If you go to the Financials page you will probably find that the $1.68 sales are part of Pond5's GPP distribution scheme.

Yes paid on the 6th through Paypal in the UK.

Pond5 have been adjusting prices for some time now. They try to match the Pond5 price to the local price which is usually the SS price.
If you live in what Pond5 regards as a low price area the price shown for that area can be lower than that set at upload. However the price will be at that set at upload in most areas of the world.
For example the prices charged by Pond5 for sales in the UK are a little lower than those in the US because SS charges a lower price in the UK.

Thanks for the tip off.

Having just looked through a few pages of his blurred images I found one of mine stolen from an exclusive Getty Rights Managed, now RR, HD video.

A frame from an HD video made into a blurred still and Shutterstock accepted it. Just appalling.