Gift cards sell out too fast 🔥#58

I have attempted to buy several gift cards exactly on the minute they are released. I have timed each attempt and the cards are always sold out in under a second. This means that the majority of members are giving their data to you for absolutely nothing in return. There has to be a point when we ask you, what do we get out of this? Where is our end of the bargain?

To add to Jack’s post - clearly there are some clever people scripting this to add and checkout in under a second. Please add a CAPCHA to the checkout to stop this.

James is spot on. I was hesitant to say there might be some kind of bot or script involved, but it sounds very likely. An extra layer of security is desperately needed.

Actually its quite an easy thing to automate as well which is why you desparately need the CAPCHA.

I agree please add this. It’s basically impossible to get the gift cards. The whole point is earning from our data, so why is there only a limited number of people who can earn?

I have come on here for exactly the same reason! Getting hold of gift cards is impossible they need a better system ! Im surprised more people havent complained. I hardly use the browser anymore when it became apparent that you dont get rewarded its just unredeemable points you ‘earn’!

@Will is there any update on this thread? I’ve amassed 700+ points while having previously managed to redeem. Furthermore, I’m pretty sure since Gener8 has launched that gift cards have actually gotten smaller in value, not larger. £5 cards are now at £3 and we’re still limited to 1 a week.

The very first gift card I tried for I got. Since then nothing and I’ve tried a lot. All a bit crap. At least Google don’t claim to ‘reward’ me for my data.

“We pay you for your data” …. Is it too good to be true? With Gener8 this certainly appears to be!! I have a very healthy balance of points because it is IMPOSSIBLE to redeem them for anything worthwhile. The gift cards are like gold dust. I’ve won the lottery more times than successfully claiming a gift card. All the other rewards are pay for a discount of an item I never even wanted and I still have to spend my own money too! It’s absolutely pointless. Great dragons den pitch but you’ve sold a scam. At least with Google you just know they sell your data and don’t promise you any rewards for it that you can’t access anyway!!

3800 points. Not sure what I am getting from it now. Ten failures in a row on gift cards. System seems to be setup to favour those with fast reactions ie the young.

I came on to check I wasnt the only one, I sat and watched the timer count down & clicked straight away to buy to be told they were all gone? I thought this was genuine but now think im gifting my data to Gener8 and getting nothing in return? Has any one had any reply yet?

The reply Margaret has been: to devalue points, to provide higher value cards for many more points than it would at 1p to 1 point and also: to tell us eventually this will change, but for now to eat it

Naturally, I’ve uninstalled Gener8 and am in the process of using up my remaining points on Uber gift cards.

Their response has also been to transfer any questions around it into this thread so less people will see that they value our data by giving us points but don’t value us by giving us an opportunity to redeem them.

I’ve been using Microsoft Edge instead as you can at least redeem those points!

When it came to buying time, I wasn’t even able to view the gift card I was hoping to get! Amazon had completely disappeared from the list… I looked on 15mins prior and it was gone 💁🏼‍♀️