I have also encountered this bug with my new Temporal Recruit; I ended up claiming it many times thinking it was lag-related before realizing it didn’t show up in the item-received text above the chat box, and had been applying directly to the character.
Well for those Mac users looking to figure out some sort of emulation, it sucks that we miss out on the current store deals and content. I was hoping to take advantage of the 20% off services deal before all this nonsense happened, and by the time I sort out some way to emulate (assuming I do), it will almost certainly be…