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Greetings! I am finding my credits getting depleted rapidly. You (Ayush) said in prior response you removed me from shared group. I did not see any shared group membership from my account.
What is going on? Are these issues happening to others in this forum?
Any moderators can share some insights to the issue?
I am reaching out to skills support. It is not helping.
Thanks.
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Hey lyerrams,
Thanks for raising this — and sorry for the confusion.
Just to clarify things quickly:
1. I personally haven’t added you to any Credit Sharing Group.
The recent additions were done directly by the Google Developer Group / Google Skills team for the “Get Certified” event series. This is fully handled by Google, not by community members or moderators like me.
2. About the removal confusion
When I mentioned removing you earlier, it referred to our community-side shared setup, not the official backend credit-sharing group managed by Google/GDG.
3. Why your credits are depleting fast
If you’re added to a Credit Sharing Group, it means:
The group owner contributes the credits.
Everyone in the group uses the same shared pool.
Your personal credits are not being shared or deducted.
The rapid credit drop is because all members collectively use the shared pool, not because your individual credits are being consumed.
A few people have seen similar confusion, but only the Google Skills team can see group details or fix issues.
What you should do:
Email the official team at 
gdg-support@google.com
Include:
Your Google Skills account email
That you were auto-added to a Credit Sharing Group for the Get Certified series
That shared credits are depleting rapidly and you need clarity on usage & group concern.
They’ll be able to check your group configuration and credit flow.
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@ayush007
you are 100% correct. I have tested this my self by creating group and shared few credits for testing purpose.
Ex: I have shared 100 credits to group (user1,2,3 are part of group)
Let’s assume user1 has 50 personal credits.
Now user1 total credits are shown as 150 credits.
Now user 2 starts lab with 5 credits and user3 with 10 credits,
Now user1 total credits will show 135 credits. Now user1 thinks I have not used any credits and 15 credits vanished. but it is deducted from 100 shared credits.
Personal credits are not deducted. In fact user1 can also benefit from shared 100 credits when he completes labs till 100 shared are over.
Once shared in group, any one part of group will utilize them when they start lab.
Solution: Its better to show Group(preferably group wise ) and personal credits separately in Total credits.
@Iyerrams Do not worry, credits allocated to your mail id can be utilized by you only. In fact you are at advantage when you are part of any Group as you can also utilize them
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Hello, why cant i make new posts? i dont see any button
Thanks for your response. I understand. I did not see shared group assigment from my account page. The list is empty. I acquired credits within 30 days by attending cloud air sessions. I saw a drop by 350+ credits. I did use only 10 credits for labs.
Are you saying the credits acquired via cloud air can be consumed only by me?
What is the team email you shared go to ?
Thanks for your guidance.
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How do I open a new subject thread here? It is hard to maintain/seprate our postings.
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The above notebook shows:
I am having a FREE tier account. How do I make sure, whether I can use this note book without incurring additional billing?
I am not able to reach billing support or make a ticket. Skill support do not have a guidance on this subject .
They suggested to reach Google Cloud Support Hub: https://cloud.google.com/support-hub
I used contact form to reach them, but no responses.
Any thoughts ?
Thanks for guidance.
@Iyerrams
Any billing components , google support only can answer your queries.
Thanks. I have only skills support email. How do I reach Google Support for billing components?
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