Hello Cassieann. I'm sorry you're having trouble with your flea market and random game events. Were you having this issue before the 1.4.0 update and hoped that the update would correct it?

Is it possible that somehow the time settings were temporarily adjusted on your tablet? We have never seen the problem you described, except when the game's internal timers are disrupted by changes in the device's system clock. I'm going to point you to a thread where an iOS player was having a similar issue and what LadyCFII advised. Please click/tap here.

As you've discovered, once you've downloaded VF2, an internet connection is not necessary to play.