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PINCHme is a product discovery platform that offers users free samples of various products.
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Well it has been more than five times that I complete and offer to get one of the items for "free". You basically complete one of the offers which is sign up for an app or website and pay with your card can be from $1-10 or more. Most of the times when I complete the offer it doesn't even let me go to the next page it just keeps loading. If you dont contact them then they wont do anything for you very unprofessional. It's been more than two weeks I contacted them and still no response. I let them know that once again I have successfully completed an offer with proof to show and no reply. So I paid for the sign up and didn't get my item which in this case was a 20 piece makeup brush kit. This has happened too many times! I know scam when I see it. If you dont cancel the subscriptions they will automatically take the cash from your card again. They make money off of us from partnerships with these companies and they dont make sure their website is running properly so this doesn't happen.
2 months and they still have not sent my samples. It is a scam. I have asked them about why it is taking so long and they have no reason for it.
Got my box today and I love it thank you pinchme I always wanted to find something like this and not scams so thank u
They claim to provide samples and gift cards for reviews and offers, but I've received minimal samples without gift cards and since providing my information to them with their so called offers, I have received hundreds of spam calls, text messages, and emails daily. It starts the moment I wake up and goes on until I settle down for the evening.
A simplified explanation for this site is this:
You fill out surveys to earn points and can spend those points on products/samples.
The problem is this:
When you click on a survey, they have you answer some questions to see if you're the target audience they are looking for to answer their survey. Many times, you don't qualify, but even if you do, the next (and most annoying) issue comes up.
If you manage to start a survey, you can be anywhere in it (I've been 97% complete) after 15 minutes of answering questions, and if you answer a question with an answer they don't like or want, they say you didn't qualify and you get NO points for it.
Basically, the preliminary questions are pointless because they can end your survey once they have all the information they want and you get no reward for it.
They get millions of free survey answers without rewarding the survey takers by cutting you off after 10 to 20 minutes of wasting your time! I've had PinchMe for 2 years and am on it monthly. I've only gotten 2000 points total.
It is not a good use of your time, as the scam lies within their habit of waiting until you're basically done giving them their research answers, then they say you didn't fit their target audience. (I feel if you pass the preliminary questions, they should no longer be allowed to back out and must reward you for the time you spent. This is not the case.)
I really enjoy the mini one glazed maple doughnut. I definitely recommend it, it's one of the best.
At first i was getting samples by taking surveys and racking up my coins. Well, now that pinchme.com has disabled my ability to take surveys for points, i am now only able to sign up for offers that REQUIRE ME TO ENTER MY CREDIT CARD. Um ya, no thanks. Let me take surveys for coins because i dont have money to sign up for all these OFFERS THAT ARE NOT FREE
You want to know the truth about Pinchme? Here it is! A while back they would send a few sample here and there. They send you emails for items that you can claim. So you log on to their website and click on the sample. It will show that in order to receive that sample they want you to perform some things. Example: sign up for a paid membership to Experian, sign up for a paid membership dabble, ECT. Various other things like download and play a game and get to level 3. Stuff like that. So you follow thru with the things that are required in order to get the samples. I have NEVER one time got credit or acknowledgement for completing anything! This happened over a dozen times! I would email them over and over with proof of such things like copies of emails from the site they requested, screenshots of the games I downloaded and played to certain levels, screenshots of proof that I completed the actions requested of me. They would always come back to me with BS requesting rediculous information. I had already proved that I did these things! Never did they ever compensate me for anything! It's a real scam! Do not waste your time! It's not worth it for a sample of fruit loops or some cheesy 5.00 gift card, or a cheap Bluetooth speaker of some brand you never heard of! Seriously. That company has pissed me of so many times and I have the emails to prove it. Feel free to comment and if possible I will answer with whatever you want to know. They are liars and do not do what they say! DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME!
I received my first Pinch Me box the other day and I loved all of the products! I am glad I get to try new things before I buy... This is a very legit sight and I highly recommend signing up.
This site is full of empty promises and lies. Nothing but crap. Do not fall for it! They off stuff that they are not going to deliver on.
Pinchme is a great app to receive samples of so many types of products. You fill out a few questions and they send you samples. Once you've gone through the products all you have to do is review them.
I Joined PINCHme so I could get the free sample boxes and write reviews, but since I joined 3 years ago I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANYTHING! I personally DO NOT recommend whatsoever. On top of all that, the website itself is set up weird and its tricky to do anything and it constantly doesn't let me make a purchase. It seems like its all rigged. Its a JOKE! Unfortunately its making me rate at least one star but If it was left up to me i would give PINCHme a NEGATIVE 5 STAR RATING! I tried to give it another chance after chance but I'm now currently trying to sign out and never have to deal with PINCHme again!
Its loads of fun you build points from surveys to free stuff. Plus you get to test products goods and services. Write a review and thats it. I love getting free stuff. Who wouldn't? And heck if its fun to recieve rewards for your thoughts and you feel valued for your opinions why NOT?!? What's to lose?
It never gave me surveys and when I did the offers they gave me no points and on my sister's account, they gave her surveys but not me.
It requires you to do to much to get points and it'll have you answer 5+ questions before telling you the survey isn't for you. I currently have 5 boxes I've order since last month and I think only one has said it's been put out for delivery so I guess you can say scam!
I use to like this site and then I see the reviews and I have very similar issues, very disappointed
They don't even send full size samples. Sent me a teeny tiny box with about 4 samples two months after I joined, one of which was a microscopic, incredibly small sample of Haribo gummy bears. For such a tiny bag these people expected me to fill out a review for the gummy bears on Target.com, Walmart.com, and Walgreens.com. You've got to be kidding me! You don't even send me a full size sample and expect me to go to the trouble to write a paragraph review on THREE different websites? No way! This place never has any samples available, not even on their big "Sample Tuesday". None of the samples are even truly free, you have to sign up for some website or download a stupid app for everything, and it just isn't worth the effort for a fun size piece of candy or a singular band-aid... huge bait and switch website. I'm done with pinch.me after this! I honestly expected better. It's nothing but another scam.
Not everything is explained in there video, so I reached out via messenger to understand this program better. All I kept getting was watch the video. The video does not explain that monthly you have to sign up for things, it also does not tell you about RewardMe, SampleMe, WalletMe or any of them. Very disappointed in their customer service as apparently I wasn't worth their time.
Answer: I recently signed up on PINCHme and so far I'm happy. I had to answer a few questions (what products I like) but it took less than 10 minutes. I get some emails from them, like one every few days. I just delete them. I haven't got any from third parties. Today they released some of their free samples (they supposedly do every two weeks) and I got to order 4.
Answer: It takes a LONG time--over 6 months for some things and then when you get the items, you will be sorely disappointed to have everything tossed loosely in a box. Pinchme is no longer worth it, imo
Answer: Yes, you're fortunate that you can't sign up. They have scammed a lot of people out of everything they put into this site. Forget about it.
Answer: You;re right. They are not a legitimate sample site anymore, nor are they keeping their word. Read all the bad reviews and you'll understand.
Answer: They email the gift cards to the email address you gave them when you signed up with them. It can take up to three weeks to receive them. If it's longer than that just email them and the agents will correct it.
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