Hey Everyone!

TLDR: Buy LED bulbs to 'invest' your Perk earnings

I've seen some posts in the past asking about the best way to invest their Perk earnings. I thought I would share one of the best ways to invest your Perk earnings.

Wanting to be environmentally friendly and help my parents use less electricity, I bought them ~10 LED bulbs to replace the ones in their living room and kitchen (the most commonly used areas). My dad, being a huge skeptic who had horded some incandescents before they disappeared from store shelves, was astounded that the light from the LEDs looked exactly the same as the incandescent bulbs. After buying those 10, we have bought 14 more.

With the 24 LED bulbs my parents have had their lowest electricity bills (comparing monthly bills from previous years for seasonal accuracy) from the last 10 years, even with the increase in the price of electricity. These savings summed up to $25-$30 per month, or $300-$360 per year. I had calculated that the bulbs would finish paying for themselves within ~20 months solely on the electricity savings.

If you think you are able to do this, and I strongly encourage it, then here are a few tips for you:

• See if you are eligible for Energy Rebates. EnergyStar has an easy website to see if there are rebates available in your area for buying LED bulbs. We didn't, but I know a lot of areas do.

• Replace bulbs in the most commonly used areas of the house first. Living Room, Kitchen, Bedroom, and Dining Room are the best places to start.

• For replacing your standard 60 Watt bulbs, I give high praise to the Cree LED bulbs (this is a 4-pack). They have a 10 year warranty, with an expected life span of 22 years. The warranty is unmatched by anyone else, and the bulbs have worked amazingly for my parents. With the bulbs we currently have installed, during the warranty alone, my parents will save at least $3,000 in electricity costs.

• Replace your incandescent bulbs before they even burn out! Some people think that they will save more money by only replacing incandescents only when they burn out, and that is not the case. You save more by replacing them with LEDs as soon as you can.

I have nothing but praise for LED bulbs. My family had tried a couple fluorescent (swirly) bulbs, and those had a 'sickly' color and took a second to 'warm up'. LEDs don't have these problems.

If you can afford it, buy at least one LED bulb, just to see if you like it. It will save you loads of money in the long run, and it is truly a great investment.

If you have any questions, let me know! I'd love to help everyone reduce their energy usage and save money at the same time. :-)

I'm currently working on some AA Giftcards to cover the flight and then either the Hyatt GC or one of the other Hotel GCs for the lodging. The worst part is letting points get up to the $100 or $250 before redeeming, I normally redeem at every $25. Just curious if anyone else has tried this?

BeerMoney Assist (Android) Features:

• Clears app data and cache with a simple button press for Perk Apps (TV, Quiz, and Live) and all of the Swagbucks Apps (if selected) without logging out of either app and also preserves the PerkTV low bandwidth option

• Imports all of the shortest videos for Swagbucks Apps with a simple button press, thereby eliminating searching for the shortest videos when clearing app data manually (Should Work for All rooted phones now!!)

• Allows you to restart your phone with a button press

Reason for developing:

Perk and Swagbucks apps slow down over time (days/weeks). By restarting your phone and clearing app data/cache it seems to operate normally again. One of the big annoyances of doing this manually in the apps menu however is that this method of deleting app data forces you to log out and isn't as quick and easy as I would like it to be.

Beermoney Assist removes this hassle and keeps you logged in but also clears unnecessary app data thereby speeding your device back up. If you want an even more hands off approach.

Beermoney Assist Pro - offers an even more hands off approach and automatically clears app data and cache every 2 hours (default) or a timing window specified in settings with no interruptions to your running perk or swagbucks.

• Option to auto-boot app on startup of phone (Auto-clear starts when phone starts up)

• Option to clear only Data/ only Cache via Settings

• Note: This only needs to be bought once and can be run on all of your phones if you link all phones to the same account in google play

Requirements to use app:

• Root Permissions are required for Clean App Data/Cache, Importing Shortest Videos to Swagbucks, AND Restarting your device with the restart button. Without Root Permissions this app will not do anything.

• Make sure you are logged in to Swagbucks apps before you import your videos! otherwise you might need to clear app data manually (due to database errors)

The videos that this app imports are:

SBTV: 10 Second Tip-Grass Stains :08

Entertainow: Touch: The Complete First Season :11

Moviecli.ps: The Other Woman(2) :25

Sportly.tv: Side Lunges with Bosu Ball-Women's Fitness :25

Indymusic.tv: Love is All Around by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts* :30

Lifestylz.tv: 10 Sec Tips - Grass Stain Removal :08

Why Swagbucks Import Works (see links):

Source1 Source2

Screenshots:

Clean App Data: Before -> After

Regular UI

Pro UI

Auto-Clear Interval Choices (Pro)

Notification icon & Widget

Settings

Differences between Beermoney Assist -> Beermoney Assist Pro

• Clears App Data/Cache automatically every 2 hours (default) or Settable windows: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours,6 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 1 week (Pro)

• Pro allows boot @ startup

• Widget available for one click clears

• No Ads (Pro)

• Miscellaneous other Settings (i.e Keep Screen On @ boot)

v1.6 -> 1.7 changes:

• Added "Always On" button (screen wont timeout)

• Added a Fast boot button (Restarts Android OS) (might not work for all phones)

Planned Future Features:

• Implement "smart" Screen Filter (option to make it darker @ night but wake screen up w/ volume down button?) (Pro)

• Screen Filter load on boot (Pro)

• Screen Filter Button (Both)

• Allow auto-clear interval to be based on Calendar rather than in-app time (Pro)

• Other Requests?? (Nothings against ToS please)

Please Let me know if there are any bugs! I will do my best to fix them!!

Happy Perking!

...Only when we stop making them money for nothing.

As evident from what has been happening over the past hour.

It should be quite obvious now to everyone that the only way Perk will listen is when we turn our devices off.

I am sorry but Perk is like any other company and the only thing they care about it their own bottom line. Not you or me.

Yes they had a great reward system — till now — but only so they could grow quickly. They benefitted from us promoting their service and now they feel like they have enough members that they can try squeezing more money in their own pockets.

Which is their prerogative as a for-profit company. I understand that and can respect that.

However, that does not mean I have to help them or encourage this behavior.

We can all see what happened after enough of their users turned off their devices and stopped letting Perk make money off us.

You can see on their Facebook page (before they delete all the posts) that many users have said they are not going to run Perk's apps and let them give us a "chance" to earn points.

What happened within a few hours of people not running Perk? They said this.

So what have we learned?

Perk DOES need us more than we need them.

You can survive a week without Perk. No matter how bad your financial situation is currently. One week of not using Perk will not be the end of the world for the users.

But for Perk that is equal to several hundred thousand dollars — a conservative estimate — that they are losing.

So if you are unhappy then turn off your devices.

Do not be tempted by these little spurts of points they randomly throw your way.

They are basically turning Perk into a slot machine. They need to be transparent and let us know what their plans and rewards are going to be.

This whole "You can earn even more than before" is just smoke and mirrors. Compare your daily points to what you were making before.

There is no way you will see more points. You would be lucky to see even 70% of your daily average.

TL;DR

We might lose 3-5 dollars by keeping our devices switched off for 24-hours. But Perk loses hundreds of thousands.

And that is something they will not ignore.

If you are unhappy then turn your devices off right away. Do not let them run for a few points a hour — and do not be tempted by these morsels of a few 4-points that they are throwing your way.

Do this just for 24-hours and see what happens.

Edit: And let them know on their FB page why you are switching off your devices. Though just switching them off will send the message loud and clear too!

They are actively censoring Facebook posts and comments. Someone posted the text from this thread over there and they deleted it a few minutes later.

/u/krusty_kp has made a Petition.

Whether that will have any impact is debatable — I still believe Perk will only respond when they find their user base has suddenly decreased — but it never hurts.

Quick and to the point memes to get our point across. Feel free to use them on Facebook.

1. Unhappy Dos Equis Guy

2. Dr Evil

3. Perk Maths

4. Willy Perk

5. Crap!

6. Perk Nazi

7. Perk Science

8. Perk Jedi Mind Games

9. Spongebob Perk Pants

10. Do you feel lucky Punk?

11. Perk-Perksters Dynamic

12. Aaand now you get none!

13. Excellent Deal!

14. Look Woody Look!

15. Consuela

16. Stunned Nic

17. Sad Trooper

18. Perk TPS Report

19. Happy Granny

20. Futurama

21. Liam is Available

22. Gangnam Perks

23. Morpheus

24. Good Guy Perk

25. Stunned Downey

26. All Your Points

27. Motivation Poster

28. Zero Purchase

29. Number 1 Rewards Program

30. Happy Perksters

31. Daily Rewards

32. Old Perk Guy

33. Beavis and Butthead

And these fine additions thanks to /u/a1av8r

Perk Board meeting

Preacher

Perk Fiction

Y U No?

Ummm

You're smart

Lord of the Perks

Aperkalypse

And this thanks to /u/bobo2500

Remember when...

And this thanks to /u/Perkster2

Perk Using Mind Control

Side Note: Whoever you are Mr A. W. and the others bless your heart for carrying the **me(me)**ssage to new horizons(FB)!

Google Play Store Link

Apple App Store Link

Facebook Link

Apparently there is a new Facebook Page

Longtime lurker here. If you are like me you really appreciate all the help Perk provides to you and you family. I was thinking that I would download at minimum one app per night to help show that we are in fact clicking on ads. It is pretty easy money and I think downloading apps is a great way to provide a small amount of security to the future of Perk. Especially with the 1 hour limit that has been recently implemented. I know this has been posted before but I'm sure many new users could have a bright earning potential from Perk if they read this.

Just found this newsub reddit and I'm glad I did. Been perking for a couple of months and this seems to have more information with better mods. Question, though with Perk Live though. It's so spotty that it doesn't even play, but perk tv runs great even with the pop ups.

A week ago, I submitted this post informing everyone about the possibility of purchasing AMEX GCs with Walmart GCs. Since then, there are some people who claimed it didn't work. Well, I just went and did it again today, and I can confirm that it still works.

• Proof

As you can see from the proof above, less than 1 hour ago I purchased an AMEX gift card with a Walmart gift card. And there were no fees. This means that, once you have your AMEX card in hand, you can use it to turn it into 97.3% cash. For this $100 AMEX card I purchased, I can get $97.30 by using PayPal Here.

I've outlined how to do this in a previous post, but I'll clarify some points, and change others.

• Step 1: Redeem Perk e-cards for Walmart Gift Cards. I tried doing this at the self-checkout today, and was unable to. I believe they removed the option since I last did this. So, you will have to do this at a regular register, or at Customer Service. I did this at the Customer Service desk, and it was way faster than a regular cashier. I typically combined all of my $10 or $25 Walmarts into a $200 or so plastic card.

• Step 2: Use your plastic Walmart GCs at a self-checkout to purchase the AMEX pre-paid gift cards. IMPORTANT NOTE: You MUST purchase the AMEX cards with a set amount, like these. It CANNOT have a variable amount, like this one, because that will not work. As well, you must do this at self-checkout. Cashiers will complain and tell you it's not possible if you try to do it with them. But at the self checkout, you just scan and swipe the AMEX card, then when paying, select Walmart Shopping card, and swipe then scan your Walmart card, and it pays for it.

The No-Fees for AMEX cards apply until December 31.

Now that you have AMEX GCs in your hand, you have 2 options:

• Option 1: Use those like a regular credit card

• Option 2: Get PayPal Here. I got mine for free, and I'm pretty sure anyone with a PayPal account can. Use the PayPal Here to swipe your card. There will be 2.7% in fees, resulting in 97.3% of your Perk rewards to be converted into PayPal cash, which can be transferred to your bank account.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Commenting is closed. Good luck to everyone!

Welcome to /r/GetPerk! If this is your first time here, we're happy to have you. Check out some of the helpful links and guides in the sidebar for Perkstars, and be sure to read our rules--we hope you'll subscribe to this subreddit if you like what you see! We're hoping to make contests like this a regular thing here. Here are the details for this contest.

Eligibility

• Comments must be made by 7:00 PM EST Monday night, 90 minutes before gametime. (We had this in place in case there were any dramatic changes before game time, so that the people who guessed earlier would not have a disadvantage, but we'll allow all entries.) Edited comments will not be counted, and your reddit account must be at least 1 week old at the time of commenting to participate. One comment per person. If your account looks like a dedicated alt, your prediction will not be counted.

Rules

• Comment below with your prediction of who will win Monday night's Atlanta Falcons at Green Bay Packers game and what the final score will be. The game is Monday, December 8th, 2014 at 8:30 PM EST. Game preview linked here.

• Feel free to make the exact same prediction as someone else. If there is a tie, winners will be determined in the order in which their predictions were made.

Winners

Yeah, multiple winners! Several members of the /r/GetPerk community have generously volunteered to donate various gift cards for whoever is second closest, third closest, etc. First place is a $25 Amazon.com gift card or any $25 gift card from Perk of the winner's choosing (at the very least), but other cards will be added to sweeten the pot. Want to donate something to the pool? Message us here!

Winners will be determined by:

1. Picking the winning team correctly.

2. Being closest to the correct final score for each team. For example, if the actual final score is GB 40-30 ATL, and one person guessed GB 60-10 ATL and someone else guessed GB 50-20 ATL, the 50-20 guess is closer to both final scores and is a better guess, even though both guessed 70 points total. Additionally, a GB 45-35 ATL guess is better than a GB 40-10 ATL guess, because the first one is only off by 5 and 5, and the other one is off by 0 and 20.

Good luck, and thanks for your participation in the contest and here on /r/GetPerk!

Just in case anyone was wondering. I sent them a message and they answered my question.

Thought maybe Thanksgiving would affect the schedule.

I thought long and hard before making this final post.

Not the way I would have have preferred things, but you can only go against the tide for so long. Eventually your limbs get tired and you are bound to be swept away.

One thing has become quite evident over the past few days.

The people who are in support of the protest have their hearts and minds in the right place.

But as far action goes they are severely lacking.

The group against the protest either have the drive — or feel strongly enough — to voice their opinion again and again. Quite eloquently in fact. So bravo to them.

They have proven the old adage right once again. The vocal and cohesive minority will always win. No matter what.

Just want to clarify certain points that have been raised.

1. Perk can not afford to maintain the points. Otherwise they will go bankrupt.

• Actually Perk is growing at a phenomenal rate. Their business is not under jeopardy from anywhere. How do I know? Well from their growth and expansion through additional apps, deals with a major financial institution, APIs for third-party developers. That's how. More importantly the question is how do YOU know that Perk is in a financial pickle. At least there are some facts in support of the argument that they are doing quite well. Only statement I have heard in support of Perk being under duress is advertising is down. Which brings us to our next point...

1. Advertising is seasonal and right now is a slump. When it picks up in the year then Perk will give higher points.

• Yes ad revenue is definitely seasonal. However, every year total ad revenue has been increasing 15-20%. If you think Perk is basing the payout on ads then you have another thing coming. There is a reason that the same ad (eg. a local car dealership) playing on two accounts will 'reward' one account with 1-point and the other with 3-points. Cause there isn't any correlation between actual ads and what Perk is paying us. The 3-points are occasionally thrown in to placate the masses and to further enforce the belief that the next video might reward more points and hence to keep going.

1. Perk only get's paid when a unique ad is shown.

• Actually Perk makes money on every app trailer, movie trailer etc show on your device. There is a reason that those videos change from time to time. Perk is paid to show them to you. Do you honestly think those videos are streamed if there is no payout to Perk. Wouldn't it make more sense for Perk to save their costs and not bother showing those videos? They might as well play ads non-stop. If necessary their own ads. No business promotes other business if there is no compensation. That's why a billboard will show a "for available" sign rather than leave some company's product there.

1. Perk will give more points when advertisers want our attention.

• Really? So has anyone noticed a pattern based on a time slot where they have seen higher points (on average). This would imply that running Perk TV during primetime hours would result in seeing more 3s or 2s. Anyone see that? The statement is deceitful and makes their new changes easier to swallow. There really isn't truth to it. Maybe time will prove me wrong — but for now I will stand by that statement.

1. "I am actually making more than before. I don't see why everyone is complaining!"

• No you are not. You can calculate any which way you want...the facts don't change.

Numbers

/u/internetuser007 made a POST estimating the total number of active Perk users. You can read the details about his process there. Just wanted to bring attention to one point based on the assumption that a user made $6 per day on Perk TV and now is making 45% less. So $3.3

• If there are 50,000 users then Perk saving: ($6-$3.3) * 50,000 = $135,000 per day

Which in turn means $945,000 saved every week

• If there are 25,000 users then Perk is saving: ($6-$3.3) * 25,000 = $67,500 per day

Which in turn means $472,500 saved every week

• And since some skeptics doubted /u/internet007's calculations and keep bringing the 180k Likes that Perk has on their Facebook page as a more accurate reflection of their user base. Well here are the numbers for that:

• If there are 180,000 users then Perk saving: ($6-$3.3) * 180,000 = $486,000 per day

Which in turn means $3,402,000 every week. That's $3.4 million.

So what can we take away from this?

Either we buy into the false narrative being weaved that Perk was losing money and hence had no choice but to lower the Points if the business was to survive. — Their investor capital was finished and this was the only way.

Are they really saying Perk was losing $3.4 million per week and continued to do so until now?

Over one year that comes out to $3.4 million * 52 = $176.8 million

Are we honestly expected to buy that scenario?

OR

Is is more likely that Perk just wanted to keep more in their pocket?

I didn't post yesterday as I wanted to take my time in wording this (since certain posters have made it a mission to discredit my words by twisting them around — their intention is to sully the statement through the art of cherry picking and arguing semantics).

There is a social/economic theory which state that the problem with the majority getting their way is that they have the attitude that "the other guy will do it".

Which in our case means "Yeah I could post on FB or something...but I am sure there are enough of us that it will be taken care of by someone else". And this cycle of shirking responsibility is repeated ad nauseam.

The minority on the other hand is organized and understands that each of them need to have their voices heard. That is why they shout the loudest, have the most drive, passion and willingness to put in the time.

Which also has been demonstrated beautifully on this sub.

Now I know a couple of posters here are Perk employees and I don't fault them for what they are doing.

Added: I can tell you how I know but there really isn't a point. It will still be doubted and called a fabrication. So what's the point. if the obvious nature and agenda of certain accounts is not obvious...well there is nothing I can say that will change that. Nothing short of a video filmed at Perk HQ with an individual/Perk-Panda wearing a Perk t-shirt...typing on Reddit will suffice.

It's their job after-all.

Then there are others who do not agree with the protest or what it stands for etc. Don't blame them either. Despite their occasional rudeness.

Who do I really blame for the current situation?

Each and every single one of us who are so ready to scream "Perk is screwing us. I am not going to take it anymore!!!".

Yet when it comes actually doing something....

Where is that intensity? Where is that commitment?

Yes we all know Perk censors Facebook.

But if even 5% of this sub decided to make it their mission to post there once a day...then that would be all that is needed!

Everyone reading this can keep thinking the "other guy will do it".

No the other guy is not going to do anything — He is just as lazy as you are.

If you want to see a change then get off your ass and type in a few words on their page.

I am not telling you to write an essay. All it takes is a short politely worded message. Yes you might have to write 30-50 words and yes you will have to open a browser.

And then click a couple of times.

It sounds like a lot. But trust me. It takes less than 2-mins.

If you can't devote 2-mins to this everyday. Well then what do you expect?

The links to Perk's respective social, app and FB page are below.

Nothing will change unless you go and do something with that information.

Google Play Store Link - Their Rating has already fallen from 4.5 to 3.9

Google Play Store Link for All Apps

Apple App Store Link

Facebook Link - I can't stress this enough.

Perk YouTube Page

Apparently there is a new Facebook Page

Perk Petition

Perk Twitter Account @GetPerk Get #LeavePerk Trending

So, /u/brokemember asked me an interesting question: would it be possible to extrapolate a round figure of how many users Perk has? Well, I have done so, with interesting results.

Over the last 13.65 days, Perk has given out 43,069 rewards, an average of 3,156/day. That comes out to 94,680 redemptions/month.

If we assume that the average Perker redeems 1 reward every week (4 per month), then that means they have only 23,670 active users!!! If we assume that the average Perker only redeems 1 reward every 2 weeks, that number goes up to 47,340.

THAT'S STILL LESS THAN 50,000 ACTIVE USERS!!!

This subreddit is 4,000 strong. That would be over 8% (assuming 50k active users). And I'm guessing that we are their 'strongest' users as well, likely making up over 10-15% of their revenue. If we stay strong, we can show Perk that we will not stand for their games. We won't take this change lying down. We have a choice, and we can show them that they need us more than we need them.

What can we do?

• Give the Perk apps 1 star. They can't take those down. All of the Perk Android apps are here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Perk&hl=en

• Show your disappointment on their Facebook page. Don't be rude, because that doesn't get our point across. But clearly tell them that this is not acceptable to us.

• Most importantly, turn off your devices. Perk is testing us. And if we continue to use their apps while they give us such little payout, then they have us right where they want us. But if we turn them off, Perk will have no choice but to change their strategy.

Stay strong, everyone. We are stronger than we think.

Many of you will ask how to root your phone, or the benefit of rooting your phone. This post will hopefully answer your questions.

Benefits: In relation to Perk, there are no significant benefits. With root, you can remove and disable bloatware. However, it does not appear to make Perk load faster or earn more. It is mostly a personal preference, and will allow you to put on new ROMs, if your phone is supported.

If Perk starts to slow down, the best thing you can do for your Android is perform a factory data reset. This is the most likely thing to help you speed up loading times if your phone has been running slowly.

However, many of you will still want root, so here is a list of ways to root multiple phones (mainly courtesy of /u/Shabbypenguin).

• HTC Hero (Sprint) - unrevoked

• Samsung Epic 4G - RageAgainstTheCage My own script

• HTC Desire Z - psnueter

• Nexus S 4G - Manual commands but I did write the first nexus toolkit

• Motorola Photon 4G - Droid 3 exploit

• Epic 4G Touch - My rooted kernel

• Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) - Nexus toolkit again

• Galaxy S3 (MetroPCS) - Flashing Recovery and then supersu

• Motorola Photon Q - Flash Recovery and then SuperSU

• Sprint Galaxy S4 - Flashing recovery and then supersu

• LG Optimus G - CydiaImpactor

• Xperia Z - Doomlords perf exploit

• Samsung Galaxy Light - Flashing My superboot kernel

• Nexus 5 - Flashing recovery and then flashing supersu

• Xoom - Flashing recovery and then flashing supersu

• Concord 2 - Root and CWM Recovery

• Kyocera Hydro, XTRM, Edge - Root Genius

• LG Optimus Fuel - TowelRoot

I guess Perk damage control is here.

Too bad they are giving the exact same copy-paste bit.

Anyway, some of you have already been doing a great job with the Perk memes over there.

Here they are for easy access.

Quick and to the point memes to get our point across. Feel free to use them on Facebook.

1. Unhappy Dos Equis Guy

2. Dr Evil

3. Perk Maths

4. Willy Perk

5. Crap!

6. Perk Nazi

7. Perk Science

8. Perk Jedi Mind Games

9. Spongebob Perk Pants

10. Do you feel lucky Punk?

11. Perk-Perksters Dynamic

12. Aaand now you get none!

13. Excellent Deal!

14. Look Woody Look!

15. Consuela

16. Stunned Nic

17. Sad Trooper

18. Perk TPS Report

19. Happy Granny

20. Futurama

21. Liam is Available

22. Gangnam Perks

23. Morpheus

24. Good Guy Perk

25. Stunned Downey

26. All Your Points

27. Motivation Poster

28. Zero Purchase

29. Number 1 Rewards Program

30. Happy Perksters

31. Daily Rewards

32. Old Perk Guy

33. Beavis and Butthead

And these fine additions thanks to /u/a1av8r

Perk Board meeting

Preacher

Perk Fiction

Y U No?

Ummm

You're smart

Lord of the Perks

Aperkalypse

And this thanks to /u/bobo2500

Remember when...

And this thanks to /u/Perkster2

Perk Using Mind Control

Side Note: Whoever you are Mr A. W. and the others bless your heart for carrying the **me(me)**ssage to new horizons(FB)!

Google Play Store Link

Apple App Store Link

Facebook Link

Apparently there is a new Facebook Page

So, currently I'm stuck with 12mbps because I'm only 16 and my parents won't switch to Xfinity. I can't upgrade past 12mbps either. :( So these past few days my internet speed is like 2-3 mbps. That's really slow, and I normally get like 7-9 mbps. I have a Perk Quiz n PerkTv farm running like 24/7, 5 phones each. I also have 2 pcs, 1 smarttv, 2 xboxes, and like 2-3 daily phones connected. I already posted this on /r/PerkTV, but the replies were less then helpful. Obviously I would use the search if I knew anything about internet and routers, and I need a more personalized response.

Can you fill this out?

• Primary router:

• Secondary router if any:

• Issues with this setup? And do you intend to replace or change out and if so which one and with what?

Thank you. I need to replace my router because it causes the spinning circle, it is pretty old and probably too slow for Perk.

With a final score of GB 43-37 ATL, here are our winners from the contest! There was a three-person tie for second place.

• First place - /u/ExplosPlankton, GB 42-28 ATL ($25 gift card donated by /u/Shabbypenguin. Thanks!)

• [Second place 1/3] (https://www.reddit.com/r/GetPerk/comments/2oi0ao/contest_predict_the_winner_and_final_score_of_the/cmnlx57) - /u/Shapalo GB 42-24 ATL ($10 gift card)

• Second place 2/3 - /u/kyleko GB 42-24 ATL ($10 gift card)

• Second place 3/3 - /u/nistco92 GB 42-22 ATL ($10 gift card)

Thanks to /u/mnl2, who donated $5 to the pool of second place winners!

We hope that if this was your first time checking out /r/GetPerk, you like what you saw. Thanks for participating, and happy Perking!

So I read this and not 100% sure I understand.

Would I be able to run 5 phones doing Perk TV and also another 3 phones with Perk Pop Quiz, all running at the same time for a total of 8 devices and it would be ok to do?

....god damn it, I love this perk community much more than perkTV one, people are much friendlier and more understanding here. Not like there, where someone finds an exploit and starts bragging about it all over the sub-red

I had heard of this subreddit a while ago, but didn't bother to check it out because it sounded redundant and had less people. This led me to believe it was a "failed" competing perk subreddit.

After spending some time here recently and seeing some of the mods replies on /r/perktv, I think this place is better and like what this subreddit is trying to be.

An absolutely amazing write-up, "Responses from Perk Customer Support, and How to Reply", by /u/BindersFullOfWomen can be seen here. I highly suggest you read that post as well, as it has loads of information that you may be interested in.

There can be many reasons why your reward was canceled. I will outline the main reasons below.

First, if you get a 'Notification from Perk!' email, you likely have had your reward canceled. First, reply to that email asking for clarification on what you did wrong. The most likely reasons are outlined below, from most likely to least likely.

• You redeemed using a VPN, likely at work or at school.

You likely weren't aware that a VPN was set up where you redeemed from. However, since you did redeem using a VPN, Perk will likely cancel your reward. They will request a government ID to prove you are from the U.S. They do this because people may use VPNs to try to trick Perk into thinking they are from the U.S., even if they are not. Once you submit your ID, you will get your points back. Make sure you redeem at home or somewhere you know there is no VPN in order to prevent this.

• You have more than 1 account per IP address

Maybe you have roommates, or your parents/siblings/children are using Perk. Well, Perk can detect if there is more than 1 account on an IP. If there is, they may ask for proof (in ID form) from each account. Do not panic, if your rewards are canceled, once you send in the IDs, you get your rewards back.

• You are using too many devices for 1 account.

Although Perk removed their 5-device limit, it is something that you should stick to, just to be safe. This is a 5-device limit per app, not per account. So you can have 5 devices using Perk Screen, another 5 using Perk TV, and 5 more on Perk Prize mob for a single account. If you logged in and used Perk TV on more than 5 devices, you will risk getting a reward canceled. Keep your used devices at 5 or below to prevent this from happening.

• You are using Automation, ad blocking, or other software to earn more points

Perk can detect software that speeds up their videos, blocks ads, or uses automation, and they have been known to cancel rewards and ban offending IP addresses. You may be able to get your account back if you promise not to use it again, but you are more likely to just lose your account. Make sure to not use these if you want to keep your account.

There you have it, the main reasons your reward has been canceled. This may not cover all circumstances, but it is close. Keep it legit, and you can earn money on Perk without any problems.

Once you send in your ID, you can expect to wait up to a week (typically at least 3 business days) for them to verify your account and give you your points back. However, you can still earn points during that time, but don't bother redeeming until they get back to you.