I love FREE stuff!
Written: Sep 10 '01
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I recommend the site if you enjoy free samples. You just need to be patient and wait for something to be available to you.
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I signed up for StartSampling.com last year on the recommendation of a friend. When you sign up a friend, you get 25 points. I currently have signed up 10 people!
Every day you visit the website, you get 10 points. If there are any samples available to you, you just click on it, but you can only order one sample every 24 hours.
After you receive your sample in about two weeks, you can go back to the website and submit your feedback about the product. You earn more points for doing that.
Every once in a while, they will offer you a "Quick Question." Answering the question or taking a survey earns you 10 points.
You may be asking "What are the points good for?" Well, after you've accumulated at least 1,500 points, you can turn them in for prizes. Currently, there isn't much available, but when there is, you need to act fast! Once they're gone, they're gone!
This summer, I redeemed 4,000 points for a StartSampling umbrella. I waited weeks for my prize, and it never came. I e-mailed them. They wrote me back and told me to wait a few more weeks. It still never came. Meanwhile, I ordered a 30-Minute Phone Card for 1,500 points. It came within 8 weeks. The umbrella never came! I wrote them again, and they said they are now out of umbrellas and put my 4,000 points on my account. I'm not happy about this, as I was one of the lucky ones to actually get one while they were available. That's one of their downfalls, not delivering what they promised.
I do visit the site daily just to get my 10 points and see if anything is available to me. But, nothing has been there lately. When there were samples, I received a bunch of them!
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About the Author
Member: Cindy
Reviews written: 17
Trusted by: 8 members
About Me: Have been very busy lately, but will try to write more when I can.
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