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Mine was $250 when I got it in 2013.
It's $50 shy of $10K now.
Yay! I just got approved as well for $250 with shopping cart trick. My first time! Congrats to both of us!
Might also be verification, so wait on the letter.
If it makes you feel better, mine started at $250 in late May of last year, and this past weekend it hit $13,050. (That $50 on the end is driving me crazy...)