Tips for Brand New Free Stuff Fans

The entire planet is obsessed with freebies. Whether it’s asking your favourite restaurants for free lifetime supplies of their best dish or joining a queue that reaches the thousands just to get ourselves a free doughnut, there is no stopping the thirst for something free. However, when you are getting started with getting into freebies, you are going to want to follow some hard rules to ensure that you are getting the most out of your opportunity. If you’re one of those seasoned freebie hunters, stick around because you might find some tips or tricks that can help you.

1. Don’t Fall For Things That Sound Too Good To Be True

One of the things that you should always keep in mind is that no one is going to be giving anything free that is too costly without something in return. A lot of times, people get too excited about the freebies they are getting and they forget to use their common sense. “A lot of transactions have an upside and a downside” as professor Dan Ariely mentioned. However, amid the excitement of scoring a freebie, it can be too easy to forget the downside. After all, getting something for free can create an emotional high of sorts that can lead you to believe that you’re getting something extremely valuable when it might not nearly be as valuable as you perceive. Unfortunately, some companies that you ‘score’ freebies from will be using the information you provide in ways that you normally wouldn’t allow for. Therefore, you need to read the terms and conditions on that next free £1,000 gift voucher that you sign-up for. If it sounds too good to be true, it very likely is.

2. Don’t Expect Too Much

When you are looking to score freebies, you shouldn’t be expecting too much. A lot of the free products that you get will be delivered in smaller sizes than what you might be getting if you paid for a product. After all, they are giving out samples to get you to purchase their product. Thus, you don’t want to come in expecting them to give out full products. Likewise, you shouldn’t anticipate getting a freebie for everything that you apply for. Even if you’ve gone ahead and claimed every available sample, you should only anticipate getting around 70% of them. If you’re finding that you aren’t getting the 70% that you are expecting, keep up the work. Soon, you’ll find that you are getting more freebies than you can use. Always look at the terms and conditions before applying for a freebie to ensure that you have good odds of scoring it.

3. Always Ask

It can be a good idea to work on writing letters to companies or to send them an email to see whether or not they have samples that you can try out. A lot of people have been given large boxes of samples or vouchers when contacting companies to tell them they are loving their products. If you don’t like a product, you can say so in your correspondence. A lot of companies will be willing and able to give you replacement products if they’ve managed to underdeliver on a transaction.

4. Don’t Feel Guilty

Your favourite companies are handing out freebies for a reason. You don’t have to feel like you’re taking advantage of your favourite companies. They are handing out freebies to score more customers. They are getting more out of it than you might assume. For every sample they are giving away, they are getting more leads and prospective customers their way. After all, if you try a product and you fall in love with it, you’re much more likely to become a customer of theirs.

5. Set Up New Emails

This is one of the most important tips that you are going to want to implement if you’re not doing so already. This is essential because you don’t want your main email address getting clogged up with spam and unwanted emails. You also don’t want your email getting exposed to data breaches. Start to use a second email for all of your freebies and you’ll be happy you did.

6. Get Ahead

There are a lot of different ways you can go about applying for freebies and getting them before everyone else. For one, you need to sign up for all of the newsletters of the companies you’re targeting. Also, you should be signing up for Mega Free Stuff newsletters. This way, you will be able to get the top freebies delivered right to your email in the morning at around 11 which is when we send them out. They also have an amazing competition where you can get 1 of 1000 free perfume samples from Marc Jacobs.