PINCHme

I signed up for PINCHme and was not able to claim samples that day. 3 or 4 days later I get another email notifying me to claim samples. So I did. Claimed samples 10/1 Samples Shipped 10/26. Still haven't received them. I have until 12/27 to post my opinions. The next Free Sample Tuesday comes around and lo and behold no samples available. This time I didn't get to claim any samples 3-4 days later. And now all of a sudden you can sign up for PINCHme Plus and have the option to pay $3.99 to "unlock free samples the day before Free Sample Tuesday". If you ask me that takes the meaning of FREE completely out of the equation. Let's see if I get samples after I receive my Sample Boxes and post my opinion...

I signed up Oct. 2016 to Pinchme and have received great samples to try each month so far, in exchange for my honest review. I understand that samples are based off of demographics, and I am not guaranteed samples every month, and I just want Pinchme to know I appreciate any samples I get and thank you for the opportunity to enter contest and win prizes.

I signed up at the beginning of the year and I only got one sample box. For the first box it took them almost 2 months to deliver and after that I was never qualified for samples but my profile does match them. Also, I got multiple emails saying that I should update my profile all the time. Its a waste of time.

I received samples the first month I signed up and have not gotten any since. I took the time to leave thoughful honest feedback. I log on to the site the day samples are supposed to be available, but it continually tells me all samples are gone.
I would give 4 or 5 stars if I was actually to start receiving samples again. What a bummer.

I received samples one time... now, I wait a month for the next samples to be added to their site & even set an alarm so I'm waiting & watching the timer until samples are added & they add 2 dinky samples? There are other nice samples on site but they are out of stock?!?! Whatever!

At the beginning I was receiving 3-5 samples completely free of charge. After about 3 boxes I was unable to even get any samples. I tried to get the free samples every time they were restocked, but only managed to get 1 every one and a while. Now you can buy boxes and subscriptions and take surveys to earn points which gets boxes. You still are considered eligible for free boxes but now it's a price of hours wasted on surveys that half way though say you aren't qualified and wasted your time . To fix this I ended up creating a new account to see if the same thing would happen. Again my first box was 3-5 samples , and then never again did I get a sample. Overall very cool when they first started but now the popularity has caused it so many can not even get samples.

I don't even know why I bothered making a profile for Pinch me, they're an absolute trash of a website & I'd give them a zero rating if I could. First of, I found out about it on some article of a women saying it was sooo great but not I see they only send boxes to people who are popular bloggers or you tubers. So far I've only went on this website one time and my box is yet to arrive (shipped Sept. 30, you do the math). Never again, I won't even bother reviewing the items because I just went on for my second time and I already don't "qualify" for samples. Bunch of BS of a website.

So, I read great reviews about this site and signed up for it. I even made one of my friends sign up for it. I visited the site right on time when the Sample Day arrived. I could only see the past samples which were out of stock, My friend was facing the same problem as well. So I logged on to their Facebook page and I see tons of other users are having the same issue. Apparently none of the people who signed up to the site recently got an invite for the new samples.

If I don't get to try new samples how am I supposed to provide my feedback. Thanks Pinchme for wasting one hour of my life!

Edit- I also found out that a few users got to try the free samples one day ahead by paying 3.99$. If you want users to pay for samples then you shouldn't advertise yourself as FREE Samples.

I joined about a month ago because I saw a Youtuber talking about how wonderful this site is. I just today received my first pack and everything in it is mini samples! They aren't even the size you get at the store when receiving a "gift with purchase". Funny thing... on the address label it had my name OR current resident. What! Apparently this company doesn't even care who gets their products! Looking at all of the reviewers who love this site, I suppose I don't fit their demographic anyway. I'm in my 40's and that alone means I most likely am past the point of wanting/needing most of these products. Bye Bye Pinch Me!

This is in response to Missylove L. Does it say you have been a member since THIS June? I have been with them since 2013, and yes, sometimes there are no samples that fit your profile. It happens. I am not on YouTube, and have received so many samples that I have three boxes of over a 100 samples of all kinds of products. Hang in there. This is not a scam! All they ask is for your review.

You don't always qualify for a sample box, more often not. I tried the qwizme portion to get guaranteed samples and received an email confirming it would be sent in 2-3 weeks. After a month and a half I emailed them asking if it was still being sent as I had not received anything. Their response was a tracking number telling me it was sent on one day to contact USPS. After tracking it said USPS was still awaiting the item. I emailed back with a screenshot of the tracking showing that USPS never received it and was told it's out of their hands that I need to contact USPS because it left their facility on a different day than what they told me in their original email with tracking information. I know this is just free samples but the customer service was ridiculous.

I've gotten boxes in the past. The newer side just isn't for me. I went to get my box for today, and it said my box timed out! I waited all day just to catch it and GOT NOTHING. Also, the quiz me part says that none of my surveys can be used.
Waste of time and effort for me

PinchMe offers excellent samples, but you have to be lucky enough to qualify which doesn't seem to be very easy. The samples that I've been lucky enough to receive have been decent in size so you can actually tell if you like the product. I wish the qualifying process would become easier, but overall PinchMe does a wonderful job and it's always exciting to receive a PinchMe box.

Once a month they offer samples. It is very difficult to qualify for the samples, then it takes a long time to receive them. It has become far more geared towards "surveys for samples" or pay for a membership or purchase something in exchange for a sample. It is really an aggravating situation, and to add to the frustration, too many site problems without any resolution or problem solved. By the time customer support answers your question, it is usually, "try again next month (wink, wink, giggle...) The samples have all been claimed (false sadness, shrug...)" Simply put, PinchMe does not value my time. PinchMe does not VALUE ME. PinchMe will not value your time, either.

So once you sign up and complete your profile on the main page they will have listed on the top when the next sample date and time will be.The have them maybe once a month. You want to make sure you are early so you get more samples.

I have ordered pinchme sample boxes. It is March 1,2023. I am still waiting for sample boxes I ordered in November of 2022! There is no feedback to fill out, so I assume the sample boxes were not sent out.
I wonder if others are dealing with the same thing...

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.

I absolutely love PinchMe. Their free sample boxes are great and they have good deals and offers for you too. I have found a few products I never would have known about because I go on PinchMe. Products that I now regularly use.

The only thing I was offered free was this mayo back in February. I quit the site in March due to lack of free samples. Today I finally get this disgusting free mayo sample. That been open and fermenting in the Texas heat. Never give your infor to them.

Pinchme is the best you get to try free products from companies, to see if you like them before you buy it. I think this is wonderful. Because we all know most stuff is very expensive to try an not like thank you pinchme an companys

They changed this site for the worst and now you have to do surveys in order to get samples. Sounds easy? Think again. They make it so complicated that you can't even complete one surgery. The time you take doing these surveys would take you all day or weeks in order to reach the amount they want you to get in order to get a pinch me box. You literally have to have all the time in the world, if you do this site is for you! But I don't have time for it, it's not worth it anymore.

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've been using PinchMe for years and I love it. Great quality samples and all you have to do is sign up and complete your reviews once you get your samples. I tell all my friends about it. You literally have nothing to lose and everything to gain.