I've been checking my spam folder constantly since the request, the only things that have appeared in there are aliexpress emails sadly.
I've already submitted for this 10 days ago, I asked for the $100 at the time because I expected the batteries to be restocked eventually, haven't heard any responses from google since.
I still had the message and wasn't able to upvote anything, looks like it's fixed now though. Thank you for fixing it!
It appears on the homepage/feed, there is also another message that appears above comment sections that says "Verify your email address to comment."
It's telling me that I need to verify the account in order to do anything currently so I think that it might be a bug.
I've been checking my spam folder constantly since the request, the only things that have appeared in there are aliexpress emails sadly.