EDIT: Be sure to check out the comments and leave your opinion on this freebie. Have you signed up for it in the past? What'd you get if anything?
I'm not too sure what all goes into planning for a new child to come into this world, nor am I sure that I could handle it. I have trouble remembering how to put on my own pants. Remember Goob, it's feet first and zipper in the back! Or is it zipper in the front? Ugh, not again… Thus, if I ever found myself expecting a baby, I'd sign up for some free baby stuff, (WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME if it wasn't spam – check out the comments) which is for expecting mothers and fathers who have had a child within the past 11 months or are expecting one in the next 9 months.
I didn't sign up for this (since I'm not expecting and don't want to “waste” a freebie on me), so I'm not too sure what all you'll get in this, but they promise a whole lot. But even if it's simply a booklet of coupons or some diaper samples, it helps, right? If anybody qualifies and signs up for this, let us know what you get via the comments!
baby girl says
June 25, 2008 at 11:55 amThanks , I’ll check it out.
Adrienne says
June 26, 2008 at 02:59 amIn my experience, this babytobee site SUCKS! I signed up with them a year ago when I first had my daughter and received nothing, and the sign-up process was a serious pain. I’d be interested in knowing if anyone else got anything good out of it.
Goob says
June 26, 2008 at 11:17 amSorry to hear about that, Adrienne.
I’d like to hear other people’s experiences as well. If everybody else says the same thing, I’ll take this post down!
Mar says
June 28, 2008 at 11:18 amYeah, I didn’t get anything from babytobee either. They were worthless.
Kristi says
June 30, 2008 at 09:57 pmI don’t know if you actually get anything, but after giving them my phone number (required for the samples) they started calling me multiple times a day, every day, and trying to avoid them was impossible, they even called at 8:30 a.m. yesterday (Sunday) so I finally answered and they said I needed to register for the samples so I told them to take me off the list and that it wasn’t worth being harassed for a few samples that were not even specified.
Goob says
July 1, 2008 at 10:23 amKristi, thanks for chiming in. I’m sorry to hear that they’ve been hounding you for no good reason and as a result of the comments y’all have left here, I’m pulling this “freebie.” Please accept my apology!
Honey Hopkins says
July 4, 2008 at 04:17 pmYeah babytobee is an absolute scam I had to threaten them with a federal filing to get them to stop calling me!
chrisy says
July 30, 2008 at 10:03 amI agree babytobee.com sucks. As a former employee. I will try to shed light on this bad company. When you say yes or no to a offer. They send it into the company and The company who has the offer is suppose to get in touch with you. The auto loan is done with another company. None of the offers really have nothing to do a baby.
Maureen says
August 7, 2008 at 02:17 amI used to work for them as well. They are basically a lead generation company. As far as I know, they only get your contact info from someone filling out a request for free stuff for their baby either directly on their site or one of their affiliates. They are a big Marketing scheme designed to target parents and expectant parents. They make big pretty promises and offers to give you free things. Problem is, most of the stuff is useless. But like the post above me said, when an agent calls and they offer you various stuff sometimes soooo far removed from what a parent or child needs its laughable and ridiculous. I would be so embarrassed sometimes when on a call and I would have to read some insane offer for an auto loan or migraine medicine sample to a mother to be! The funny thing is, they tell the unsuspecting agents when they first apply that these people are excited and looking forward to receiving free stuff. They have a helluva Ra Ra team working there as as well, so if you call into question their way of doing business, the agents would definately get blasted. So most just work for the paycheck. There is an extremely high turnover rate there (agents burn out quickly from the mundane work AND from the downright shady business practices (I mean come on.. these parents think they are getting free stuff.. not offers for some useless stuff and spam) But they get big bucks for selling these ‘leads’ (when you say yes to an offer that is $$ for them.. and points for the agent toward their production standards if you will).
To any potential agents interested in working for them, please do your research and hear the good and bad before that way your not too disappointed.
I would advise anyone not to sign up for anything on the net anymore with promises of anything free! Nowadays its all about the almighty dollar… now even so much as a name , fitting a certain profile and an addy is big $$…
Goob says
August 16, 2008 at 01:12 amWow, those are some shady practices right there. Thank you everybody who chimed in to let us know what this company is all about!
melissa says
August 23, 2008 at 06:16 pmBabytobee calls me 5 times a day. I have had ask them to put me on the do not call list. ANd this company is a joke. They change there number a lot. And to be being a former agent.It is hard to speak to the parnets who child was stillborn or who lost there child.
lori says
August 25, 2008 at 11:15 pmthey called today and i told them to call back at a different time. now that i read this i will not answer the phone. thanks
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cornnut32 says
October 14, 2008 at 01:49 pmi signed up for this via another website. they called me at 9 pm when my baby was asleep and my husband was asleep (he gets up at 5 am for work). they woke up my baby, who screamed, woke up my husband who was not happy. when i told them not to call me again, i got four calls in the next two days. the last call my husband told them he’d file a lawsuit if they called again because we’d told them not to take our number off their list. the girl called my husband names and yelled at him! i was appalled by that. i understand telemarketers can legally call until 9 pm, but that is just ridiculous.
in hiding after reading more info says
January 12, 2009 at 04:58 pmHi, I am a current employee of BabytoBee. I think we do have a few great things for expecting parents, but it is definitely a marketing company and many of our offers would be considered junk to some people.
I wanted to respond to a few of the comments. If we get an answering machine or a dropped call we will call back. If you are not interested tell the agent ‘not interested’ or ‘please put me on your do not call list’. You will probably get a rebuttal, but if you stick to your guns and the agent dispositions the info correctly you shouldn’t receive more calls unless you had been signed up multiple times. The agents are mostly work at home mothers who want to believe that this is a great company. Anyone have any other recommendations for a better work at home job?
jessica says
January 25, 2009 at 11:48 pmBabytobee SUCKS!!!!! its horrible and u get nothing but a big headache and they try to charge u for the stuff!! DONOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!!!
Tessa says
March 2, 2009 at 06:32 pmIt SUCKS! They call all the time and send annoying stuff. WASTE OF TIME!
Amber says
April 26, 2009 at 10:30 amBabytobee is the worst! I was a sucker and gave in to the telemarketer who promised me free samples and offers. To this day i have not recieved anything from them except spam emails and a headache! They also share your info with other companies. I refused to give my credit card number to them and they finally stopped calling!
Jane says
April 28, 2009 at 12:19 pmI hate babytobee. I know for a fact. That they encourage there agents not to put people on dnc. Because it gives fewer leads to work with. All the people that I have spoken to about the joke of a company. They don’t give parnets a darn thing.
Lala says
June 26, 2009 at 06:49 pmyeah they are kind of ridiculous. thay’ve called me about 4 times so far and when i tell them that they’ve already called me that did they just argue with me and tell me that they haven’t called. suprisingly they haven’t called in the last two days. my junky phone keeps hanging up on them 🙂
Lianne says
August 7, 2009 at 09:12 pmThey keep calling me even after I asked to take me off their list! I just wanted a free magazine subscription but I had no idea what a scam they were after reading other people’s posts.
Amy says
August 21, 2009 at 03:03 pmDear #9 Maureen, Since you worked for this nightmare of a scam, can you help with information as to how to cancel a membership to nothing? I signed my daughter-in-law up for this thinking it would be great for her. How wrong I was. They are now trying to auto-draft money from her checking account for something she didn’t ask for or receive. PLEASE, if you can help in any way, contact me ASAP. Otherwise, I’ll be paying her for the money the take out of her account. I feel responsible.
ilovepiggies2
Amy says
August 21, 2009 at 03:08 pmDear #15 in hiding,
PLEASE if you know how to stop the membership and auto-drafts, please, please contact me.
Thanks, Amy
ilovepiggies2
Lexie says
September 8, 2009 at 08:35 pmthanks everyone! I found the ad on google and almost signed up for it! I actually saw that they wanted your phone # and i always read the very little print at the bottom of pages and read that they will call you to confirm your order, etc.!!!! I decided not to and then I saw these comments! Thank gosh for reading the little print!
Lionheart31 says
October 4, 2009 at 05:58 pmTo everyone whose comments are ringing strong. You need to go to the BBB of your state, the FTC (Federal Trade Commission), and possibly the SEC, if this is a company has stock. This company wanted my spouse’s credit card number and finally I had to tell her no and hang up, however they do have her email address and send her nothing but junk. I guess the moral of the story is, “If it sounds to good to be true, it often is,”. Sounds like this company cares little for its employee’s just the money. If they continue to try to draft money out of your checking or savings account without your permission you can also go to the Federal Reserve Board, because it is a violation of banking regulation and protocol, also you might have to ask an attorney that specifically deals with bank regulation to help you out. It burns me up knowing that other to be parents or parents and associations are being scammed, a baby is God’s precious gift and a miracle no a money maker.
Leo
Sam says
January 18, 2010 at 02:04 pmI was just on a call with babytobee when I came across this site while talking to them. The poor lady (who seemed fairly nice) was still busy talking when I hung up on her. I didn’t really understand what she wanted from me. I was waiting for her to ask for a credit card number, so I could just say “aha, I knew there was a catch!” But she was going on and on about mortgages or something! She was also trying to push formula on me, but I told her I plan on breastfeeding (hopefully). She seemed sort of pissed that I didn’t want formula and said “well can you at least give it to someone else who could use it, or supplement with it?” Excuse me lady, but I don’t need to justify my parenting choices here!! Geez. I’m expecting them to call me now numerous times a day after reading all your posts! I had a hunch when I signed up for it. I should stick to that gut feeling in the future!!