November 2018
I was playing this morning and I was with about 70 donuts. I upgraded one of the mansions and suddenly my donut counter dropped to 10. I did not use donuts to upgrade since I had the required amount of the other items to do this.
November 2018
Turn on Confirm Donut Spend to minimise accidents like these.
A popup message will appear everytime you're about to spend donuts.
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Simpsons-Tapped-Out/Info-Confirm-Donut-Spend/m-p/3932713#U3932713
You're welcome to try to get a refund by contacting support but know that they very, very, VERY seldom grant refunds
This Forum is provided by EA but is designed as Player helping/advising other Players.
Contact EA support http://help.ea.com/en/contact-us/new/ and ask for a gameadvisor. Same login as the game.
November 2019
Not helpful at all. Herrcesare just said he did not spend donuts. I get the same problem also. When i come back to my springfield after visiting friends, donuts that i have just earned disappeared. And no, i did not spend any donuts.
November 2019 - last edited November 2019
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