Freebie Successes by Letter / Email - What have you recieved? (merged)

littleemiss

I complimented warburtons (genuinely) via post including my finished wrapper. Received vouchers for 3 free loaves

elliegibbo

I complained to Quorn about their new lite bites and received £5 in MOC

swimsink

I'm not sure if i'm allowed to post this here, so I apologize in advance if i'm not, but has anybody else ever done this?

Out of boredom a week or so ago I set myself a challenge to see how many freebies I could get in a month without asking for any... like I said a WEEK ago - and have already received approx £100 in freebies and coupons? This seems mad to me! Not that i'm complaining! But surely other people must have done this before?

veggie4life

what companies did you compliment !

swimsink

Hang on just cooking little uns tea and i'll give you a list

Polka_dot_zebra

I've written the odd complement letter when I've had particularly good service, but haven't ever had anything other than a 'thanks for your feedback' letter in return... Would love to hear what you've been saying and to whom!

swimsink

Haribo - a question & a compliment - received a full size pack of goldbears & tangfastics in the post today.
Weetabix - compliment - £3 of vouchers
Huggies - genuine complaint - £12 of vouchers
Andrex - compliment - £3 voucher
Nestle (Cheerios) - compliment - £8 of vouchers!
P&G - compliment - £10 voucher (wella, clairol, nice n easy, herbal essences)
P&G - gave them some feedback on razors - £5 voucher (venus gilette), didn't realize these were owned by the same company, woops!
Kingsmill/allinson/burgen/sunblest - compliment - £5 of vouchers
Pizza hut - genuine complaint - £10 gift card
Innocent (smoothes) - compliment - SIXTEEN pounds of vouchers - think they got a bit excited!!!!!
Cathedral City cheese - compliment - voucher for a free pack any size
Horlicks - compliment - free samples
Tigi - compliment - free samples
Angel delight - entered details for a freebie on the facebook page - free angel delight ice cream mix
Starbucks compliment - 2 free drinks vouchers any size
Boots - compliment - free eye shadow palette

Lots more companies promised to pop things in the post I can't believe it - all the above has arrived since wednesday!

swimsink

Just to clarify - they are all products I actually use and buy and was giving genuine compliments and feedback. And the two complaints were genuine ones, velco tabs ripping off huggies nappies and terrible service in pizza hut. Honesty seems to get you a long way!

Polka_dot_zebra

Just out of interest, did you write 'proper' letters or emails? Every time I've complimented/complained I've done so by email, and therefore get the responses back as email too. Perhaps that's where I've been going wrong....

FarzRocks

Little hint Zebra ,always put your address down the bottom of the email (like a letter head) . I do this often (compliments or just an inquiry to a certain something) and the stuff I have gotten for a few simple lines is amazing!! From full facial care kits to full sized bags of coffee and tea's , even got the odd candle and bath set too , Iv got a bathroom full of goodies from companies that dont send out just a single sachet ....... but bags of them ,or even full sized products

I not only compliment on the flavour/taste/smell/texture ,but I also do so on the packaging ,where I bought it from ,and most importantly - why I bought it in the first place. Being in this sort of industry myself ,I know how badly companies crave this sort of feedback . And I always purchase the product after use and if I liked it .