I can't even begin to explain my feelings towards Foomojo, in general.But this was the last drop. Not letting users know about THIS major change, so they have to hear through grapevine??? Really?But on the other hand, part of me is not surprised. When it comes down to customer service and/or communicating, they all seem to have missed that class, while obtaining their degrees.Bottom line, I will make sure my friends steer clear from that company, because experience shows, that nothing good comes from it.

Karlia, your sentiments could not be shared MORE! I will stay FAR away from this company and encourage my friends to do that same regardless of new games they release or whatever they decide to call themselves next. They should realize that if you TRULY want to succeed in ANY business, it is imperative to learn how to treat your customers RIGHT!

I think everyone that has been unfortunate and played foopets from earlier when they were a good company to now feel the same. Don't ever have anything to do with Rivet Games!! Since they purchased foomojo it has gone to hell. They continually take things away and want money for less. They have now insisted that this free online game is now going to be a pay to play and you can't play anymore even if you have supported them all along, and it was geared towards kids, there are no kids that can pay for this game and the adults have just gotten so disgusted with their lack of customer service (there is no customer service) that everyone is quitting before they block all of their members that have supported them until now. They are trying the high pressure sales crap with all these kids and that is just plain wrong!! DON'T PLAY ANY OF RIVET GAMES!!! THEY WILL TAKE YOU FOR ALL YOUR MONEY AND GIVE NOTHING IN RETURN!!!!!

Foopets just deleted my account because I put this information on their website! This shows how much they are trying to control everyone there. Where is my right to freedom of speech?! It only took an hour after posting that they are have a huge amount of money for them to delete me so that no one can hear the truth about them stealing from little kids. DON'T GIVE ANY MONEY TO RIVET GAMES!!!!! THEY ARE THIEVES!!

I was around to see both your comments disappear. That they removed the one with the link in it makes sense according to their current rulebook in which any links to outside sources are not allowed, but removing the one where you just copy-pasted the content of the above interview is preposterous. The article itself is not in any way negative about Foomojo or Rivet Games, and I don't think that particular post of yours was, either. Suspending you definitely was not warranted. At all. It's a great pity.

Do not give Rivet Games a dime, or even go to their website. I am a member of Foopets (soon to be was as they are kicking everyone off their site who refuses to pay) and I would never give FooMojo anything seeing how they treat their members. I have been playing FooPets since the day it started and I have seen Foopets content and customer service seriously decline in that time. Not only are they only focused around making money, they are BREAKING THE LAW! There are numerous copyright infringements in the virtual shop where people can buy things such as furniture for their pets and they also have changed the Terms Of Service without any notification to their members. Don't become a member of any of Rivet Games' games.

My Thoughts on FooPets.com/FooMojo/Rivet Games: They are positively abhorrent at customer service, completely ignoring their members' concerns. They are soon to become a pay to play only site, but they have consistently charged more money for features and items while consistently taking more and more features and items away. Granted, their pixel pets are as realistic as they get. Awesome, in fact. So much so, that people become emotionally attached to them. A phenomenon covered by FooMojo's ToS. And frankly, they use those pets as a means of emotional blackmail. Further, their forum moderators are not nice people and are extremely rude and condescending. Adults are treated like children and children are treated like refuse. As of the 26th of April (2011), when the site becomes strictly pay to play, I predict an epic exodus from the site. Their numbers are already dropping. Many predict that the site is going to go down and no one from the company has bothered to effectively dispel that rumor. Moreover, except for their announcement of becoming pay to play only, they keep their members in the dark about every change and they change the site compulsively. Again, those changes almost always include revocations of features and items and an increase in what they charge for everything. Additionally, the site is completely unstable. Consistently glitches, “whites out,” doesn't load, search features have not worked the entire two years I've been a member and way too much more to mention. Harsh words? You bet. But very, very true. Stay away, for your own personal health and well being.

Where I do agree that the tactics of FMJ/Rivet are incorrigible, I strongly disagree on the statement about the Ambassadors. I watch from a far distance and I can only suggest that one tends to get what they dish out, over and over and over again.

I'll stay far far away from Rivet games and no one please give them a dime what happened to foopets is sad and very upsetting a company that would treat it's paying members like that doesn't deserve to have a business.Megaen

It's with great sorrow that I have to agree with the others who left negative comments. I've been a member since 2/5/10 & my experience has been that a once enjoyable experience has become depressing & frustrating: 1) They ask you for “feedback” and after you give it, they take away what you most enjoy 2) Members suspended without a warning, and often never discovering the reason for it. 3) Poor customer service–Their motto seems to be “the customer is always wrong” as they try to promote a warm, fuzzy image.4) What I would call “virtual child abuse” That is, after encouraging children to adopt & breed many pets, they suddenly insist that all “pay to play” and give us a lockout date for all the formerly free pages. On the same day they disabled “gifting” (transferring virtual property) between Free & ClubFoo pages, effectively locking what people worked for in the game & in many cases paid hundreds of real dollars for onto the free pages. The choice they had? Pay to make the page a Club page or lose access the the page, pets & property on 4/26/11! Swearing & crying followed? You bet. 5) The site began as an over-13 game. Suddenly it was babyfied in both it's color scheme & loss of features, even though they knew that the paying members were overwhelmingly older women & teens. The excuse? Oh, it “solves” the problem of scammers & “profiteers.” Nope. Just destroyed the Foo community & a built-up economy–but since apparently no one in management actually LOOKED at how we were playing the game–how would they know?? 6) This site, started by an ex-vet, began as a place to “learn proper care of pets” and has ended up as a place with virtually nothing to do on it except buy things from the Shop & sell things back to the Shop (at half the price you paid for them!) breed pets & sell them back to the “Adoption Center.” There's no penalty whatsoever for pet neglect. The game is now Virtual Puppy & Kitty Mill. I could say much, much more–but that's enough for now. You get the idea.

I see that Rivet Games intends to produce new games, and yet they have done nothing but destroy the heart of the game that they already own. They will not get any recommendations from me, and I shall be warning anyone that I can against touching any of their games

FooMojo is nothing but a bunch of lying theives getting users emotionally attached to their idiot product and tormenting them with their scams. $15 mil. And FooMojo has been charging their users (some being younger than 13) money in order to play a crappy game with a crappy layout run by crappy admins. They say they do it because “they need the money”. And their members are listening to their disgusting propaganda.FooMojo, I'm glad I left. You want to know why? You don't deserve a user like me. You don't deserve ANY users at all. You don't even deserve to be paid at all for all that you have been treating us. And now you try to fool everyone with your Rivet games scam. We know who you are. We know what you have done to us at Foo. We know what you WILL do to innocent users at Rivet. All I wanted was the freaking search bar fixed, but NO.

If I knew back when I first joined the site how they try to control how you act there-let people intentional fix animals and send them to the shelter, while they remove any posts containing references to the Bible, I don't think I would have joined. They took all the ” fun” things off the site, blaming it on ” scammers and trolls” but instead of removing the people causing trouble, they punished everyone. They took off almost all means to get ” free” Foo dollars on the site, and now they intend to ban anyone that doesn't pay them to play after April 26th. They are so un-professional I doubt I will ever play another foo mojo/Rivet game after my sub on club foo runs out the first part of June, I don't need the abuse and false promises.

So sick of the Foomojo/Rivet bashing! If you do not like the site….LEAVE! Personally I will be glad when you are gone! Go to your NEW websites and have your pity parties. Here is a virtual kick to get you on your way…..

@RidesIronHorse…I think your in the minority here…I left Foo months ago, but have followed all the drama that has ensued over their ridiculous new “rules” and changes..The members that are complaining have every right to complain when they are being asked to pay more for receiving less..Your comment is rude and uncalled for….I.perhaps you are the one who needs the kick…right where you ride that iron horse!

Ridesironhorse everyone here has a right to free speech, so get off your HIGHHORSE

Everyone on here has a right to free speech RidesIronHorse so get off your HIGHHORSE

Sorr for the double post first one did not show up

We're all entitled to our opinions, but the overall experience with the site moderators has NOT been pleasant and those who disagree are most definitely in the minority. Respecfully, it's not necessary to “dish out” anything to be mistreated by the site moderators. All one need to do is to disagree with them. Period. One moderator in particular, who shall remain nameless, is extremely rude and condescending. Her job, as she apparently sees it, is to incite, provoke and threaten. Once she's done all that, she pushes her little button and people go *poof.*If one is trying to “keep the peace,” that is not how one should go about it. These “moderators,” this one in particular, should NOT be in the position she is in. NO ONE like that should be in a position of authority, especially one requiring customer service. What people fail to realize is that agreeing with and sticking up for their inappropriate and condescending attitude does not earn a person any brownie points. When it's all said and done, these folks sticking up for Foo will get kicked to the curb just as quick as everyone else.

Can't handle the truth, eh? Geesh!

RidesIronHorse is just showing their freedom of speech which ISN'T allowed on Foopets.Let them show just how stupid they are for backing foomojo or rivet games, they are the one who will lose all their money that they have given foopets when it shuts down in 3 months due to their horrible choice to force the awesome members to pay to play.Bet they are one of the many admin from foopets that won't give customer service!!!

Are you talkin to me? LOL I am still here…………

It is IronHorse not high horse and just like at Foo, those who express their opinion in forums are considered stupid etc. Rolls of my back~hee~hee

Obviously you are telling me I do not have that right? I ain't your sister…………

When and if it shuts down I will find something else to do beside trying to ruin other peoples reputations and fun. Such nice people. Just think! You will be able to say “I told you so”. And that should make you happy. I could care less! I can have fun in an empty room, can you?. snicker

Christ Almighty…. It's just like Foo here. Ain't that a bitch? I think it must be one of the “Gob Sisters” under a different name.

Gobble-d-gook. You know my sister! ROTFLMAO. This is fun!

Yes, we obviously have one of the Gob Sisters here. And of course she does not care about all the sadness and loss which has been going on at Foopets this past 3 weeks. Anyone who cares about people and pets has had to feel sad for the devastation and distress all around, distress about which we could do very little. Some amazing souls stand out as truly caring people who have given practical help to the distressed. Not the Gob Sisters or Rivet Games of course; they just wanted all the “dross” to go away. By “dross” of course I mean all the unhappy people who could not pay for their sweet pets. There were people who had foopet pets as a memorial to loved ones, and they had to suffer the loss all over again. And this comes after months in which Foomojo — now Rivet Games but with the same total lack of customer care — have systematically reduced so many of the other things which made the game so wide-reaching and varied. The Gob Sisters simply spewed venom in the forums and on private boards at all those who were in distress and had to say their goodbyes, at all those people who in many and varied ways showed their distress and went through the grieving process. It seems that the Gob Sisters share with Rivet Games a total lack of the milk of human kindness. . Not only will I never be sucked into another Rivet game, I shall be sure to warn my friends what to expect from their customer “care”.

RidesIronHorse you're on here trying to ruin all these people reputations by saying they are wrong for actually caring about what has happened to them through foopets! You are a hypocrite!! Don't tell us you aren't trying to ruin other peoples reputations when you are doing just that and apparently you could care less or you wouldn't be here RIGHT??!!Yes you probably are in an empty room due to no one can stand to be around you…LMAO!!!!!!!!

Obviously I am NOT allowed to have an opinion. “I” am ruining peoples reputations? I think you need to READ this entire thread! No-where have I Said “do not have anything to do with this person because they are thieves! No- where have I called anyone stupid! No-where have I called anyone a liar. No-where have I attacked anyone! I said what I said and I am absolutely GLAD I did. I said “If you do not like the site…LEAVE!” I offered a virtual kick as well. You however I would love to meet in person and see if you will talk like you write when you have me standing in front of you. I did NOT say I LIKED all the changes but, I will not throw misinformation out there or try to sully a companys name who has not had a chance to show what they are going to do. I am not rolling down ONE track!!! I am capable of viewing two sides however, I do NOT see anywhere that showed TWO sides. So, if attacking me gives you pleasure, if accusing me of something that EVERYBODY who reads this can see I NEVER SAID, then have at it! People have attacked the Administrators, the ambassadors and anyone that did not whole heartedly agree with them. That would by the way include me. Boy, your life must really suck!!

Ah yes, it is indeed the chief of the Gob sisters, I recognise you by your inability to actually read what people say. I said notjing at all about reputations, nor did I say that you had called anyone stupid. I also did not say anything about what you liked or did not like about the game; I cannot possibly know those things. This has come out of your own head dear. And of course you have attacked people, as well as kicking over as many self-help groups as you can. Kicking people who are down seems to be your speciality, just as it is the speciality of Rivet GamesI also did not say that you are not allowed to have an opinion. All I did was to point out what that opinion showed about you. I truly pity you. And the fact that you do not know why I pity you is part of the reason; God bless you my dear, for Rivet games surely won't, even after all your fierce loyalty to it.I have no wish to meet you in person, I am too old now to be bothered meeting people that I cannot like, but if I did I would say exactly the same things to you. And possibly, just possibly, you might actually listen once I had got you to stop talking and pay attention to what I am in fact saying. My speciality is exactly that.And of course since you are chief Gob sister, you have to have the last word. I watch with interest to see what that last word will be.As for Rivet Games, which is the subject of this discussion, they have now seen what a frightening number of people have refused or been unable to pay, and they are now frantically trying to persuade people to do so. Whatever their new game(s) are, I hope that they learn something from this about customer relations; so far there is no sign of them really understanding. Even their latest newsletter is yet another recycled bit of nonsense.I do not “sully a companys name”. I feel that those of us who have had experience of the company's lack of customer care have a duty to warn any future customers of what they may be getting sucked into. We should make it clear that they have destroyed in a very cavalier manner what loyal customer base they have on their current game, and that they play on customers' feelings in order to try and get them to pay up. They send emails from pets trapped on deleted accounts, asking the players to come back and pay — and yet those customers cannot in fact re-activate those profiles even if they pay. They made major changes to the game with no warning, such as the removal of the ability to foster long-term foster pets and the Adoption centre fiasco… They told people that sending pets to the Adoption centre os safe and the pets well looked afterm but then they did a massive Adoption Centre purge in which several millions of pets were wiped out — including pets which are still shown in the family trees. They also say that pets on frozen accounts (accounts where people are cut off from their pets now unless they pay) are well cared for. Not only is this untrue — the pet samaritan may pass by every 3 days and chuck a little food and water at them — but also those who had lovingly paid to put their pets in kennel before they were frozen out now realise that those pets are in an even worse state; the kennelling has stopped friends from being able to feed but it does not itself work and the pets are completely starving. So, Rivet Games is happy to lie to their customers about pet care as well as giving no customer care. They fall over backwards to try and get money from customers — but never think of the simplest solution, which is to get the players to trust and like the company as well as the pets. If your customers love you and you have a good game — which foopets was once — they will find the money and help you. If they hate you, they will warn their friends about you. P.S I notice that the article reports that Janosov states “company’s marketing will “set a new standard.”” I'm sure it will. Sure, throw all your money at marketing. It would have been better if that had been “truthfulness and customer care”

Last Word…………PIXELS!

Only for a toddler.

Geesh. You probably are who I think you are, seeing as you're behaving the exact same way here. It is quite hilarious to me that the ONLY ones who carry on like jackasses are the ones who are defending the melee that is Foo. How sad for you that you feel the need to threaten people and feel like you have the right to tell others what they should do just because they see things differently. The negative things being shared here are not incorrect. Do the math, sweet cheeks. You seem to be the only one trying to defend this company. Get that brown stuff off your nose and take those rose colored glasses off and you MIGHT be able to see what others see. Trust me darlin', you aren't earning any brownie points with your butt-kissing. When it's all said and done, you'll get kicked to the curb just as quick as anyone else. Honestly? I've bit my tongue long enough. You may not be the person I think you are, but I'll tell you the same thing I'd tell her (and you can pass it along), you're a narcissistic bitch. And YES, if your pathetic ass was standing right in front of ME, baby, I'd say it to your face AND back it up. But then again, the ONLY reason you talk shit and threaten people is because you know you'll never have to back up your trash talk. Further, take your lazy ass to Google and do a little research. This isn't the only site giving negative reviews about FooPets. And there's plenty of stat sites that will confirm that FooPet's popularity is sharply decreasing and I predict it will continue to do so, regardless of what you butt-kissers have to say. I bite my tongue and try my damnedest not to stoop to such a low, pathetic level as you on site. But here? IDGAF. And you know what else? You don't believe that Foo is doing all that great either or you wouldn't be here repeating yourself for the umpteenth time. If you were that damned confident in FooMojo/Rivet, you'd zip your lip and let what is alone. God, you are SO high school. Not happy unless you're causing trouble. Poor, sad, pathetic little thing. Geesh. Oh and you'll notice I'M not afraid to hide who I am (I'm using the same screen name). Hmmmm? Pffft! OH! And FOR those who are reading….. This is the behavior that goes on constantly at FooPets. And this is the behavior that the moderators, whose collective butt she is kissing, allows from her and her minions. Think about that. Do YOU want YOUR kids on that site?

LMAO. MY last word: IMMATURE

“Rolls off my back” ???? What are doing on your back? If paying for CF doesn't earn you brownie points, what makes you think being on your back will? O,O

No. Not entirely true. SHE'S allowed to voice HER opinion, as are her minions and the moderators who so flagrantly coddle her. It's everyone else who can't have an opinion. OR defend themselves from her verbal abuse. OR the moderator's abuse, for that matter. Problem is, like I keep saying, under various screen names on site and off, when push comes to shove, she'll get kicked to the curb like everyone else. Also, if everyone will notice, since she doesn't have said moderators here to hold her hand, she hasn't come back to repeat herself yet again. What a hoot!

What a nightmare for Rivet and their investors. It's amazing that they mismanaged this situation so poorly.

Rivet Games is a sneaky underhanded company that one month told its players it was going to grandfather in all the players who bought game money but didn't have a monthly subscription.  As soon as they made the change to pay for play they confiscated all the money in the other accounts and the only way you can get it out is to buy a full subscription now.  Talk about fraud!  Now, this underhanded group has a new game called Pet Tales.  They started it on facebook and they have a full page of fake reviews by employees and spouses of employees of the company.  As usual, they are trying to trick the public.  Even the CEO, Jesse Janosov wrote a fake review and then goes around “liking” all the other fake reviews by the rest of his employees.  Worse, anyone who dares to out them all and lets folks know what shenanigans they are pulling get jumped on unmercifully by other Rivet employees. They would do the same thing on foopets.  They had many fake player accounts so when Rivet/foomojo (whatever they were called at any one time) would make an unpopular change (such as raising the price of necessary pet medications by 20,000% (not a misprint), these pretend players would post comments such as “thank you so much for charging so much more the medication, now this is more like real life”.    It is their standard M.O.Moreover, the ambassadors have a nickname called ambassawitches and it really fits.  They sit on the site all day and heaven forbid a kid dares not ask how high when they tell them to jump, they will instantly ban the player and keep the monthly fee.Recently, they had a programming error where they released a pet they didn't mean to.  Woe the poor player that thought that a pet for sale meant the pet was for sale….the suspensions were handed out in force.If you complain, they site their terms and conditions which say they can take your money at any time, keep it, and never have to give you a thing.  Usually such comments are used as CYA, not to actually rip people off.This company will one day get the pants sued off of them and I can't wait to see it.  From taking money and kicking people off the site, to the illegal use copyrighted material, this company is nothing but a scam.

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