Garrett Smith

CGI and VFX Hobbyist by night.

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

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#Blender3d

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@Google Still waiting on resolution for charging me $3000 despite a billing calculation error on your end. Currently my account sits overdrafted, 3-5 days to resolve this doesn't help me pay my rent, bills , food ,gas ,etc. Any restitution for the inconvenience?

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Hoping this post will spread awareness to others, you can do everything right but still have Google charge you for credits that they mistakenly billed. I am expecting a refund but will wait to see what further resolution they have to offer due to the massive inconvenience.

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@elonmusk i wonder if any of the other 15,999 users have been as frustrated as I was today.

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Continued "From April 7 to April 14, 2026, a technical issue in our billing system resulted in an incorrect calculation of charges related to the Google search grounding tool.

Our engineering teams corrected the underlying issue and fully deployed the fix on April 14, 2026,

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@elonmusk I want to believe Grok > Gemini. Trying it out tonight, hoping your customer service is better than Goog......#Gemini vs #Grok

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Hoping this post will spread awareness to others, you can do everything right but still have Google charge you for credits that they mistakenly billed. I am expecting a refund but will wait to see what further resolution they have to offer due to the massive inconvenience.

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@elonmusk Is Team Grok prone to making these same mistakes? 16,000 users and not a peep from Google.

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Billing Issue affecting 16,000+ Users
Google identified that they had a billing issue that occurred for 16,000 users. Guess who go to be a lucky one! I woke up to $3,000 in charges from google and scrambled to investigate if I had leaked an API key or if there was somehow

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Hoping this post will spread awareness to others, you can do everything right but still have Google charge you for credits that they mistakenly billed. I am expecting a refund but will wait to see what further resolution they have to offer due to the massive inconvenience.

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Continued "From April 7 to April 14, 2026, a technical issue in our billing system resulted in an incorrect calculation of charges related to the Google search grounding tool.

Our engineering teams corrected the underlying issue and fully deployed the fix on April 14, 2026,

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Continued...Turns out it was a billing error on their end, they acknowledged it , they know about this since at least the 9th (my first contact with support) and I have gone back and forth having several chats to try to resolve the issue and make sure my card was not charged. I

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Billing Issue affecting 16,000+ Users
Google identified that they had a billing issue that occurred for 16,000 users. Guess who go to be a lucky one! I woke up to $3,000 in charges from google and scrambled to investigate if I had leaked an API key or if there was somehow

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Come get your custom AI comics.

Heroify is an AI Comic Generator featuring a highly intuitive interface. 🔗 App: https://t.co/LJEkjsEgjg🔗 Full page example: https://t.co/7z1gsRQSyC🧵👇

#AI #SideHustle

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Video ad I made for a product I am making. https://t.co/3BIgck5AYL

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Been working on a few #vibecoding project lately to get my head around launching #microsaas

https://t.co/LJEkjsEgjg -AI Comics starring YOU
https://t.co/c4rkJEwyfi - AI powered Productivity and Project

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Check out my new Gemini Wrappper....I mean application. Vibes will only get me so far https://t.co/alGVUhQsHP
#requestingfeedback #failinpublic

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Looking for some feedback on the start of a project I am building out . AI comic book generator with character and story consistency and multi user collaboration
https://t.co/LJEkjsEO8O #requestforfeedback #ai

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@keyannpepper Adding that to my fixlist today, appreciate you're time and feedback!

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Here to start my public failure, on the road to success

https://t.co/kVS3d5q41w

Roast it , all of it

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

Some custom work in Houdini 20.5 learning pyro sims and custom advection by volume. #Houdini

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@MyaHertz Need a new chair? 😅

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

@huncho G

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

My blender short video hit 50k views today #blender #3Danimation

https://t.co/hw022nArPZ

[Garrett Smith @gsmithw91]

https://t.co/YfG6DZCETu

New 3d work in Houdini, learning to use KarmaXPU #Houdini #vfx #motiongraphics