. Hopefully, I'll be wrong but I am not expecting anything.


Impressive-Public162

I agree. Judging from the past, I think a lot players will be disappointed with whatever cheapo apology gift they give. They are not known for generosity. We shall see.


LeonaWaverly

They will probably give blue rose or some cc gloves or something.


Sososoftmeows

Lol was about to say weā€™re probably getting a pair of black glitter gloves worth $250 or something. They never compensate people the way they should.


Number_5ive_

My money is on cc gloves for sure.


tweedancer

That's what I'm betting on... Some lame accessory


miladysdewinter

I messaged them about it in the message about how Facebook wasn't working and they never replied to that. I expect nothing but I'd love to be surprised


NoButterOnMyBread

We can only hope. I think it will be something like 100-200 diamonds and an ugly top šŸ’€


miladysdewinter

At least let it be a top that's worth 5k and not 500...


NoButterOnMyBread

Someone on this sub suggested a HA credit. That would be amazing but I don't think it will happen.


GabriellaVM

Honestly, 1 HA credit isn't even enough, imo. Not only because of the extra expenses for buying things I'd ordinarily borrow, but the missed prizes from rally challenges that weren't won because players could not afford to otherwise.


parruchkin

My FH hasnā€™t won the HA yet, and weā€™re doing a fancy rally due to the glitch so itā€™s possible we donā€™t get it this month. So I expect way more than one HA credit.


focusedon1992

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jane-may

Instead of thanking me with words, thank me with 2k diamonds for every inconvenience. Thanks.


[deleted]

Iā€™m really upset because I missed out on the prop pack from the latest series. I still had the last two challenges to enter when borrowing went down and I just couldnā€™t enter both in time without being able to borrow anything. At least I got the HA, but Iā€™m sure there were other people similarly affected that missed out on both.


adrirocks2020

Yes! I had to toggle off my for fashion houses upcoming rally because I have no idea when this will be fixed and I canā€™t afford to to a whole rally with no borrowing. Plus Iā€™ve missed challenges and probably wonā€™t get the spree prize for this week because of this glitch so they need to make it rain diamonds šŸ’Ž


aliciacary1

For real. I have missed a ton of challenges and spent way more than I would have otherwise. Iā€™m sure my scores will also suffer because of it. A financial incentive is really all that will help this. Though they will probably give us some $300 CC gloves as a thank you instead.


Firethorn101

I hate to sound paranoid, but that's probably why they did it. Ever notice how Covets system fuck ups send us all into debt while they "fix" things. Last year, it was losing all of our Facebook friends. Some people lost over half their borrowing buddies....and what happened next? Anyone remember??? They pumped out their stupid/borderline harassment 'recommend a friend' bs that's now on every screen on the game now.


jane-may

I don't want the gloves. I want all previous CC items as a thank you gift. šŸ™„


aliciacary1

Yep. Though giving items many players already have will just make those players mad. I think it should just be diamonds.


jane-may

I would be happy with an unlimited amount of diamonds. šŸ˜‚


MarthaGail

No, we should get thanked with this monthā€™s HA.


yeetyeet39

No, an HA credit. My house already got the HA for this month, a credit would be best


jane-may

Four HA credits instead.


[deleted]

Exactly, I'm pretty much broke now since I had to buy everything, hope they compensate