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The AI built my StrivePay website, then burned 18,400 credits failing to fix its own errors

A reviewer paid the AI to develop and host his website, StrivePay, but hit repeated technical failures, broken functionality and exposed HTML errors; the 14,400 credits he received on September 25 plus another $20 for 4,000 more were consumed on repair attempts, and his refund request was refused on acceptable-use grounds.

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  1. The AI develops and hosts StrivePay
  2. Technical failures and exposed HTML errors appear
  3. 14,400 credits consumed on fix attempts
  4. User pays $20 for 4,000 more credits, also consumed on fixes
  5. Refund refused, citing acceptable-use policy

Why it’s worth knowing

He was charged thousands of credits to repair errors the agent itself introduced, then denied a refund.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on trustpilot.com. See the original ↗

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