Vent about Webkinz !!!

[pyrxtc]

All of my kids have Webkinz accounts. They have been doing this for a couple of years but don't play every day. They are not allowed video games on school days but I do occasionally play for them to earn them money.

Webkinz has instituted a new part of their game. Your webkinz will lose health, hunger, and happiness points for each day you don't play online. It starts to go slow at first but once it hits around 66, it goes much faster. They don't die but will not play well unless you get them back up to healthy again. Which as my DD told me is $500 kinzcash for each one at the spa to get healthy plus $300-$400 of food for each to not be hungry anymore. With 40 webkinz that are down that much, it would take all of her money plus some !! I loved the idea that they didn't die (technically they don't die they just get unhappy and unhealthy) as long as you put them to bed before you logged out.

I am not going to spend my time logging in every day just so they are full and happy. This means if you go away for vacation for a week and don't log in, then it will cost you tons of Kinzcash to get all the pets back up again. I thought they even used to advertise that you didn't have to worry. Just put them to bed and let them sleep and they'll be happy.

This really makes me mad. My DD does not want all her pets so low in points but does not want to spend all of her hard earned money on healing them all either. She said it will take something like $46,000 to fix all of her. She took the total cost of completely reviving one and multiplied by the number of pets she has.

First they give us these neat things to play with and now they change the rules!!! I'm going to suggest my kids let all of theirs go to 0 and not worry about it but I did call Ganz and they said it was a "new feature" but they would report my dislike to management. Ugh !!

Please write to Webkinz if this upsets you too. support@webkinz.com

 

[robinb]

So that's what happened to my DD's pets! She has 11 of them and added the last one at the end of December. I thinks she played with them once or twice until last week. She logged in and the were all at ZERO for being full (the were starving) and ZERO for being loved and in the 20's for being happy. I helped her all weekend and we took turns feeding them and playing with them. It's takes about 7-8 of their favorite meals (at $25 each) to being them up to 100% on food, but then they are still sad. We tried putting them to bed, bathing them and brushing their fur and that didn't help much either. What finally did the trick was playing them in tournaments and WINNING. Then they were happy. *sigh*

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I would contact Ganz and tell them that you don't like the new policy. That is crazy, talk about putting pressure on kids.

Good luck!

 

[pyrxtc]

I contacted them. It looks like a lot of people aren't liking this. I jsut found a post on it ona Webkinz message board. They think it's a glitch but I was told it was a "new feature". One that really Stinks !!

 

[HelenePA]

I thought it was a glitch? each of my girls have over 30 a piece.. my son only has 10.. I can't afford to feed pets like they want if this is the new way.. Oh hell no.. they'll all go hungry. I dont care.. I told my kids not to feed em!

 

[pyrxtc]

I told my DD not to feed them too.

 

[minniebeth]

Holy Moley! I just checked on my kids' accounts and it's true! Do you know how many Webkinz they all have???!!!!
My DS will be affected most of all, he doesn't want to play Webkinz anymore but still likes his account, since he's collected A LOT of cool (virtual) stuff.

I'm not happy about it, they push push push the Webkinz stuff and now it kind of seems like a punishment for having so many to maintain.

 

[mrsv98]

I just emailed them. How short sighted can they be? There is no way I am going to allow DD to play on the computer for the length of time it requires to keep nearly three dozen Webkinz "happy"!

I hate it when companies, especially those targeted towards kids, gets so damn greedy.

 

[robinb]

My DD is too soft-hearted to let them starve!

 

[HelenePA]

My DD is too soft-hearted to let them starve!

Abby is the same way... I keep telling them its a glitch only feed the one they are playing with.. I'll keep having them do it that way. Who has time to play with 30+ pets a day and feed em all.. that is insane.

 

[Shelton123]

You don't actually have to feed them. They don't actually die! Plus, it's just virtual cash. MAKE THEM SHARE AN ACCOUNT! My sis and I share and account and don't really care that we share! Plus, we only go on like once a week, on good weeks!

The thing that really bugs is that you have to get a webkinz every six months, or they will delete your account

 

[wvdislover]

That IS ridiculous! We also had another problem with my DD7's Webkinz account last week. When she took the bathing suit off one of her Webkinz, the bathing suit top just disappeared Also, her trampoline, the flowers, a wishing well, and a blue chair all just disappeared from her garden. One day they were there, the next day they were just gone

 

[robinb]

The thing that really bugs is that you have to get a webkinz every six months, or they will delete your account

I think it's every year. I won't tell you how I know, but I now have the most adorable LilKinz Tiger named Tabatha on my desk .

 

[HelenePA]

MAKE THEM SHARE AN ACCOUNT!

Funny Funny stuff.. We have more than one computer so more than one kid is on webkinz at a time there is no way we can share accounts.. plus the fighting about kk and stuff.... No thank you!
And yes you only have to buy 1 a year.. Oooooh I wish that is all I had to buy! Webkinz is NOT cheap!

 

[freckles and boo]

My younger daughter is frustrated, too. She has some fine motor problems associated with her autism so the games aren't all that easy for her, which means earning money isn't all that easy for her. She is also only allowed to play after school, after her homework is done so she isn't at her best that time of day anyway. Plus, she has comprehension issues so I am having a heck of a time explaining WHY her Webkinz won't wake up.

 

[tasha99]

The thing that really bugs is that you have to get a webkinz every six months, or they will delete your account

Yup. DS lost his account and we're not buying another one to get it reinstated. I set the Webkinz limit at 2 last year, and we're sticking to it. It's not that we couldn't buy another Webkinz; I just want him to grow up to be the kind of person who doesn't need more more more stuff to be happy.

 

[1LuckyMom]

Oh no !! I'm gonna have to have the kids check on their pets to see what is going on. This sounds horrible. Did you contact them through the Webkinz site or a different one? I don't want them to feel they have to be on every day or something will happen to their pets....hasn't Webkinz ever heard of a vacation?

 

[KATHINOWA]

My Webkinz Vent--I'm addicted to Smoothie Moves!!! My kids make fun of me all the time!

 

[Singleminnie]

I just checked on my two daughters' accounts, one had zero balance, but I know hers was really low the last time she was on, about a week ago. The other, who plays less, had over 13,000 in her account. I hope I don't set it off on hers by entering the account.

 

[HelenePA]

http://www.webkinzinsider.com/forum/f146/dropping-happiness-health-hunger-points-many-474117/

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