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identitymismatch

freebie_junkie wrote:

how can having approx £6 worth of soap from a company that makes loads and then giving it to someone who buys lush anyway and who loves one of teh sampel so much she buys two oversized block of it costing £4 each, how has teh company possibly LOST out?

comapnies set aside a tax-deducitble amount of their budget secifically for giving free samples, so why shouldnt we take them?

its not rude,it doesnt take teh mickey and its not freeloading to take a few samplers here and there, i encourage more peopkle to do it. if the comapnies couldnt afford to do it they wouldnt do it would they?

I'm not sure that the samples are really tax-deductable as that would involve every sample being put into the accounts.

Yes, you should take samples if you want to, but just don't be greedy ;-)
That's what I object to - the people who say "Great freebie, I signed up for 15000 of these, they'd better deliver soon or I'll slag them off"... or something like that, you know the sort I mean!

As it happens, knowing that Lush *do* give out samples will means I'll go there soon as there are a few things that tempt me... so thanks for the post in the first place!

Don'tskipit

identity mismatch

Company samples ARE, DEFINITELY,ABSOLUTELY tax deductible, so you won't have to feel guilty when you ask for YOUR Lush FREE samples.
Have a nice day.
Oh dear,my lip is bleeding now, and my tongue is fixed firmly in my cheek.

PS If you should reply to this I won't be able to see it cos you're on my 'ignore
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carrie483

identitymismatch wrote:

I must say I thought scoper made a very fair point. Maybe the use of "!!!!!!" and "God" are objectionable to you, that's fair enough. Ultimately I too am rather annoyed by people who do insist on taking the mickey and freeloading as far as they can without thinking of the impact it will have on other people, to whit:
* Moneysavingexpert.com could get a bad name for itself
* Genuine shoppers might miss out on the chance to get samples

Also please think about it - why exact "consumer revenge" on a company that's being nice to the consumer?

All I think scoper's saying is "Don't try to screw a nice company or we'll all lose out"

She is a genuine shopper tho. She said that she and her mum love lush which means she buys from there.

Please tell me where the 'consumer revenge' is?

Carrie

freebie_junkie

wow i really split the board eh?

gingercordial

I've done this before in Lush, very successfully (Covent Garden was particularly good). I did genuinely want to try some of the solid shampoo and conditioner before buying a huge lump - just as well as it made my hair feel horrible so I'm back to Pantene! So I went in and asked for samples. I ended up with two lovely shop assistants helping me choose which kind to try as it was quiet, then one of them asked me if there was anything else I'd like to try - well she offered! So I had samples of various face creams, soap and deodorants, think I had ten things in total. No pressure to buy, although they weren't allowed to give samples of the face pack so in the end I did buy a pot of that.

Yes I am a regular Lush customer, in fact have been since it first opened as I'm from very near its hometown. The smell of the shops always reminds me of home! So they've done well out of me over the years.

Anyway, if anyone's looking for an excuse for asking for freebies then the solid shampoo seems to be a good one as it's so "weird", therefore it's normal that you'd be a bit hesitant and want to try it first!

Oh yes, the samples most definitely are tax deductible, and no, of course they don't count them individually. A store will know how much soap etc it's been through in a day/month/year - whether that's been sold or given as a sample the total cost of it should be deductible.

bushcaro

I got quite a few samples by emailing their website contact. A box arrived arrived today although they did say they don't normally post it out.

identitymismatch

Don'tskipit wrote:

identity mismatch

Company samples ARE, DEFINITELY,ABSOLUTELY tax deductible, so you won't have to feel guilty when you ask for YOUR Lush FREE samples.
Have a nice day.
Oh dear,my lip is bleeding now, and my tongue is fixed firmly in my cheek.

PS If you should reply to this I won't be able to see it cos you're on my 'ignore
list' (To stop my BP rising)

Thanks for the info!