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Title: free samples
Post by: potluck6 on January 08, 2018, 01:36:16 pm
I used to get an email everyday from a free sample site. Got a bunch of samples from shampoo to cat food.One day last week she said she was done with the sample site going back to her blog. Ive been trying other sites not much luck. have to keep looking.Fun to get those in the mail.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: gtdoss on January 08, 2018, 02:24:48 pm
I love getting free samples. I wish I had known about the site you have been getting free samples from before it closed down, because most of the other sites are extremely info-hungry and spammy. Let us know if you find another great free sample site. Thank you! :thumbsup:
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: ancmetro on January 09, 2018, 06:23:16 am

   Just Google it! Free samples: Cat food, shampoo...and much more.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: aflyingmonkey on January 09, 2018, 08:50:36 am
There is a freebie site on Reddit where people report free stuff opportunities...  I've gotten some freebie stuff from there.
Kind of fun to get freebies, yesterday I got a carnation breakfast drink package & the day before I got one tea bag... just one!  lol
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: dancer139 on January 09, 2018, 08:56:17 am
I love free stuff and take advantage when I can.  There are plenty of different places on the internet you can go to get them.  Just put in  "free Stuff"  and many places will come up  :)
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: pectacon on January 09, 2018, 09:12:22 am
Sounds cool, although I've signed up for a few such things before and one way or another I have never wound up receiving anything.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: oldbuddy on January 09, 2018, 09:39:13 am
I prefer getting free money or gift cards so I can choose what I want to get. The BIG exception is going to COSTCO and eating all the free samples with no strings attached. Most visits qualify as LUNCH!
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: judylucas on January 09, 2018, 01:42:30 pm
I have never done the free samples
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: gtdoss on January 09, 2018, 02:13:19 pm
I just had to get on this thread again to respond to oldbuddy! Yes, I love going to Costco around lunchtime and getting all the free samples of stuff I think I'll like! Usually the samples are pretty delicious! I think it must be fun being a sample person and fixing the food in the little toaster oven and giving it out to the crowd around you. Who I feel sorry for is the sample people over in front of the house cleaning supplies who have to actually chant a sales pitch to get people to even see them and what they're hawking!  :-[
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: mardukblood2009 on January 09, 2018, 02:27:02 pm
I really have to look into this. I like getting free samples too. I use to get them in the mail a while back for different things.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 09, 2018, 04:16:33 pm
I used to get an email everyday from a free sample site. Got a bunch of samples from shampoo to cat food.One day last week she said she was done with the sample site going back to her blog. Ive been trying other sites not much luck. have to keep looking.Fun to get those in the mail.

I have not done the free sample thing in a long time.  For the past 8 years when the economy was so bad that pretty much stopped.  I don't know that it will start up again like it use to be.  I use to get full sized products as samples.  And the products you tried in product testing were more available.  I got good samples for about 10 plus years.  Now most of the free sample sites like the newsletter you described it is just junk or you don't get anything free.  You have to pay to sign up for something.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 09, 2018, 04:17:38 pm
I love getting free samples. I wish I had known about the site you have been getting free samples from before it closed down, because most of the other sites are extremely info-hungry and spammy. Let us know if you find another great free sample site. Thank you! :thumbsup:

Any time you order a free sample you are opening yourself up for spam.  I fell for one a long time ago and after investigating found I had given my info (name and address) to someone in another country.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: countrygirl12 on January 09, 2018, 04:18:12 pm
I prefer getting free money or gift cards so I can choose what I want to get. The BIG exception is going to COSTCO and eating all the free samples with no strings attached. Most visits qualify as LUNCH!

Assuming you live any where close to a costco.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: teresa3200 on January 09, 2018, 04:33:40 pm
I love getting free samples in the mail. Not sure where to find a site but a few months ago I got a full size package of Tide pods. I just have no idea when or if I ever signed up for it.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: dsosnowski06 on January 09, 2018, 06:51:10 pm
I was getting them too and noticed that they stopped.  Didn't think about but know I know why.  Thanks for the information and all ways to still find other ways to obtain free samples
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: bretay on January 10, 2018, 05:07:45 am
i use freebies in your mail...
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: sfreeman8 on January 10, 2018, 06:50:46 am
I used to get free samples but it seems to have dried up on the 3 sites I belong to, so got nothing for a couple months. One site has the same freebies over and over again but they aren't something I really want to try.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: oldbuddy on January 10, 2018, 07:52:30 am
I prefer getting free money or gift cards so I can choose what I want to get. The BIG exception is going to COSTCO and eating all the free samples with no strings attached. Most visits qualify as LUNCH!

Assuming you live any where close to a costco.
It also assumes you are a member and can shop there.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: alice44 on January 10, 2018, 12:10:29 pm
I try to get free samples, but you have to gothrough SO MANY pages and questions, it turns out to take too much time.  Anyone know of an easier way??? ???
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: patti4me on January 10, 2018, 02:04:01 pm
I signed up for free samples at a couple of sites but I only received one free sample from one of them and not anything from the others.  I had heard that you could get quit a few free samples but just didn't work for me.  Maybe I'll give it another try cause that one I did receive was kind of exciting lol.
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: Nancy5 on January 10, 2018, 03:09:33 pm
A few years ago I would get lots of free samples.  Over the past years it seems like it dried up, now I might get a free sample once a month (if I’m lucky).
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: natashaspy on January 10, 2018, 03:45:56 pm
I love the free sample sites but haven't gotten anything in ages from anything on them.  I've been slack on all of these things lately, no real free time.  It's always great to get something in the mail that isn't a bill lol
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: Azanne07 on January 10, 2018, 04:04:36 pm
I prefer getting free money or gift cards so I can choose what I want to get. The BIG exception is going to COSTCO and eating all the free samples with no strings attached. Most visits qualify as LUNCH!

We do the same thing at Sams club if we go there on a weekend we don't have to go out and eat afterwards
Title: Re: free samples
Post by: dreamyxo on January 11, 2018, 12:12:40 am
I used to get free samples from Walmart and Target.  It was on their websites.  Haven't checked it out in a long time so not sure if they still do it.