Working for free samples
By 911Ricki
@911Ricki (13588)
Canada
January 8, 2013 9:38am CST
A girl I worked with asked me how I get all this stuff free. I tried showing her, and she just didn't seem interested.
I find many would ask about it, but not want to do the work themselves ( yes the hard work of filling their names out ), they expected me to do it all then them get the free things.
I try to set aside so much time a week to order samples, and sometimes I use it sometimes not depending what they have to offer.
Nothing is actually free now a days, you have to work for them.
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16 responses
@ungu89 (1999)
• Malaysia
8 Jan 13
i know what u mean.
i have a free to. sometime each week he will post new thing the he get free.
but actually he work hard to get them.
we are in malaysia. basically he always got thing from us or uk.
lucky him. last few month he got 3 pair originally shoes from converse. wow..
i really admire him. how he try to get them. it was worth is.because if he buy here in my country sure it was so expensive
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@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
8 Jan 13
yes, they want them all Free. You can really get alot of free things from companies like you do... if they would spend some time on it. Have a super day there.....
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
9 Jan 13
It seems like people you know are always wanting you to do the hard work. I would say hey if you don't believe it's possible then you try it for yourself, don't go asking me to do it for you because I will charge you.
I'd be charging something like $3.00 for two hours of work. I think a lot of stuff is IP logged though.
@UtopianIdealist (1604)
• United States
9 Jan 13
I get a lot of samples. I was part of a group where we took pictures and shared what we had. Friends seeing the album would ask about certain ones, or the whole lot. When I would tell them how, they would act as if it was too much effort to do so. For a little while, If I saw something I saw that would appeal to someone I knew, I would send them the link. I had one person get angry with me because I did not fill it out for them. That one, was only available one per user on FB. They told me I should of just filled it out for them anyhow. Some people want things but want to do nothing for them, if they think they can get someone else to do it for them. I used to feel guilty, now, I just have to shrug it off.
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
12 Jan 13
I did the samething, they would say how difficult it was or they couldn't figure it out, so if I could do it. I would just ignore them, I had a few older ladies I worked with do this. I would send links as well, but noone seem to care, so Istopped, and ignored them when I got all this stuff and they didn't.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
10 Jan 13
Oh, I definitely know from my own prior experiences that there is no way that you would be able to get something for free, as much as we would like to just have samples sent to our homes without asking for them.
That said, I am willing to do the work to get samples on my own and I have no issue with doing that. However when it came to someone asking me to do the work for them so that they would be able to benefit, that would be something that I would never be willing to do.
@edvc77 (2140)
• Philippines
9 Jan 13
Yes that is true nothing is free nowadays. It is rare already when you get free nowadays. When my son and I are strolling at the mall there is a product promotion. My son caught the attention of christmas lights bulb and the salesman approached me to take a picture at their photo booth. They are promoting a light bulb. So we did. We got it for free. However, I learned then that some have to still buy the light bulb before they would take picture. I think the salesman like my son much. :-) or maybe because it is christmas.:-)
@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
8 Jan 13
Well if only the brand website are giving out samples to all international members then i will actually work for it.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
8 Jan 13
I think a lot of people think that other people will kind of baby them along, and make things easier for them, but really, everyone has to work for what they get.
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
9 Jan 13
I never thought I would be one to sit done and fill out stuff to get free samples either but I just tried it recently and now I do it quite often. I have gotten a few things in the mail so far and looking to find more free samples I can get my hands on. Some people are just lazy and don't want to do more than they have too.
@prashu228 (37521)
• India
8 Jan 13
Hi rick
I think that girl might be thinking free means every thing for free even entering the details also for free .I think these kind of people are too lazy they don't even want to fill the form they just wanna get everything for free i have few friends like that they will ask everything so eagerly but in the end they say not interested , i think of slapping them for wasting my time but can't do that .
@NailTech (6874)
• United States
8 Jan 13
I don't call filling out a form on the internet work at all. That is how I get most of my freebies on the Net. She is too lazy, wow. I find it fun, even stress relieving for some reason. It was one of the first things I remember doing when I first got online aside from learning email and looking at some joke sights.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
8 Jan 13
Oh I know... even my family and some acquaintances are shocked how much free stuff I get... nowadays, not too much, because in my country, there aren't enough good deals, I would say, and I don't have that much time to apply for international giveaways, but I also don't understand how jealous people can be when they CAN actually do the same in 2 minutes or less, but they are just too lazy to do that... and then they want to say that I'm so much luckier than them. Yeah right.
@greenthumb018 (595)
• Philippines
8 Jan 13
Yes that is true. Even those extreme couponers are setting time just to cut all those coupons. Nothing is free anymore and I admire those who really put hard work just to get even the simple things for free. It takes time and patience and those who ask will admire but few will try.
@BarBaraPrz (48244)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Jan 13
The Halo site has printable coupons, and purina has a free puppy kit offer.
Neither of which I went for, but I thought you might be interested. I found those on Munchkin Sandwich.
@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
12 Jan 13
I signed up Halo not that long ago, but haven't gotten the couples yet. I signed up for the Purina kitten package in the past, got the cat litter for my cats, and donated the rest for the shelter. I should try again, as you can wait so long and do it again.
@vernaC (1491)
• Romania
8 Jan 13
I always consider it to be lucky to get free items. I would fill all those papers with so much energy. Sometimes they don't value these because small things for close-minded people are worthless. Just like mylot and othe paying sites for example, I invite people but find it worthless because it pays very small amount but they are so willing to stay in social sites like fb and game sites that don't pay. So sad for them, they maybe can contribute more and earn more than me.