Shopping cart notification blocking UI

Ever since latest update I keep getting pack ads in the upper right UI. constantly. Mine keeps saying an ad about fixing appliances. I believe it's an ad for the Restoration workshop kit which I already own.

hi GreenOak1357​ 

Could you please provide the following information

• Are you using mods/cc in your game ? Please remove them and test without them if you do.
• What platform are you playing on (PC, Mac, Playstation, XBox)
• Please post a screenshot of what you are seeing.

No mods. Pc. Will have to get screenshot later.

Also no cc

The shopping cart is definitely more aggressive since the latest patch. It will disappear after a time but it just comes back and covers notifications and will continue to do so until you click on the cart and open the store button. It's very intrusive. It also makes me LESS inclined to buy DLC I don't own.  I already know which packs I own and which ones I don't, so if I want to buy I pack I already know where to look. I don't need to be bombarded with ads. Popups when I launch/before getting to the main menu, ads along the side of the main menu, now I'm forced to click on the shopping cart if I want to read notifications. It's unacceptable.

I agree the shopping cart is much more aggressive since the latest patch. Before patch I just ignored it being there (it thankfully didn't blink at me) and played my game. Now, well now the cart is constantly trying to get me to buy something, that I already own.  Unless of course I open the store of DLC, that I already own and close it, once it actually loads.    

Before the patch on 8/19, do you know what happened when I clicked on the cart by accident?  It simply gave me a quick message that I already owned everything and that was it. I then went on with what I was actually doing with my sims.  Now, well I hope I don't accidentally click on that stupid cart again because it takes forever to load the store window. 

The full screen ads when we load the game are bad enough, but this shopping cart change is interrupting my playing.  I don't like that at all.  It makes me not want to play and not playing means I will just walk away from this game.  With all the hours I have spent playing, I've gotten my moneys worth out of it, so yes if/when I feel like EAxis has crossed the line, I will walk away.  I'm not saying that as a threat, just a fact.

I shouldn't have to get a mod (that I don't want) to get rid of the shopping cart (that I also never wanted).   

Hi GreenOak1357​ 

another report got made so I merged your thread as this one has more upvotes now. Make sure to also vote.

I’m on XBox and have the exact same issue. I already own the pack they’re advertising. The ads pop up constantly whether or not I have clicked the cart (and I shouldn’t have to click the cart to stop it). The ads cover notifications. 

I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t feel like I enjoy the game, and I’ve been a big defender of it. I hate that the ads and the events are taking over the game even when I complete them in terms of the events. I have very little free time to play. I want to enjoy that time. I haven’t bought any large packs because of this. I don’t have time to explore new features and constantly having to click ads to get them to go away ruins this experience. 

I have the same issue. I play on the PS5. It keeps showing the Essential Glam Creator Kit, even though I bought it!
When saving the Game, in build mode, and even in the CAS. This is very annoying.
Please fix this immediately!