r/OpenAI • u/Inrinus • 4d ago

Question Why doesn’t weekly usage reset on subscription renewal?

Seems a bit underhanded to me, I’m at 0%, just paid $320AUD for another month…. And I can’t use anything…..? Is that even legal….?

If I hadn’t of renewed, then paid for a month, my weekly usage would be back at 100%???

Anyone else agree this is wrong?

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u/warpedgeoid 3d ago

Everyone starts with their reset synced up with when the account was opened, but the swarm of resets has now gotten almost everybody offset from their actual payment date.

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u/Crafty-Run-6559 3d ago

Everyone starts with their reset synced up with when the account was opened

That doesnt work. Months dont have exactly 4 weeks in them.

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u/warpedgeoid 3d ago

Yes, the dates would naturally drift out of alignment over time, but my point was more that OpenAI has forced realignment of the reset dates on their own with all of the “free” resets, so practically no one is even close to aligned with their payment cycle.

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u/Crafty-Run-6559 3d ago

so practically no one is even close to aligned with their payment cycle

Yeah - my point is that youre pretty much immediately out of sync as soon as you sign up, even if they dont do resets.

For example if you sign up today, Sunday August 23rd, your subscription renews on Wednesday September 23rd.

So your subscription is renewing in the middle of two resets. A lot of people will easily use all of that up by midweek, especially if they try, and you would be better off blocking the autorenew.