Requesting free samples from companies 11 September 2006 at 3:37PM in Freebies gone but not forgotten 10 replies 26.1K views

mrsyorkie

I was just wondering if you have written to companies requesting samples, and if so which companies and if you had any success with them.

P.s. i wasn't sure if this is supposed to be in the freebie board or somewhere else. If it's meant to be somewhere else, please can you move it?

bulchy

Not a freebie, but I sent an e-mail to the Olay website asking for a suggestion for a different moisturiser as the Blemish care one (started using it after getting a free sample via this board) is making my skin feel tight. Thye didnt send me any samples, but I got a £5 voucher towards any Olay product of my choice, better than nothing I suppose.
Sue

blackicerose

I contacted Neutrogens through there site about a week ago, asking if they had any samples of their new product 'Pure Glow'. But seeing it was an american site, they don't have any samples to hand out but they forwarded my request onto someone at their UK branch and a few days later I got 2 X £1 vouchers off any Neutrogena product.

Grapey

I wrote and asked BeneFit for some samples - they wrote back (lovely letter) saying they didn't really do samples but sent me a small capsule thingy of their depuffing stuff for eyes (so a sample then!)

wanting2save

mrsyorkie wrote:

I was just wondering if you have written to companies requesting samples, and if so which companies and if you had any success with them.

Hi, havent got any stories about writing to companies but just wanted to say what a good idea for a thread!!

logan

try some of these
http://www.lipcote.com/
[EMAIL="enquiries@lipcote.com"][email protected][/EMAIL]
http://www.elizabethshaw.co.uk/
[EMAIL="info@oceansprayinfo.co.uk"][email protected][/EMAIL]
[EMAIL="info@jurlique.co.uk"][email protected][/EMAIL]
www.oc8.co.uk
www.drpierrericaud.com
www.yves-rocher.co.uk
www.germaine-de-capuccini.co.uk
http://www.discoveryfoods.co.uk/
www.spacenk.com
www.millerharris.com
http://www.johnfrieda.com/Index.asp
http://www.mavala.co.uk/
http://www.elemis.com/
http://www.latherapie.com/
www.caudalie.com

Spartan

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=248171

NorthernLass

I e-mailed [email protected] saying how intresting there product sounds, 10 days later i received a sample from them..... i liked it so much that i now order from them online

Happy_shopper

NorthernLass wrote:

I e-mailed [email protected] saying how intresting there product sounds, 10 days later i received a sample from them..... i liked it so much that i now order from them online

How funny, I've been thinking about getting some of these! Were you watching 'The Wright Stuff' 's feature on eco-friendly cleaning, too?!

Princessa_2

soapnuts are ace! Definately recommend getting a sample of them to try out. You can get some here: http://www.inasoapnutshell.com/, down at the bottom right of the page

mrsyorkie

cool, cheers for the links.

one more thing - what do you normally say in the emails? i've a feeling my emails are crap, so any tips or something you can give me would be appreciated