• MIDItheKID@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Really weird that this question would come up right now because up until yesterday, I would say no. I was at the store with my daughter and there was a person giving away free samples of these frozen dumplings (they were cooked, not cold). My daughter chowed one down and asked for another. Now my daughter is a super picky eater, so I was like “hell yeah, I’m gonna buy a box of these”.

    Well we went home to have dumplings for dinner and she didn’t want to eat them.

    So now I have dumplings.

    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      20 days ago

      Damn she is too picky

      Maybe you should’ve waited a week or two to serve those to her again, maybe twice in one day was too much for her pickiness

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    20 days ago

    Granted this isnt a “Purchase,” but I married my wife. After that first sample, I was hooked and knew I wanted the whole woman forever. 6 years later, I got my best friend and gal of my dreams everyday.

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    21 days ago

    I don’t go to Costco but every few years and I went hungry with a friend who has membership and bought too many of the samples I had

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    21 days ago

    Yes, for a set of skincare products. One of the products was a sebum control serum that just did magic, I’ve never seen anything else like it. No more pimples no more blackheads no excess oil and just in three days. Unfortunately it’s discontinued now 😭 but yeah that’s my bought after the sample story

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      21 days ago

      I was just about to ask the name of the product and then got to the end of your comment and became immensely depressed. I’m tired of feeling excessively oily and what you described sounded like a dream product.

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        21 days ago

        It was the jojoba company brand. They still make the face cleanser with grapefruit, which was pretty good for oil control but the serum was the key product.

        I’m just as sad 😭

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    21 days ago

    I received a “gift with purchase” lip balm. I usually just toss it after discovering how sticky/goopy/fragranced/tingling it is, but this one was really mild/neutral/pleasant so I got the full one when I finished the sample.

  • bruhSoulz@lemmy.ml
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    21 days ago

    Not once. He- actually at one point i remember getting free oreos, i was an oreo fan before that so i guess the answer is yes cus i kept buying them after

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      19 days ago

      Reminds me of a Mitch Hedberg joke: “I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.”

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    21 days ago

    It wasn’t a free “sample”, but I got someone’s hand-me-down leggings and they were so comfortable that I bought a new pair when I needed a different size.

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    20 days ago

    From travels to lots of hotels I’ve taken their mini bottles of shampoo and shaving cream, now from one hotel in Germany and another in France I exclusively buy those shampoos/shaving cream.

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      19 days ago

      There’s a hotel brand hand lotion that I love that cannot be purchased. Ca va mal 😔