How to Get Free Samples Without Taking Long Surveys

By Shayleia

How to Get Free Samples Without Taking Long Surveys How to Get Free Samples Without Taking Long Surveys

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Love free samples but hate taking all those long and annoying surveys? Read on for a few companies that I found who will send you free samples by simply filling out your name and address and a couple of questions (less than 30 seconds each).

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Computer with internet access
Step1
Log onto the Walmart website and check back frequently for different samples that they have listed.
Click on "In Stores Now" and scroll down to "Free Samples" or type in www.walmart.triaddigital.com/free-samples.aspx

I found products like, Aqua Fresh, Sensodyne, Frizz-Ease, L'Oreal Skin Genesis, Goodnites and a few more.
Step2
Click on the sample you want and fill in your name and address. At the end it will ask a couple of questions and bingo, you are on your way to getting a free sample in the mail.
Step3
The Purex website also gives a free sample after you sign up for a contest in designing a "Green Tee" t-shirt. Go to www.purexsavesgreen.com
Step4
The Dove website gives free hair products samples but I found the Doves Deodorant to be "sold out" as they put it. Simply log on to their website and fill out your name and address.
Step5
I also logged onto Sunsilk Hair Products and got a free shampoo sample there.
Step6
Print Photos on your free paper! 3m.com has free paper product samples. You have to type in free samples in the search box and search through the list that comes up but it only takes your name and address once you find the right link.
Step7
Wildseedsfarm.com will send a free resource book and catalog by filling out your name and address.
Step8
Proctor & Gamble also has some free samples that can be had for a name and address and a limited amount of questions. Log onto pgsolutions.everyday.com and click on Samples & Coupons. However I found with this one that the have mostly coupons available. I found only a feminine product listed for a sample today.
Step9
Here are some other companies that I have seen listed with free samples. (I have not however, been to all of them myself yet.)
Sani-Hands, Zoobooks, Airborne, Reach, Gold Bond, Earth Chips, Yarrah, Coffee Mate, Ensure, Betty Crocker. Just log onto your favorite product sites and see what you can get for free!
Step10
Sign yourself up for an email addy where you can have all the company emails sent to if you don't want them all in your regular email inbox. Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail or the like will do. I can then read or delete any that I wish when I wish without having my main email addy socked in with advertising emails.

Tips & Warnings

  • Log onto a lot of company web sites directly and look for their samples & coupons page and skip the "freebies sites" if you want to avoid the hassle of signing up with them or filling out long annoying surveys. Most of the company web sites offer some kind of product or coupons to send you.
  • If you can't find a product listed for free, try emailing them for advice on how to try their products before buying them. Sometimes mailing a snail mail letter will get you better results.
  • Just because all those freebies sites list all those products doesn't mean you can't get them for yourself without filling out all those surveys (which the site owners get paid for but it is your time that it took to fill them out).

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Felicity

Felicity said

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on 6/1/2008 Helpful pointers! I think the surveys get more complex all the time - it used to be the norm some eons ago that you'd just send your name and address! Thanks for a great article.

bookmom

bookmom said

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on 4/30/2008 I absolutely hate long surveys! Thanks so much for the great sites!

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