Receipt Hog App

[platamama]

Thank you for posting the breakdown. I was thinking it wouldn't be worth it for the way I shop, but I was thinking bigger receipts would be worth more than small ones. Since I do most of my meat and veg shopping at farms/farmers' markets, my receipts are from running out for milk or rice or spices, lots of small, low-dollar shops but very few big trips.

I think it would be best suited for your type of shopping then (not the farmers market receipts - don't know if they accept those - I'm guessing they make money from the corporations that they are providing data to).

The way the points break down, (5) $20.xx receipts = 50 coins. That's still better than (1) $100+ receipt = 20 coins. Basically this app is most worthwhile if you target just over $20 per receipt. Again, not worth much in cash value but if you want to maximize any efforts that's what to shoot for.

My "Hog is Full" now - does anyone know what that means?

 

[danetter]

I think it would be best suited for your type of shopping then (not the farmers market receipts - don't know if they accept those - I'm guessing they make money from the corporations that they are providing data to).

The way the points break down, (5) $20.xx receipts = 50 coins. That's still better than (1) $100+ receipt = 20 coins. Basically this app is most worthwhile if you target just over $20 per receipt. Again, not worth much in cash value but if you want to maximize any efforts that's what to shoot for.

My "Hog is Full" now - does anyone know what that means?

You can still feed your receipts but you only get 5 coins instead of what you could get (10, 15 or 20). Your hog will reset to empty every week.

 

[enchantingodin]

Question - is it worth it? How many "coins" do you have to earn to get a payout? I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer and I know every little bit helps, but this seems like a LOT of effort for very little payout.

 

[worm761]

Question - is it worth it? How many "coins" do you have to earn to get a payout? I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer and I know every little bit helps, but this seems like a LOT of effort for very little payout.

1000 coins is $5 in either Paypal or Amazon. I downloaded the app the day the OP posted about it. I am 275 coins already. Just doing my normal shopping. I just don't see how it is a lot of effort. Taking a picture takes all of about 30 seconds.

 

[dreamin_disney]

Question - is it worth it? How many "coins" do you have to earn to get a payout? I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer and I know every little bit helps, but this seems like a LOT of effort for very little payout.

Its super easy!! I started a few days ago and I earned 290 coins. I used some previous receipts and some current ones. I couldnt have earned more if I had saved some previous ones. Now that I know I will enter my receipts right away. I've also told dh to save his too. Most of my grocery bills get shredded so why not lol!

I also like that my wal mart receipts earn points because a lot of wal-mart stuff is for my flex account so i earn my coins and I turn in my recept for flex account

 

[Colleen27]

Question - is it worth it? How many "coins" do you have to earn to get a payout? I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer and I know every little bit helps, but this seems like a LOT of effort for very little payout.

I'm the queen of opting out of these things for that reason, but this one is almost no effort - just snap a pic of your shopping receipts before your toss them. I have about 200 points in just over a week's time and I doubt I've spent more than 2 or 3 minutes total to accumulate them.

 

[enchantingodin]

Just to clarify I don't think the process itself will take a ton of effort - but moreover it would take be FOREVER (almost a year) to earn 5 bucks...

The value of a receipt is as follows:
<$10 = 5 coins
$10-$50 = 10 coins
$50-$100 = 15 coins
$100+ = 20 coins

According to the above breakdown (thanks for posting it by the way) if I spend approximately $150 a week on groceries it would take me 50 weeks to get to enough coins to cash out.

1000/20 = 50 Unless I'm missing something?

 

[amsyw]

Just to clarify I don't think the process itself will take a ton of effort - but moreover it would take be FOREVER (almost a year) to earn 5 bucks...



According to the above breakdown (thanks for posting it by the way) if I spend approximately $150 a week on groceries it would take me 50 weeks to get to enough coins to cash out.

1000/20 = 50 Unless I'm missing something?

You use receipts from any store that sells groceries, ie. Dollar Tree, Dollar Store, Walgreens, CVS, etc. So even though you are saying you spend $150 on groceries, don't you go to any of these places? Or stop for a gallon of milk here and there? Even if you didn't buy a grocery item, it can be a bottle of shampoo at Walgreens, the store just has to SELL groceries. I am actually suprised how many receipts I accumulate to use for this app.

 

[memy26]

Just to clarify I don't think the process itself will take a ton of effort - but moreover it would take be FOREVER (almost a year) to earn 5 bucks...



According to the above breakdown (thanks for posting it by the way) if I spend approximately $150 a week on groceries it would take me 50 weeks to get to enough coins to cash out.

1000/20 = 50 Unless I'm missing something?

I've only been doing this since the middle of June and I already have enough coins for $5, actually I almost have enough for $10

 

[hhartill]

I just started less than a month ago, I have about 400 in coins. I'll prob have enough to cash out before my oct trip.

 

[arwood82]

Just wanted to let everyone know to check under the rewards tab every few days. I had a few surveys in there about products I had bought that were worth 10 coins each. It doesn't pop up and tell you about them. I just check every few days.

 

[DizMe]

Sometimes I get "spins" as a reward (not sure why). It works like a slot machine. It usually gives me extra coins but sometimes I don't get any for a spin.