Amazon axing popular freebie that helped customers ‘earn £100s' in just days and shoppers are furious
ALL CHANGE Amazon axing popular freebie that helped customers 'earn £100s' in just days and shoppers are furious
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AMAZON is axing a popular freebie in days, and shoppers are furious.
The major online retailer said its Receipts Program will end in the UK on August 1.
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Amazon receipts program is changing for customers
Currently, customers can upload receipts for products they bought from rival shops via the Amazon shopping panel, and earn money back.
Shoppers earn 10p for each receipt they upload.
Alternatively, they can upload 50 receipt pictures to get the maximum reward of £5.
Panellists were alerted to the change via a notification in the app.
The move has sparked fury among customers, with many taking to social media to complain.
Writing in the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group, one shopper said: "I'm gutted I get £7-8 a month from it and it all adds up.
While another added: "Oh no! I've got £141 since I've been doing it. Don't get many surveys, some months I don't get any, so not worth keeping."
And a third moaned: "Gutted, over £200 since I started doing it."
It is not the first time the retail giant has made changes to this feature.
Back in October, shoppers were left heartbroken after Amazon said shoppers would need to upload 50 receipts instead of 10 to get the £5 reward.
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Panellists can still earn rewards through completing surveys for Amazon.
The amount customers earn varies per survey and you can see the amount before choosing to complete the survey.
The Sun has approached Amazon for comment.
How does the Amazon shopper panel work?
The shopper Panel is an opt-in, invitation-only program where participants can earn monthly rewards by sharing receipts from purchases made outside of Amazon.
Once you receive a notification, customers can download the app from the app store or the Google Play store.
Before you join, you may be put on a waiting list and you will be sent an email when you can join.
As well as uploading receipts to earn cash, users can also take part in surveys and enable ad verification for extra rewards.
The amount you can earn per survey varies, but you will be able to see how much you can earn before you take part.
Enrolling in ad verification - allowing Amazon to see the ads that appear on your phone - can earn you £2 per month.
If you decide the app isn't for you, you can stop using it anytime.
More ways to make money online
There are plenty of other websites that pay you for completing surveys or other tasks.
For example, Swagbucks has paid out millions globally and reward users for surveys, watching clips and browsing the web.
Regular users report earning upwards of £300 a year for just 15 minutes of their time.
Expect to earn around 50p a survey which will typically take up to 20 minutes.
You can get your payouts either as PayPal cash or shopping vouchers.
Elsewhere, Opinium is used by top firms for research.
Surveys pay 50p on average and take around five minutes, you'll have to work up to £25 before you can get a payout.
Get your money through cash with a bank transfer or gift vouchers.
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