This is an important update for Grandfathered Creators.
In the announcement below we stated that starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators, including Grandfathered Creators, will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to be in the Earn Money Program and receive cash payouts.
(This requirement does not affect Grandfathered Creators who are subscribed to legacy VIP (from before Tiered VIP launched).
We realize this is a huge change for many Grandfathered Creators and have been closely following feedback regarding this new policy.
Based on your valuable input, we have come up with a solution that should make it easier for affected Creators to transition.
Details are as follows:
LINKED ACCOUNTS FOR GRANDFATHERED CREATORS
Starting July 1, 2023, Creators will be able to link three Grandfathered Creator accounts together, with only one VIP subscription.
Creators will choose one Grandfathered account for their VIP subscription, and two additional Grandfathered accounts that will not need VIP.
If a Creator already pays for Platinum or Diamond VIP on a non-Grandfathered account, they can apply it to two of their Grandfathered accounts.
All three linked accounts will be eligible for the Earn Money Program and payouts.
Once the accounts are linked, new earnings from these accounts will be combined into one MASA balance. Earnings from before the accounts are linked will not be combined.
Grandfathered accounts that are grouped with a VIP account will not need to apply for the Earn Money Program as long as they have already been approved to participate in the Earn Money Program prior.
Starting August 2023, earnings from the linked accounts can be set up to funnel into the VIP account.
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LINK GRANDFATHERED ACCOUNTS
Here’s how to link a Platinum or Diamond VIP Grandfathered account with two additional accounts.
Make sure one of your Creator accounts has Platinum or Diamond VIP
Submit a help ticket to the Earn Money Program, requesting linked accounts. List an account that has VIP, and two Grandfathered accounts that do not have VIP.
If any of the linked accounts is not in the Earn Money Program, those account(s) will need to join to earn money and request a payout. All accounts will be able to apply to the Earn Money Program without a VIP subscription. However, you will not be able to earn money or request a payout until the account has a qualified VIP subscription or is linked to a Grandfathered account with a qualified VIP subscription.
Once the team receives your ticket (and your Earn Money application(s) if applicable), they will:
Check to make sure the accounts are owned by you
Confirm your Earn Money Program application has been accepted.
As soon as your accounts are approved, the team will link them together, so all three can be in the Earn Money Program with only one VIP subscription
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT - JULY ONLY
Between July 1 and July 30, Earn Money accounts with less than $50 can convert their balances into Credits. To receive Credits, send a help ticket to the Earn Money team.
Attention Creators - Starting July 1 Earn Money Payouts will require VIP
This is an important notice for Creators who are not signed up for VIP but still receive cash payouts in the Earn Money Program.
Starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to receive cash payouts.
This does not include legacy Creators who signed up for VIP before the Tiered VIP system launched. They already have the equivalent of Platinum VIP and do not need to take any action.
CLARIFICATION:
Added 5/18/23: By "legacy Creators" we mean Grandfathered Creators. Grandfathered Creators without VIP will still be able to create, submit to their shop and earn Credits.
When this new requirement is introduced, Grandfathered Creators without VIP will still be able to create, submit to their shop and earn Credits.
Added 5/23/23 - You will not be able to earn cash or receive payouts unless you purchase Platinum or Diamond VIP. Once you join VIP you can earn cash and receive payouts. You will not lose existing cash balances. They will simply not be available without VIP.
The Platinum and Diamond VIP memberships offer exclusive benefits that will help Creators make the most of their IMVU experience, including free live chat rooms, live voice broadcasting, and catalog discounts. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
We realize VIP is new to many of you, and to that end, we have provided several weeks of notice so that you can review the Platinum and Diamond VIP offerings and decide which is right for you. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
Thank you!
The IMVU Creator Team
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Posted by “DiamondBones” on July 03, 2024.
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I like it. I find this very fair and it's going to encourage me to open another account to have a better organized shop.
Personally, I'm not very happy that I need to open multiple accounts at all just because a well organized shop with everything the same theme sells better. Seems like it's a presentation/filter issue. But I did hear from successful business owners (online and irl) say many times that putting all our eggs in one basket is very risky, so it's best to have multiple sources of income (multiple businesses). So I guess this flaw works our perfectly since it guides us towards running a better business.
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Posted by “Sylaraia” on May 21, 2024.
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I understand fully what you're saying and agree - but only with the creation aspect. Assuming that what you have built up is enough to cover one month's worth of VIP and still have a respectable amount left over, that's a win for IMVU. They get to keep your money, which could be invested for you and earning you money (or used for a vacation, whatever) and they get to use it for their purposes. They get to collect the interest for investing; they get to put use it to start up wonderful (sarcasm) projects like their NFT program, or maybe another cyber currency, or invest it in a successful company to compound their profit. It sucks to have to pay them for even a month of VIP to withdraw, but doing that once a year is more of a win for you than them.
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Posted by “Tasha” on May 21, 2024.
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Well I was considering returning to the platform and creating again….
but now I think I’ll pass.
I mean sure, I could pay the $10 and withdraw my 1yr+ worth of cash that I’ve left building…. But nah. Just the principle of it - I’ll be leaving it right where it is ✌️
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Posted by “DiamondBones” on February 01, 2024.
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Wait, "funneling accounts"... is this for all non-vip? or only Grandfathered non-vip accounts can be the only ones to get funneled into a VIP account for cash out? If so, I'm scared lol
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Posted by “manuela” on January 22, 2024.
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I made my account vip and asked to link a couple account that was in the earning Money program as granfathered but no vip.
As per this announcment, i asked with an help ticket to link them together to use One vip for my 3 account. The agent keep telling me Is not possibile. Could someone help me to escalate my ticket? Thanks
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Posted by “Vexxen” on November 07, 2023.
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Not only is it a huge change, but its highly unethical and speaks volumes on the level of desperation on your end.
Creating/ good devs are this platform's only saving grace and ya'll just completely blew it lmao.
Maybe once imvu is done screwing over its creators, they can put some focus back into creating a client / platform that is actually usable? and maybe have actual help desk/ support instead of people who are going to ignore tickets and copy and paste responses from a script. Just a thought lol
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Posted by “Vexxen” on November 07, 2023.
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lmao this seems unethical af.
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 16, 2023.
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@Polystyrene Was so kind as to previously post this...
Can anyone please post that phone number again sorry
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Posted by “Alyissapearl” on September 14, 2023.
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You can ask CS to cancel your VIP but they are not refunding you the money you spent on obtaining VIP
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Posted by “Vana” on September 14, 2023.
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Nevermind, I tried to delete this but, oh surprise, you cant delete your own post.
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Posted by “Vana” on September 14, 2023.
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I am sorry to report that I had a cash balance of @ 33.00 while earning credits. It sat there this whole time. Now I see that my cash has "disappeared" since I switched my earnings back to cash. No one is going to take my money. I tried to be reasonable....but now I have to act like a park ape and probably end up in jail. Its the principle of the matter.....
I think so because of their lax timing and inadequate professionalism toward their contractors we threw a little good money after bad, so we threw the money out because of their lack of proper professionalism and communication were highly upset about this fact and want the 20.00 back we wouldn't of otherwise spent, when every entity wants to ding a users bank acct all those fee's and dollar scams add up to a bigger figure we never signed up to be on a database list where we wanted our bank account tapped and still 10 is too big a figure either way since they rotate spam within their staff bot accts you'd think that they could do same with these creator announcements.
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
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Perhaps @EMpulse will PIN that post to the top or give it "Best Answer" since this information is more needed. ??? IDK
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
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Anyone who wants to find the post from @EMpulse Regarding it is about 20 days back from this post. Hard to find but, if you go up to the top post and see "See Previous Answers". Click it a bunch of times. It is there and here is a Screen Shot of EMpulse's Post.
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
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It is terrible that a Contract Laboror *must* join a club to get paid.
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
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Hey @KelDoll The best way is to hide each item one by one. This prevents any sales in any way, possible. The next best and easiest way is to Disable Your Account. The catalog items will no longer be searchable, but anyone with a link to your products can still find them and purchase them.
I hope this helps :/
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 11, 2023.
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We now know they CHANGED the policy and we now know that thanks to Polystyrene now we will save all our earnings and only buy vip to cash it out, thanks for changing the policy IMVU to those naysayers It's good to see that they were proven wrong
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 11, 2023.
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We don't think sooo we been earning cash and were not properly notified I feel like they can give us a 20 gc for uber eats or smthg for this
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Posted by “Vana” on September 11, 2023.
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I mean the 50 dollar mark.
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Posted by “Vana” on September 11, 2023.
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Just as I thought. As long as you can buy VIP when you need it to cash out once in a while I have no issues with this. It is what a lot of us were asking for to begin with. I have set my earnings back to cash and will try to cash out when I get to to to 50 dollar mark. Thank you guys for the the update.
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Posted by “Erieann” on September 11, 2023.
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The announcement for the policy change was only made to those that earned cash. Creators that earned credits, like myself, learned from our friends that earn cash.
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Posted by “Erieann” on September 11, 2023.
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You still need the VIP to cash out.
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Posted by “RigsK” on May 15, 2023.
[Archived]This is an important update for Grandfathered Creators.
In the announcement below we stated that starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators, including Grandfathered Creators, will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to be in the Earn Money Program and receive cash payouts.
(This requirement does not affect Grandfathered Creators who are subscribed to legacy VIP (from before Tiered VIP launched).
We realize this is a huge change for many Grandfathered Creators and have been closely following feedback regarding this new policy.
Based on your valuable input, we have come up with a solution that should make it easier for affected Creators to transition.
Details are as follows:
LINKED ACCOUNTS FOR GRANDFATHERED CREATORS
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LINK GRANDFATHERED ACCOUNTS
Here’s how to link a Platinum or Diamond VIP Grandfathered account with two additional accounts.
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT - JULY ONLY
Between July 1 and July 30, Earn Money accounts with less than $50 can convert their balances into Credits. To receive Credits, send a help ticket to the Earn Money team.
FAQ http://im.vu/help1072
_____________________________________________
Original Message 5/18/23
Attention Creators - Starting July 1 Earn Money Payouts will require VIP
This is an important notice for Creators who are not signed up for VIP but still receive cash payouts in the Earn Money Program.
Starting July 1, 2023, all Earn Money Creators will be required to have either Platinum or Diamond VIP in order to receive cash payouts.
This does not include legacy Creators who signed up for VIP before the Tiered VIP system launched. They already have the equivalent of Platinum VIP and do not need to take any action.
CLARIFICATION:
The Platinum and Diamond VIP memberships offer exclusive benefits that will help Creators make the most of their IMVU experience, including free live chat rooms, live voice broadcasting, and catalog discounts. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
We realize VIP is new to many of you, and to that end, we have provided several weeks of notice so that you can review the Platinum and Diamond VIP offerings and decide which is right for you. See our store https://www.imvu.com/next/store/ for more details.
Thank you!
The IMVU Creator Team
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Posted by “DiamondBones” on July 03, 2024.
[Archived]I like it. I find this very fair and it's going to encourage me to open another account to have a better organized shop.
Personally, I'm not very happy that I need to open multiple accounts at all just because a well organized shop with everything the same theme sells better. Seems like it's a presentation/filter issue. But I did hear from successful business owners (online and irl) say many times that putting all our eggs in one basket is very risky, so it's best to have multiple sources of income (multiple businesses). So I guess this flaw works our perfectly since it guides us towards running a better business.
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Posted by “Sylaraia” on May 21, 2024.
[Archived]I understand fully what you're saying and agree - but only with the creation aspect. Assuming that what you have built up is enough to cover one month's worth of VIP and still have a respectable amount left over, that's a win for IMVU. They get to keep your money, which could be invested for you and earning you money (or used for a vacation, whatever) and they get to use it for their purposes. They get to collect the interest for investing; they get to put use it to start up wonderful (sarcasm) projects like their NFT program, or maybe another cyber currency, or invest it in a successful company to compound their profit. It sucks to have to pay them for even a month of VIP to withdraw, but doing that once a year is more of a win for you than them.
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Posted by “Tasha” on May 21, 2024.
[Archived]Well I was considering returning to the platform and creating again….
but now I think I’ll pass.
I mean sure, I could pay the $10 and withdraw my 1yr+ worth of cash that I’ve left building…. But nah. Just the principle of it - I’ll be leaving it right where it is ✌️
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Posted by “DiamondBones” on February 01, 2024.
[Archived]Wait, "funneling accounts"... is this for all non-vip? or only Grandfathered non-vip accounts can be the only ones to get funneled into a VIP account for cash out? If so, I'm scared lol
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Posted by “manuela” on January 22, 2024.
[Archived]I made my account vip and asked to link a couple account that was in the earning Money program as granfathered but no vip.
As per this announcment, i asked with an help ticket to link them together to use One vip for my 3 account. The agent keep telling me Is not possibile. Could someone help me to escalate my ticket? Thanks
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Posted by “Vexxen” on November 07, 2023.
[Archived]Not only is it a huge change, but its highly unethical and speaks volumes on the level of desperation on your end.
Creating/ good devs are this platform's only saving grace and ya'll just completely blew it lmao.
Maybe once imvu is done screwing over its creators, they can put some focus back into creating a client / platform that is actually usable? and maybe have actual help desk/ support instead of people who are going to ignore tickets and copy and paste responses from a script. Just a thought lol
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Posted by “Vexxen” on November 07, 2023.
[Archived]lmao this seems unethical af.
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 16, 2023.
[Archived]@Polystyrene Was so kind as to previously post this...
Polystyrene (Customer)
25 days ago
"You have to purchase it over the phone, there is info here: https://help.imvu.com/s/question/0D54p00002UtDqTCAV/announcing-vip-discount-for-quarterly-and-annual-subscribers?language=en_US"
Thank you Poly for digging this out for us :)
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 16, 2023.
[Archived]Can anyone please post that phone number again sorry
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Posted by “Alyissapearl” on September 14, 2023.
[Archived]You can ask CS to cancel your VIP but they are not refunding you the money you spent on obtaining VIP
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Posted by “Vana” on September 14, 2023.
[Archived]Nevermind, I tried to delete this but, oh surprise, you cant delete your own post.
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Posted by “Vana” on September 14, 2023.
[Archived]I am sorry to report that I had a cash balance of @ 33.00 while earning credits. It sat there this whole time. Now I see that my cash has "disappeared" since I switched my earnings back to cash. No one is going to take my money. I tried to be reasonable....but now I have to act like a park ape and probably end up in jail. Its the principle of the matter.....
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Posted by “Erieann” on September 14, 2023.
[Archived]https://help.imvu.com/s/article/How-to-Cancel-Your-VIP-Subscription?language=en_US
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 14, 2023.
[Archived]Can anyone pls tell me how we cancel this VIP?![TedProgramVicki]()
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Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 12, 2023.
[Archived]I think so because of their lax timing and inadequate professionalism toward their contractors we threw a little good money after bad, so we threw the money out because of their lack of proper professionalism and communication were highly upset about this fact and want the 20.00 back we wouldn't of otherwise spent, when every entity wants to ding a users bank acct all those fee's and dollar scams add up to a bigger figure we never signed up to be on a database list where we wanted our bank account tapped and still 10 is too big a figure either way since they rotate spam within their staff bot accts you'd think that they could do same with these creator announcements.![Maria_Spiropulu-Traversable-Wormhole-Quantu.max-1400x800]()
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]Perhaps @EMpulse will PIN that post to the top or give it "Best Answer" since this information is more needed. ??? IDK
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]Anyone who wants to find the post from @EMpulse Regarding it is about 20 days back from this post. Hard to find but, if you go up to the top post and see "See Previous Answers". Click it a bunch of times. It is there and here is a Screen Shot of EMpulse's Post.![Screenshot 2023-09-11 064233 - EMpulse Earn Cash without VIP]()
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]It is terrible that a Contract Laboror *must* join a club to get paid.
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Posted by “LestatDeLioncourt” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]Hey @KelDoll The best way is to hide each item one by one. This prevents any sales in any way, possible. The next best and easiest way is to Disable Your Account. The catalog items will no longer be searchable, but anyone with a link to your products can still find them and purchase them.
I hope this helps :/
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Community posted 3 months ago Admin
Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]We now know they CHANGED the policy and we now know that thanks to Polystyrene now we will save all our earnings and only buy vip to cash it out, thanks for changing the policy IMVU to those naysayers It's good to see that they were proven wrong
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Community posted 3 months ago Admin
Posted by “DOLLB4BY” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]We don't think sooo we been earning cash and were not properly notified I feel like they can give us a 20 gc for uber eats or smthg for this
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Posted by “Vana” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]I mean the 50 dollar mark.
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Posted by “Vana” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]Just as I thought. As long as you can buy VIP when you need it to cash out once in a while I have no issues with this. It is what a lot of us were asking for to begin with. I have set my earnings back to cash and will try to cash out when I get to to to 50 dollar mark. Thank you guys for the the update.
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Posted by “Erieann” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]The announcement for the policy change was only made to those that earned cash. Creators that earned credits, like myself, learned from our friends that earn cash.
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Posted by “Erieann” on September 11, 2023.
[Archived]You still need the VIP to cash out.
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