PINCHmeReviews 392

I have gotten several boxes from them, anywhere from shampoo and conditioner, to coupons for 2 free boxes of CLAIROL hair color (each bx an $8 value) to cat food filets, Dr Sheffields natural tooth paste(LOVED and bought a full size with the $ off coupon they sent), to L'Oreal mask and moisturizer plus $5 off coupon to Paromi full leaf tea sample and coupon to garbage bag samples. All have been great. Yes it does take awhile to get a box, I usually get one every other month but it is all FREE.
The surveys while annoying are SEPARATE and in ADDITION to the monthly boxes I haven't yet won an additional box by doing the surveys, they are time consuming and OPTIONAL, and yes, it is frustrating when you take the time to start one and you dont qualify. I have gotten FREE MAGAZINES, Vogue and Vanity Fair I just love, which are additional sponsor benefits. I tried the sponsor program NCP National Consumer Panel but ended up sending back their scanner, too time consuming and they put you on a robo dialer and pressure you to scan your groceries and are just NASTY people to deal with.

Pinchme is not a scam I used to get fullsize bottles of shampoo and conditioners but now they're being cheap and giving you the small packets you can find inside magazines. That being said the only reason I'm giving them 1 star review is because they started doing this b. S calling QWIZME where you have to do surveys just to qualify for sample boxes. Before when I first signed up you had to put in your demographics and things you like and etc but now none of that matters and you wont get a sample box because you didnt get 400 tokens? The reason thats irritating is you can fill out as many surveys as you can but you either wont qualify fully for the survey and trying to get to 400 tokens is a joke it will keep saying lets find other surveys for you to take when really you're wasting your time! If you got alot of time on your hands to be taking several surveys at once to try to qualify goodluck to you.

Well I first signed up with Pinchme because I was a member with several product sampling sites on Facebook, thought what the heck give it a try. Well as you sign up the first time you get a sample box but there after you don't get anything. You have to fill out these surveys to earn points to get a chance to get another box. Someone posted on FB that they received a box well, I am supposed to get the same box of samples and I was given a message stating that because of substantial shipping delays of March and April sample boxes will be delayed, well I see in my order history of the site that it states shipping takes at least 2-4 weeks plus the bar meter as stayed in the same spot for a week now. It now has been close to just over 3 weeks and I haven't received the box I am supposed to get that a few have already gotten. I am a blogger and product sampler and not only do I know of sites like Sitejabber but of sites where I can get samples of items faster without as much competition for those free items. I seen the other day they had a live podcast on Youtube/FB where they show these fairly big bottles of items but when I seen a picture of what someone had received and it was small packets the true companies themselves would send you.

This is not a scam. They've sent me a sample box almost every month for the past 2 years. I receive anywhere from 2-5 samples each month. They send SAMPLES. From reading these reviews, I guess most people don't know the definition of SAMPLE. A sample is not a full size product and nowhere does it say free full size products. I do however occasionally get coupons for free full size products to buy at the store. They only give out samples ONE Tuesday per month. The dates are listed on their website as sample Tuesday varies. You must keep your PinchMe profile updated and YOU MUST submit your reviews of all samples within the time period of 30 days of receiving your samples or you will become ineligible to receive anymore. It is a little time consuming but worth it to me. I get to try products i may not buy or even hear of. Samples include shampoo, condition, lotion, moisturizers, pet food/snacks, kids snacks, allergy/sleeping medicine, tea, etc. If you dont receive samples right away, just keep trying.

Do NOT even sign up for this site! You will never be able to get anything because of competition.
They give out samples to fill your box at 12:00 and the site is so over run they cant even keep up with the traffic. All this site is, is a way to mine people for data so they can sell it and make mega money. TOTAL SCAM

BELOW IS A SCREENSHOT OF WHERE I ENDED UP WHEN I TRIED TO FILL MY BOX WITH THE BIG 4 ITEMS THAT WERE OFFERED TO ME. NEVER AGAIN!

You have to make sure you are able to log on Tuesdays at 12 noon on their sample days. When you do the website is overloaded and crashes. Every Time! By the time you get through the samples are gone or you find out you did not get any this time. I have always been "in good standing" and filled out my reviews in time and with care. A few years ago they were great - then, I guess, they grew in members, but never caught up with the capability of their website.

I signed up in 2013 and every Tuesday I was eligible for samples. I would get frequent emails from them reminding me to check the new samples I would be so excited because I always qualified for something. I received my products within the month I had ordered them and for the most part I got what I had asked for, but after a while I stopped being eligible to order more samples even though it says I qualify for them as others have also stated. I wouldn't call it a scam as you still received some samples, but it's not fair that you have to write a glorified review to continue receiving them. It also seems like their requirements for a good review have gotten stricter. I missed one feedback survey and my review rating is now in the poor range. I haven't received a sample since October 2016 so I've given up on the site.

When I first signed up is because I seen a unboxing on YouTube so I thought this was too good to be true so many great products I sign up for it and it took months to get the products for products never ever was able to claim anything again update my profile still nothing but if you have social media people following you then your in luck. It seems to be biased not everybody on Facebook true parents reviewers need to try to products to review not sit on social media and wait and expect to get a sample it to try in our home life to add to our routine of home life. To me I feel like its not for sampleing other company's products more like a mother scam site. Its ridiculous if you're a busy Homemaker busy mama I don't recommend you try this cuz you are wasting your time when you can find other samples and buy other products for your home life

I received my Pinch box today I loved the Skittles sweet and hot sample so good, I also received Fructis smoothing treatment for a 1 minute hair mask, that too was great, I love it. I also received Whole Blends shampoo and a conditioner for my hair it smoothes, hydrates and protects hair, Really love that! And I got a coupons buy 1 get one free for Slimfast SLIM café 82% less sugar which II will buy tomorrow. I usually buy ensure and have every AM I hope this will make me change to Slimfast. Thank you.

PINCHme is the only site that I've came across that has actually sent me a box of real legit samples... I know the samples are samples and not the full product but it wouldn't be a sample if it was a full product and think about how many people order these boxes monthly. If they mailed people real full size items then they probably wouldn't still be around, if anyone can tell me a better FREE sample box site then please feel free to. This sample site is definitely NOT a scam!

You sign up because you think (from all the pictures they put up) that you're gonna get full-sized, high-quality products to try out. In reality, what you get is a pack of two breath mints and a pack of salad dressing the same size as the ones they give you at McDonalds. If you want to (allegedly) be considered to maybe possibly be sent full-size, quality products in the future, you have to sacrifice time and dignity writing flowery reviews where you tell the world how "Wow! Johnson & Johnson brand No-More Tears has truly made all the difference in our family life, and has even brought us closer together! Thank you, Johnson & Johnson No-More Tears!" And then maybe they'll think about sending you products that are actually useful.

Seriously, this is a waste of time. If you like samples that much and don't care which ones you get, go walk through the mall and ask for them -- or better yet, email companies directly, so you at least have a chance of getting a sample you can use. Otherwise, this is just one box after another of laughable disappointment. Don't be swayed by the obviously fake five-star reviews here and on FB.