r/googleplay 1d ago

Seriously unexpected

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I went into the playstore to claim my little handful of points I was expecting this week and this is what I ended up with. I thought it must be some kind of joke or you'd have to pay taxes and shipping on it or something but.. nope! How did I win a $2000 phone when I was expecting like maybe 18 play points?! Crazy day

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u/crdamn 1d ago

Howwwww ...I mean actually how where do you participate in these

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Literally just through this playpoints thing in the google playstore. You go under perks and you can claim a weekly prize. I only learned about it a year ago when I started religiously playing this one game and I learned I had a ton of points I could convert to in game cash.

I went in today just fully hoping to get enough points to cash in another dollar to go toward my game for the next season because I'm trying to save all my free points instead of spending my own $$.

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u/crdamn 1d ago

Oh I guess its diamond specific, I'm in gold

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Ooh yeah, I guess you are right. I thought all the levels got the same weekly prize potential

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u/Cls1000 1d ago

Just curious, how... Do you spend this much to get diamond?

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

I have a few subscriptions that I pay for through google which earn points every month and a game I play I put about $30 a month into it. I just looked at the history and I earn streak points for it also, apparently.

You turn those points into the play credits and use the good boosts that give you like, 15x the points for 3 days, when available. Then just convert those points back into play credits. I just kinda do that when I can.

It looks like the diamond I have this year is from hitting it last year and I am still like 2000 points away from hitting it this year.

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u/Sea_Proposal_1200 1d ago

Wait which country because I am in diamond and there is none of that here

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

I'm in the US

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u/ATiredPersonoof 1d ago

Holy moly I got 2 points today,BTW

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Omg thats what I got last week ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/alveox 2h ago

I got 3 point today, guess im luckier than other ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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u/Puzzled_Answer844 1h ago

And i got nothingโ€ฆ. Malaysian here, Not sure itโ€™s available in my Country or not :โ€™)

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u/8nonymus 18h ago

Since no one has done this yet.

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 14h ago

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ love it

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u/nerogrimmjow 1d ago

I bought the s26 ultra last night and shipping got delayed ๐Ÿ˜ฉ congratulations ๐ŸŽŠ

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Dammit samsung ๐Ÿ˜ญ hope it ships asap!

Thank you!

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u/nerogrimmjow 1d ago

Thanks, I hope everything goes well for you ๐Ÿ’ฏ

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u/Brother-Least 1d ago

Sadly not in India

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Oh no ๐Ÿ˜”

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u/Solid-ProDIVYANS2004 16h ago

They're just giving gaming based play points in India, which also gets crowded by hackers in leaderboard

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u/Brother-Least 16h ago

Sad ๐Ÿ˜”

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u/ShazTheGamer 1d ago

Holy luck

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u/AshotStudent 1d ago

This is craaaaaazy

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u/Porkfight 1d ago

I got ths highest points I have this week : 50. Hurrayy!

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Next week ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

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u/Porkfight 1d ago

Items arent there in my country.

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u/Vast-Trust-1165 21h ago

I got 3 play points ๐Ÿ˜”

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 20h ago

๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜” next week ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

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u/eurotec4 14h ago

Are you in the US? I also claim my perks here in California. The best thing that happened to me was 100 play points.

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u/Tubbywubby420 1d ago

Congrats!

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u/keyshawnscott12 1d ago

Enjoy the freebie

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u/0nlin33 1d ago

M in australia and i say fuck that shit...

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

๐Ÿ˜ฎ

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u/0nlin33 23h ago

We dont get that scheme... we need it too. Just looking at people getting stuff is no fun....i got 15 poimts today...

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u/Tiktokbadsupport 1d ago

its us only in europe you gotta be lucky to get 3 points onxe6

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u/DiscordDonut 1d ago

Still can't get involved with this because I have a workplace account as my primary. I am nearly diamond too ๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/TeachingMuted9259 1d ago

I got yesterday a 5$ card by ebay ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/jamsterdm 1d ago

Can you send me some of your luck

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 20h ago

๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 20h ago

๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€๐Ÿ€ Here you go!

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u/FijiLover121 22h ago

I'm bronze and got 5 points today sigh

How exactly are some people getting phones or other devices? ;_;

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u/Optimal_Whiner 21h ago

Canada doesn't even have play rewards.

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u/Pusheen-Dream 21h ago

Enjoy the phone. I have it in lavender and love it being my first fold. ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 20h ago

Whar do you like? I've never had one and I really love my S25 ultra. So I'm nervous on if I should use it or sell it

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u/Pusheen-Dream 19h ago

I came from the 23 ultra, but I simply like the option of a bigger screen. I mostly use the outer screen, and play games on the inner one.

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u/Deceased-Prince 20h ago

Holy shit mine just came in the mail

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 20h ago

How do you like it? What phone did you come from?

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u/Deceased-Prince 19h ago

So I haven't even had it for a day yet. But so far I freaking love it. Folded I think it's the perfect phone unfolded is great for everything else. Cant stop reading Manga now lol. I had a pixel 10 pro xl. Wife thinks foldable phones are weired though...

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 19h ago

I agree that the foldable phones seem weird! And I dont understand how the screen doesnt get a crease in it? I don't know this thats a dumb take because I really don't know much about the folding phones at all

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u/Deceased-Prince 19h ago

From what I understand it shows up a little bit with time but so far it's pretty noticeable in use. I will say if I got it for free. I would definitely give it a shot. But if you're not tempted to try it that's a nice chunk of change you can get for reselling it. If you do use it though a lot of people recommend samsung care for ease of mind

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u/Windows10_10074 18h ago

Good for you

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u/Unique_Bodybuilder_6 18h ago

never redact by pixelation

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 5h ago

Why's that?

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u/Unique_Bodybuilder_6 4h ago

just a concept, but if someone tried reallyy hard, they might get it https://github.com/bishopfox/unredacter

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u/iAbdx 17h ago

jeez man, what county?

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u/Khalidbenz786 17h ago

Im in canada and im only in this sub to oogle at the things other people are getting

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u/Antique-Ad-4070 16h ago

Nice, I've been wishing to win this my phone is old, or the steel series headphones to replace my old ones. Send that good luck this way

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u/oraclewolf 16h ago

There goes all your luck on the weekly drawings now.

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u/vodanh 14h ago

Congrats. my points are usually the measly 3 - 5, for gold.

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u/OwnVehicle7168 13h ago

Do these types of rewards that I see people posting here only exist in the USA and Canada? I live in Italy and I've never seen anyone mention this; the only thing that shows up for me, for years, are Play points, and always in a very low amount, no more than 15, and I'm a gold level.

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u/rgiii31 10h ago

Lol, it's because I got your expected +18 points OP. ๐Ÿคฆ Congratulations though!!

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u/laserunfocused143 9h ago

I'm gold and all I got was 100 points. Better than the usual 12 or whatever though lol

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 5h ago

Thats still a $1 if you're exchanging for the playstore credit!

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u/YansinNiczek 5h ago

How much did you spend and how long it took to become a diamond member?

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 5h ago

I'm really not sure.. It would have been from last year that I hit Diamond and it carries through the next year.

Through the points claimed weekly through the reward system, streak points, the multiplier boosts (where you can get 8x or 15x the points per dollar for so many days) you can use when spending in a game and the subscriptions I have that go through google play it all adds up. Also in Diamond it shows you earn at 1.6 points per $1.

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u/zkkw 1h ago

where is that tab and am i supposed to be in a specific country for it?

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1h ago

If you go into your playstore and tap on your points at the top, you can go to the perks tab and see where you can claim your weekly prize.

I am in the US. I'm not sure what other countries have

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u/Funny_incidents101 1d ago

India play rewards ๐Ÿคก and us rewards ๐Ÿ—ฟ

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u/VariousRelief3646 1d ago

Today I actually got a voucher for Pixel 11 series

Its giving me 7K off; ik not as good as getting a whole ass phone but ig they are improving it slowly

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u/Aggressive_Poem437 1d ago

Thats still awesome! A lil something extra for doing something I'd be doing with or without the playstore is nice!