Concerts. Festivals. Expo Halls. Mail. Stores. Parties. Hotel Rooms. Internet.
Everywhere you look, there are free samples.
You can’t help yourself, can you? Me neither. I HAVE to pick them up.
Why? Because I absolutely, need, can’t-do-without a little baby bottle of shampoo or lotion? Well, no…basically…because they are free (and sometimes really cute!) Believe it or not, free samples can actually be useful! Now, trust me when I say I don’t spend hours per day scouring the internet to sign up for tiny little freebie deebies (unless it’s Prilosec, which saves me money in the end.) A few here and there take no time at all. Periodically checking sites like Walmart Samples or P & G Brandsampler makes it very easy to sign up for several with little effort.
What are the benefits of free samples?
- More times than not, they will also come with a high value coupon
- Sometimes they will include other offers, like free music downloads or ebooks
- Good for traveling or to keep in the vehicle glove box
- Perfect for purses or diaper bags
- Great to carry on airplanes (I have found the PERFECT sample bottle – have been refilling it for YEARS)
- Use them as gift basket fillers
- Take along camping
- Save up and send to a college student (they’ll use ANYTHING) or military (like Any Soldier)
- Save them for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
- Give them to nursing homes, homeless shelters, battered women’s shelters, food pantries (which accept MORE than food, by the way) – when you have NOTHING, a sample is SOMETHING
Giving to charity WITHOUT affecting my budget is one of my favorite things to do in the whole wide world. SO many people do without the little things. Won’t you please help? It doesn’t take much.
What do you do with YOUR free samples? Give us some ideas on how they save YOU money.
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I love your new design. Thanks for the ideas for my overflowing samples!!!