Where is my gift for local guide level 7? 
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Hello @VenkatesGowdaKR welcome to Connect. I’m afraid I will have to disappoint you: reaching a specific level in the local guides program does not mean that you will automatically receive any kind of gift or perk.
When you google “local guides gifts” you might find some old info about getting e.g. free storage when reaching a certain level, but that is no that case anymore since quite a lot of years. The local guides program is 100% voluntary and most people just do it because it’s fun.
Nevertheless: you have found this platform, so feel free to share some more info about yourself and your experience so far - reaching level 7 is a great achievement as such!
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Hi @VenkatesGowdaKR
I fully agree with @JanVanHaver about gifts, but please let me add a few things.
As you can read in Question about a Local Guides reward email? Read this first,
Great content is indeed one of the key, the most important I would like to say.
With this in mind I think you will have to focus on the quality of your contributions first, not in your level.
At the moment there is a lot to do in that side. Do you think it’s a great content to write a review just to say that:
- A Gym is A Gym
- A residence is A residence
- A temple is A temple
- A company is a company
- A temple is a Temple (yes, another one)
- A park is a park
- In a catering company catering service is available
Are you joking?
So I am not surprised if 55 of your reviews are not visible, I just wonder how long it will take for google to hide the remaining 248.
Honestly, @VenkatesGowdaKR, I find it shameful that you spent the last few hours writing these types of reviews just to reach level 7, so you can come here to Connect and ask for a gift. I hope you are just as quick to delete everything, reviews, and even photos and videos rotated 90 degrees, and that you can do it before Google notices, and permanently bans you from Google Maps.
Maybe later you will have time to think about whether it is better to receive a pin or to be honest, and maybe, after you have deleted everything, you can start becoming a real Local Guide.
I am sorry to have to use these words, but I hope that my words will help you understand that the program is made to be useful to others, and to do that we must be honest. This is true here and especially true in everyday life.
In addition I want to inform you that your topic doesn’t fit in the category used by you. For this reason I am changing it to Google Maps tips & tricks - Local Guides Connect
Good Luck
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Aparently the gift for a poor quality local guide level 7 is a good old roasting! :))
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Or a slow boiling, @Steve_UK , considering that the invisible reviews are now 73
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