Do Free Samples Make You Buy?

numatic.nathan · 3 Jun 2011 at 16:38

Not really...

gazzaman2k · 3 Jun 2011 at 19:50

no just makes me go for more free samples usually till ive alomst got a full retail sized thing of it lol

Mr_White · 3 Jun 2011 at 19:51

Can't remember the last time I had a free sample, certainly never bought anything off of the back of one either.

Cleeecooo · 3 Jun 2011 at 19:51

Sometimes in costco

sven256 · 3 Jun 2011 at 19:54

There and then, probably not. If i like the product maybe at a later date.

buchtis · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:01

Nope as they're usually inferior to the product they're trying to compete with e.g I like cheddar cheese and Cathedral City is my favourite, i'll try a sample at Costco of another cheddar and think how much better Cathedral is compared to it.

hbk123 · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:09

No..., but i do try and get as many free samples as i can!

robgmun · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:27

I'm usually extremely hard to sell to. But would make me buy if the product is good. As at least I would know if it was any good.

Totality · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:46

Yep when doing a drive round the south island we stopped at lots of vinyards and were given free samples. Bought lots of wine which I thought tasted good. Some places I didn't buy any at all though because I didn't like their wines. Strange how a Pinot Noir one mile away from the last vineyard can taste so different!

Lightnix · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:59

If it seems to be a superior replacement for a product I was otherwise going to buy, then yes. Usually this happens at the deli counter at Sainsburys actually.

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:06

Shikarilol · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:14

The Costco food samples always get me.

Edrof · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:17

Someone bumped this month old thread just to say the word 'no'? Trying to get the post count up perchance?!

Glaucus · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:17

Sometimes.

If im buying cheese for a cheeseboarnd. I like to try samples.
Of if out and about you get a free food sample and it's outstanding qaulity I might buy some, if it lasts a long time like sauces or pickles.

Borough market is an ideal example. Alway end up buying random food stuff from there, due to samples.

Evoss · 3 Jul 2011 at 14:37

Nope, one exception was in Florida in a food court xD

Gackt · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:32

It depends. If it's something I would not normally try, or if it's something better than what I currently buy, and I approve, then yes, I may buy it. Not on impulse mind you, and it would have to fit into my budget.

needforspeed · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:47

I got given a bottle of Drench spring water. I even got given a loaf of bread and I think it was Hovis. This was at the Birmingham Centre.