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Pogo Mini: BadgeGirl Will Save the Day!Happy Weekend Everyone!

Do you buy badges as soon as they come out, or do you wait for a sale?

The weekend open thread is a regular feature at BadgeHungry. Every weekend, we chat about the discussion topic, or anything else game-related. It’s a great place to test the waters of commenting and introduce yourself, ask for help with a game or challenge, or talk about your games and make friends.

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  1. I buy them as soon as they are released….M&M Badges, PBAs, and HOG episodes.

    That way I don’t miss anything, and I always know what has to be done.

    I know that if I waited I would save gems on most everything. But using gems that I purchased on sale gives me a huge discount on everything I buy.

    Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!!

    Suz

  3. I don’t buy any M&M that first come out unless it is for a game that I really like. If there is a sale I will buy for games that I don’t mind playing and I usually buy all albums that are available. unless it is a QA one.

  4. I very rarely buy anything anymore. I have a Pogo angel who sends me so much. She truly is a special person!!❤️

    Hope everybody has a wonderful holiday weekend. Stay safe!!

    Cher. 😊🐶

  5. The weeks are going around quick . Seems no time since the last Weekend Open Thread. lol

    I only buy the badges I want especially if they are in games I like or are special edition badges. I don’t buy them all at once. I spread them over the course of a month.

    Have a lovely weekend all.

  6. If I really want the badge I don’t wait if I can, sometimes I do wait for a sale though…Also, I just hit 7,002 badges, woot!

  7. Not any more, because we get so many free ones, I don’t want need to. If I really, really like the badges and the games they are in I will buy them right away. I”m very discretionary these days.

    Have fun, everyone!!! 🙂

  8. As a couple of people have mentioned I, too, prefer to wait for a sale. But if I see an M&M Badge I really like, and in a game I really like, I’ll give in and splurge. I only buy a PB if it contains mostly games I enjoy playing.

    I just reached 6,008 Badges.

    I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable weekend. As cold as it has been so far this Spring, it’s hard to believe it Memorial Day already!!!

  9. The question made me realize I don’t have much of a plan….lol.
    If the badge I want is only going to be around a short amount of time I’ll pick it up upon release, mainly so I don’t forget.
    If it’s a game I love playing, and I’m excited to do it right away, I’ll pick it up upon release.
    Otherwise, I just wait and go badge shopping when I run low on things to play. Sales happen so haphazardly nowadays that I don’t really wait for them anymore, but I sure am happy when they come around 🙂

    • the only plan i had was goal to 2,000
      then goal to 6,000
      i bought them all

      now there are free ones and i dont care much
      i never buy because they are pretty

  10. No I don’t buy all right away, I wait for sales.
    Unless is limited time like holiday edition badges or special badges or collections (like the recent flower collection), then I buy right away.
    Sometimes if I love the badge art I can’t wait and get it away, same for HOG episodes if the episode badges is nice.

    It came to a point where is getting just Too Much! and I’m seriously thinking about not buying “ALL” anymore (I don’t have it “all” anyway because I wasn’t with Pogo since the very beginning).
    I think I will be buying only what I really really like or want but I will still wait for sales if I can 😉

  11. I only buy them on sale… and when gems go on sale, I buy them. So it’s a double sale!

  12. As soon as they are released on MnM’s and PBA’s but wait for a sale in HOG games.

    sirron1957

  13. Everyone! This is a very special day — it’s MomsBassetHound’s birthday! 🙂 Feel free to use this weekend open thread to also wish her a happy happy happy one! 🙂

    • HAPPY BIRTHDAY “Suz” and have a great and safe weekend. BTW, when I first met “Suz”, it was she who convinced me to buy “all” badges when they are released. Up until May 15, 2019 that’s exactly what I have done. However I have yet to acquire “3” of the “15th’s” M-n-M badges. I will probably buy them when Pogo releases badges I can “multi-activate”. Enjoy your weekend everyone!

        • You are very welcome “Suz” and when I get a chance, I’m going to gift you some badges. Had it not been for you and the great “BH” and it’s great “members”, there’s no way I could have earned “11,514” badges. Thank you ‘Suz” and “Lura”!

    • Belated birthday wishes Suz. Hope a great year ahead awaits you. Sorry I am a day late but at least I made you a day younger. lol

      Thanks for all your help on BH.

    • Blessings for your Birthday, Suz! You are truly “One in a Million”!
      Remember that Life is Short – Eat Dessert First!

      DD 😀

  14. Happy, Happy Birthday to “our” Suz. May you have many, many more!

  15. About a year ago or so, I stopped buying any badges. I am loaded down with hundreds of badges I will never do just because I don’t like the games. It is nice that they want to give us free badges. So I shouldn’t complain.

  16. Happy Birthday MomsBassetHound,
    May your special day be filled with tons of Happy moments and beautiful flowers, Good friends and joyful hours! Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!

  17. Happy Birthday Moms! May you have many many more!!

    Most times badges are bought on sale. Sometimes if its just too cute (doesn’t happen very often) it becomes a gotta have and will buy it now. So busy with trying to rank out of Poppit Bingo, don’t have time for much more, 🙂

    Happy Memorial Day Weekend to All!

  18. With all the free ones we get it’s been over a year since I bought a badge. I get the weeklies done but rarely have the time to complete other badges. I haven’t counted but between MnMs and albums I probably have over 300 badges that need to be completed.

    If I ever decide to leave Pogo am going to have to find someone to gift this account too!

    • I gave my account to a friend that can afford it less than I could. Don’t really miss Pogo @ all. Lots of other sites to play games and NOT have to pay. Tokens and badges are really unless.

  19. Generally speaking, I wait for badges to go on sale (different from years ago, when I bought badges as soon as they were released). However, I usually buy new badges that I like when they are being offered for only a short period of time.. I also will buy Special Edition badges as soon as they are released.. I frequently check the list of “Retiring” badges and those under the “Sale” tab to make sure I pick up badges that I like before they are no longer available.

    On another subject, Chuzzle Slots is no longer listed with the other Slot Games. I wasn’t aware that it was being removed so soon; I guess I missed the announcement of a specific date.

    Happy Memorial Day, all.

  20. If I want them, I buy all badges, albums and bundles upon release mainly so that I don’t forget them, and this practice helps keep me organized also.

    Happy Holiday weekend, everyone!

    Janet

    • That’s 1 of the biggest reasons for me also, afraid of missing something if I don’t do it right away.

      Suz

  21. Happy birthday, Suz. Hope you had a wonderful day.

    I buy badges before they expire. I wait for sales when I can. Same with PBAs.

    Sylvia

  22. Blessings on the Day of your Birth Suz
    Hope you had a Fantastic Day

    as for Badges I only buy the ones I Like and in games I will Play

  23. Happy Birhtday Moms, and I wanted to thank you for answering my questions, or comments. You are the only one who does. I made a comment about worrying about pogo going away with loss of memberships, and what would happen to chat, since pogo chat is flash enabled, and no one responded. I don’t buy badges anymore since I am soo far behind with all the free ones. the only exception might be poppit bingo.

    • Thank You!!

      If I know the answer I try to respond. They must have figured out something with the chat b/c the new version of Scrabble coming out next month has chat, and it’s on the side.

      Suz

  24. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUZ!! I usually always bought the new badges right away and almost always kept up with them, till lately when we had all the marathons they gave us to do. I started having albums I couldn’t finish right away. Then the flower badges came out and I bought two of the bundles, then all of a sudden the other 3 bundles were gone! I learned a lesson cause I thought they’d be around forever.

  25. Happy Birthday Suz.🌸 Have a great birthday weekend.

    I will buy badges for my most favorite games when they are released but seldom buy the 25 or 30 gem ones. I will buy badges for some other games I like at a later time. Usually by the time there is a sale there is nothing I want because I’ve gotten what I wanted already.,

  26. Suz,

    Hoping you had a wonderful Birthday! So happy we met!

    Lura and All,

    It depends on my finances whether or not I purchase badges when they first come out. If it’s a game I love then yes definitely the first day. If I love the artwork on the badge I will definitely purchase quickly.

    PBA’s I almost always wait for a sale. I purchase most HOG games. Claire Hart and Undiscovered World and Clue I keep current. Others I wait for a sale. Just depends.

    Wishing everyone a great Holiday Weekend!

    Rhona

  27. Happy Birthday Suz. Thanks for all the tips you are giving us.

    I buy all the M&Ms and the albums the day they come out for all of my accounts. I do not buy HOG episodes. I used to buy about 100+ Clue episodes for every account but then it got too much. I do not really like HOGs.

    Have a nice weekend everyone.

  28. At the risk of being accused as a naysayer for all these “freebies”, I have learned through the years only immature youth and old men think throwing more at something makes it better (like money or badges). That goes for eliminating anything deemed worthless (tokens). So, either Pogo has become all old men or a new generation of youngsters. While I do appreciate the free badges AND it is my CHOICE to participate or not, the bombardment of marathons only serve to take fun out of playing. “Purpose or perception” is not a concept old men and youth understand. They believe throw out and start anew is the better way to go (like erasing history) without giving a rip about “if you know where we’ve been, you’ll know where we’re going…or not. But, I will say they were clever to move the “player/chat” box below the game so token count was no longer the 1st thing we learned about players in the room. But they will have to come up with a new slogan because “Welcome to Pogo games! The best place on the web to make friends and win prizes” is no longer valid. Why would you eliminate chat when the very essence of your premise was “make friends”? Why would you eliminate jackpot spinner when the very essence of your premise was “win prizes”? Maybe they eliminated the “Mini Mall” in order to reward us with those. The prizes these day are few and far between to non existent. The challenge counts are almost unbearable after awhile. The Easter Egg challenge was great in order to jump from game to game to break up the monotony of NOT having to play one game until you literally loathed the game before moving on. I am sure they DO play these games but they play at a more sophisticated and expert level than we do and that’s why they are so unrealistic. They aren’t worried about the masses not renewing because “there’s always a new generation coming” but they are failing to recognize it is the current customer base who keeps them afloat and what made Pogo great could keep it great. Tweeking is enhancements not start overs. I am finding the new attitudes of “either come along, or not. I don’t care. We have a better way” a bit much. So far, there doesn’t seem to be a better way just a lot of changes with no real direction. That new reward system keeps getting pushed back which says they didn’t have that one worked out either before changing/eliminating. Good management always has a replacement before elimination. Like jobs–never quit a job until you have another. I already pay to play and shouldn’t have to continually switch browsers to find one I can play in. Sometimes a black screen with music, sometimes play doesn’t count, sometimes “no or lost connection”, sometimes the game freezes, sometimes no rooms available. sometimes sometimes sometimes. I even purchased a Nighthawk on sound advice, but that doesn’t help. Reading other comments, I am not the only one experiencing these problems. Old Pogo worked the bugs out before launch. So can someone PLEASE give me a valid reason to renew? I do have two accounts that experience all these problem so this is not a rarity only happening to one. Playing use to be about skill now it’s just to get the game over and win the marathon. Youth and old men–about winning, not skill. whew! sorry so long winded.

    • It doesn’t sound to me like you should renew at all. It’s clear you’re not enjoying what Pogo has to offer and a break or full breakup might be good for you to gain some perspective. I wish you the best with whatever you decide!

    • i agree with several of the comments here. The changes that Pogo has been making are not good. I have been a pogo member for many years, played three or four years before joining, but if anybody that plays has noticed the number of individuals playing has dropped drastically. When I first started there were well over 100,000 each night and only Pogo knows how many during the day. I am still playing and trying to keep up with the dailies and weeklies, but some of the games have gotten so hard to play and I don’t enjoy having to work at winning. That is not saying I don’t enjoy a good challenge, but when it’s no longer fun it will be bye bye Pogo. Also taking away token games suck. They don’t cost Pogo anything, so why eliminate them.

    • Well said, Pan!!! Couldn’t have explained it better myself. Unfortunately, the powers that at pogo, will never understand the discomfort many of us feel with their “improvements”. I, too, get frustrated when games that always played on Chrome, now only play on EI, Firefox, and we never know which browser to use until we try to play and the game won’t load. I am also really upset that they are removing so many games in one fell swoop, instead of replacing them gradually as “new” games are brought on board. But, then, I think that maybe it has something to do with the programming/designing —– that conflicts occur with the design of the new conversions that conflict with the games being replaced.

      I’m also thinking that their purpose in having us buy more and more Episodes (in HOG games, ex.) and power ups, is their attempt not increasing the membership fee. But it sure would be nice to be able to earn power ups while playing the games, and not having to purchase all of them, because in the long run, it making playing the games much more expensive, than if they raised the membership fee. Weighing one method against the other is always on my mind when it comes time to renew.

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  30. Over the years I had bought so many badges, bundles and albums upon their release date without paying attention to badge requirements or the game and enjoyed working on most of them. After so many life changing events in the last seven years, I realized I had actually created a job – almost a 24/7 one!

    After having to reactivate a badge 3 times, because it took me weeks to finish, in a game I really enjoyed playing, I had to stop and think about it. Now I only purchase those that give me pleasure to do. I had become a Pogo Club member for entertainment and to keep my mind alert. I am a boomer, who doesn’t want to stress out over my entertainment! Nowadays I am a happy camper on Pogo.

    Wishing Moms a very Happy late Birthday. Thank you so mush for all the seeds you have planted and nurtured in this garden of flowers (BH). Countless times your will and determination to keep us going has encouraged me through all the changes with Pogo, not to give up.

    I will forever be grateful for BH and its many members. Thanks to all of you.

  31. Happy Birthday, Suz. You are one of Pogo’s unsung heroes.

    Buy some (The flowers come to mind) right away; buy M&Ms mostly when they go on sale. Have plenty to do 🙂 The new HOG’s aren’t interesting enough to purchase…

    coco

  32. My last nuzzle with Chuzzle . On Monday , I spent some time savoring Chuzzle and our last moments together. Of course, I will miss your upbeat disco music during free spin time and picking the shaking bonus multiplier. Some think Chuzzle had too much ego as it would show multiple pick me bottles , but Chuzzle always paid a reward in coin. Chuzzle had eyes that would follow you and you could make the eyes rotate. O dear Chuzzle you leave us too early and it should have been your brother Zuma.

    • I agree, I’m only Rank 10 in Zuma, I never play that game any more because of the awful payout of the game. Chuzzle was the one that got me up, up and away with coins in the beginning, I ranked out in Chuzzle, Bejeweled 2 and Peggle Slots, they paid way better than Zuma. I miss Chuzzle, too!!

  33. With all the free ones, I rarely buy badges, but if I really like a game I will buy a badge to play. I only buy a badge I am going to play now, not in the future. I have a lot of badges sitting in my albums unplayed that I don’t like.
    I am proud of myself for finishing the spring quest challange since I did not complete the winter one.
    Happy birthday Moms, and thanks for all your help on here.

  34. Happy Birthday Moms also known as Suz. I hope you had a wonderful day. You certainly deserve a happy wonderful day and year!
    Thank you for the gift of your experience during the last years.
    Lizz

  35. Adding to my prior comments….I buy the badges the first day they are offered or when I first become aware they are available just like the mini mall items. I loved seeing what is made new and exciting in the mini mall to add to my account. I love this feature and it is one of the many reasons I joined for, I daily changed my image to highlight a special day/event/holiday. Please Pogo don’t eliminate this and continue to add to the mall….keep this fun part of Pogo coming!!!

    Again Happy Birthday Suz….there is never enough good wishes on your special day!!!

  36. Happy Belated Birthday, Moms, and many thanks for giving us great tips on Badge Hungry, and also on the Pogo Forums! Hope your year ahead is a very happy one and a healthy one!

    On badges — I rarely buy any unless they’re on sale, and since I can’t get free gems anymore by doing surveys, I rarely get any at all, unless they are free!

    Have a wonderful Memorial Day everyone, and remember our fallen heroes. Home of the Free, because of the Brave!

  38. please tell me how to enlarge screen on quinns aquarium. I used the enlarge button and I tried to enlarge with puter button but neither works Thanks

  39. I buy badges I like when they go on sale. Happy Birthday Suz. Hope you had a great day. Thanks for the help when needed.Thank you Lura for all you do. heycrmb-

  40. Sorry to say, I don’t buy them anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I love pogo, met my husband in Ali Baba slots 15 years ago. But ! ever since they have gone HD, and taken away the fun of getting tokens, and trying to see how many we can get, I have stopped purchasing anything. I am so disappointed to see that all the games I ranked out on are gone, all that hard work for nothing. I am handicapped and this was my joy of ranking out, and getting tokens. Now its all gone. I remain a pogo player, but will not be renewing my subscription. Have a great Memorial weekend to all BH members. God Bless.

  41. Hi everyone, me and my wife hit 7000 badges the other day.
    I donot buy m-n-m badges that often.
    When I do, I don’t wait for a sale.

    Listy

  42. heycrmb-
    I buy the badges that I like when they go on sale.
    Happy Birthday wishes. Hope you had a great day.
    Thanks for the help when needed.
    Thank you Lura for all you do

  43. Happy Belated Birthday Suz! I hope you enjoyed your special day!
    I used to buy badges immediately for my favorite games. All other badges and albums I waited for sales. I have never bought a badge for the artwork, I barely look at them. I haven’t bought a badge or gems in months. After Pogo failed to award me Jet Landing, I am done with buying anything from a company that doesn’t live up to it’s terms. That is now 2 badges they owe me. But on the bright side, I am saving a ton of money. I am just deciding where I want to take a nice, long vacation. 🙂

  44. Happy Birthday (belated) Suz! Hope you had a wonderful day. Thank you for all your help here on BH! You’re the best!

    On topic, I only buy a badge right of way if it is for a limited time or one I really want. Otherwise, I wait for a sale. I agree with the previous comments about so many freebies, makes me not want to purchase so many.

    jw

  46. Happy Birthday Moms hope it was a fun one.

    I don’t play and buy like I use to no new mini mall, no chat on side of new games. tokes going away, losing my ranked out just not the same.

  47. Happy belated birthday Suz. Hope your day was wonderful. Thanks for all of the tips you have given us.
    I usually wait for sales before I buy anything.

  48. Happy Belated Birthday Suz! I definitely buy the badges when they come out for the games I really like but there are so many I don’t even bother with. I thought originally that I could just power through the games I really liked then start buying the others but it doesn’t seem like we ever get a break now to go back and do things. I’ve been trying to rank up in several of the games that are retiring and did buy a bunch of those badges when they went on sale though! 🙂 Have a great weekend everyone!

  49. Hi Suz, wishing you a belated Happy Birthday!

    Badges? It depends if I like either the game or artwork, then I may buy it right away. I really liked the Flower Badges so I bought them as soon as they came out. Many variables…

  50. I usually buy them when they’re close to expiring, or when there’s a sale. I doubt I’ll ever buy a Quinn’s badge again. I can’t ever complete them anyway. All this time and I’m still in the tropical tank. Won’t win that Spring badge. 13/70 is all I have after 5 days of playing. 🙁

  52. Where do I get more episodes for the Royal Wedding ~ One Year Later, without having to spend more tokens on a different badge.
    I’ve run out of episodes, already and don’t know how to get more. TYVM!

    HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUZ! MANY HAPPY & HEALTHY RETURNS! <3

  53. Wrapping up. I’d like to wish Suz a final happy birthday! I’ll see you in the comments again soon. <3