I am being told that my permissions are set to 755 and I keep getting errors. Cannot even update the version of abantecarte as I get these errors:
755 means write for file/directory owner and listing(reading) for group and other users.
Your web-server works under some user. Usually it's a username that your account registered. In your case it's a "heartpetsupply".
Looks like somebody uploaded your files with wrong permissions or did it by security reason.
So, you should to set 755 permissions for all directories and files in the list.
You can do this via cPanel FileManager. Just select directory, for example default_usps. Change permissions and files inside.
If you do not plan to use extensions default_usps and default_spanish(language pack), you can just delete them.