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5 May
Warning: Anthropic's "Gift Max" exploit drained €800+, ruined my credit, and got me banned.

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Heads up to anyone here using Claude/Anthropic as an alternative. If you have a card saved on their platform, <strong>remove it now.</strong></p>

OPINION · HOW · ChatGPTOPEN STORY
19 Oct
Spent ~$7, charged $25?

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1xa8uq3/spent_7_charged_25/"> <img alt="Spent ~$7, charged $25?"

OPINION · WHO · OpenAIOPEN STORY
20 Oct
Billing support is a total joke

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Long story short: OpenAI Ads issued incorrect invoices and my accountant can't file these as a business expense unless corrected. Their billing

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
13 May
OpenAI API auto recharge failing on Indian cards. Anyone found a stable fix?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Facing a strange issue with OpenAI API billing from India. Manual top ups work fine but auto recharge keeps failing across cards.</p> <p>On HDFC,

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
22 Apr
Openai not accepting my card

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>A weird issue. I wanted to subscribe to openai, but it has been declining my card. the thing is I used this same card earlier for openai 6-7

OPINION · WHEN · OpenAIOPEN STORY
13 May
Dodgy transactions from OPENAI

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I’m wondering if their research Beta ChatGPT has become sentient and decided it needs an income….</p> <p>I received a burst of 32 transactions

OPINION · HOW · OpenAIOPEN STORY
10 Apr
800 Million non paying accounts for free inference, but theyre nickle and diming paid users with lessened Codex rate limits.

<table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1sh9aar/800_million_non_paying_accounts_for_free/"> <img alt="800 Million non paying accounts for free

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
25 Mar
Charged Twice for OpenAI Subscription — Annual + Monthly Fee?

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey everyone</p> <p>I’m running into an issue with my OpenAI subscription and wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this.</p> <p>I paid

OPINION · WHAT · OpenAIOPEN STORY
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