Amazon Shopper Panel 4+

This is one of those apps that you get and want to keep because it does what it says and the rewards outweigh the effort. With that being said, it’s beginning to start making changes that are starting to go the opposite way. They are starting to make it harder for individuals to earn the rewards. You used to have to upload 10 receipts for the $10 reward and now you get a certain amount for different categories of receipts. For example (and this isn’t exactly accurate just an example) if you upload a receipt from Home Depot you get $0.75 towards the $20 reward and if you upload a receipt from a gas station you might get $0.15 towards the max $10 receipts reward. Instead of each valid receipt you upload being valued at $1 towards your max $10 reward. Which I think is an understandable change for them to make but I have to mention it as one of the changes they’ve made and that it makes a user have to upload a substantially higher amount of receipts. But I still love this app so far. They give you the rewards fast and reliably.

We give away so much information about ourselves for free so why not make a few bucks? The thieves at Google and Apple make astronomical sums of money from stealing our data. Smartphones are a necessity these days and despite paying $1000 or more for the device we think we own, the scum bags at Apple and Google steal every detail about us and sell it. Do you think Apple cares about your privacy? They allow you to block apps from tracking you under the guise of privacy, when all they are doing is keeping your information for themselves to sell it.

All the tech companies do. If you own a device that connects to the internet you are betting stripped of your privacy and sold off to the highest bidder. This is a way to get a couple of bucks for yourself.

I have been using this app for probably about two years. You used to be able to get $10 by submitting 10 receipts- $1 per receipt. After a recent update they’ve changed it to where you’re lucky to get 15¢ per receipt. That’s IF they even accept the receipt you submit. I’ve had way more denied receipts since the update than I ever got before. So not only do you now need an absolutely absurd amount of receipts to get anything substantial, you also have to deal with a higher percentage of them getting denied. I’ve been considering just uninstalling the app entirely because ever since the update the most rewards in a month I’ve gotten is $4. It just isn’t worth the frustration anymore. Last year I was able to save up enough money from this app to buy multiple Christmas presents for family with it. I currently have $4.35 in my account from this app and that’s after saving it up for literally 2-3 months. Feels like a scam now. I wish they’d change it back to the way it was but I know they never will.