I get the impression that they had a specific budget and, once that was burned through, there has been nothing (or, at least, very little) more added. So, in the beginning, they were doing all kinds of give-aways and such. But for those of us that joined AFTER the period of free jackets and other such swag, there really hasn't been anything. And, again, it isn't that I necessarily really want nor expect free swag -- it is just that they seem to be ignoring the program completely now. Putting PayPal Advantage members first in line for new opportunities such as the PayPal Here device would have been a PERFECT way to reward the RIGHT people (i.e. those of us that do a great deal of transactions per year -- that WANT to be able to take credit cards from our phones and such). Instead, it is just yet another missed opportunity, in my opinion, where PayPal just plain didn't even think about the Advantage program members. It's a dead program, in my eyes. I see no real benefit from it. I see no pushing/marketing of it any more. I see no employees that appear to be assigned to it. The only "benefit" left is a special phone number to call if you have problems -- which, well, we shouldn't be having anyhow! If we're actually having to USE that number on any regular basis, then something else is wrong! So, to me, the only "real" benefit is something that we should hopefully never have to use! And, as I said, they haven't even bothered to update the main site for people to see any benefits from the program -- as it STILL says that this forum -- that has pretty much come and WENT already -- is still "coming soon" in the Advantage Benefits section of the main PayPal site. It isn't "coming soon" -- it came, it got popular for a bit, then it died off, and now it is pretty much dead. - John...
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