EDIT: This is no longer available, but when it comes back up again I'll be sure to repost it!
Apparently handling millions of freebies over the years has convinced the U.S. Postal Service to jump in the game and sponsor a new sample showcase! You have to qualify, but I know for a fact that females with 0-3 kids who make $75,001-$100,000 qualify. So…yeah 😀
From the looks of it, they're going to be sending out freebies for products like Reese's, Nescafe, and Dove. The site keeps going down, so if you're having trouble, try again later. And if you're not having trouble…well, good for you! You get an A+.
[thanks Deal Seeking Mom!]
Got my samples. Thanks for the post.
got my samples today! that was fast. no reese’s peanut butter cup, but everything else was included.
I got my freebie today. It was a nice little surprise package with all kinds of goodies- candy, coffee, deodorant, shampoo & conditioner, and even hand lotions.
Donna T.- Pittsburgh, PA
Lovin’ this freebie! Got mine in the mail today and was surprised at what all was in there! Best single day at the mail box I have had since December. Oh, and my Stayfree sample came too!!!
Received my box of goodies today. WOW, what a haul. Sadly no Reese’s peanut butter cups.
Aveeno 1.5 oz positively ageless firming body lotion
Aveeno 0.3 fl oz positively ageless lifting & firming night cream
Aveeno 0.3 fl oz nourish + moisturize conditioner
Aveeno 0.3 fl oz nourish + moisturize shampoo
Aveeno nourish+ hair care collection $1 coupon (exp 8/31/10)
Aveeno active naturals product $2 coupon (exp 12/31/10)
Bengay air activated pain relieving pad
Dove 1.116 oz peanut butter candy bar
McCormick grill mates Montreal steak marinade, 0.71 oz packet
Secret 0.5 oz clinical strength solid
Shower to Shower 0.16 oz shimmer effects body powder
Shower to Shower 0.16 oz sport body powder
Splenda no calorie sweetener with fiber – 2 packets + $1 coupon (exp. 7/31/10)
Taster’s Choice original gourmet AND vanilla gourmet instant coffee
USPS flyer on shipping rates
I received mine yesterday and it felt like Christmas in May! Has to be the best freebie I’ve gotten yet…hope they send out boxes regularly!
I got mine today too.
Not sure how smart it was to send a chocolate bar through the mail in May! 🙂 squishy city, right into the fridge it went! 🙂
I liked all the personal products, they are going straight into my gym bag.
Loved mine too! Especially My Dove bar was awesome!!! TY HIF
Got mine today. Wow! That’s definitely the most I’ve ever gotten at once.
got mine…..everything there but the Reeses….great box, pretended it to be my birthday!
Woo Hoo! Jackpot here too! My birthday is this week, so it’s like a birthday present.
I got mine today and my dove bar was melted 🙁 But loved all the samples
I got mine in the mail today. It was like the freebie jackpot. Twelve different items. WooHoo!
I got mine today in the mail, It was like my birthday, very fun to open to see what was inside. Way to go USPS. Thanks!!!
Got mine today in the mail…every sample in the photo was in the box…very nice USPS !
i was the first to get mine i got secret deoterant
Does anyone have the promo code for the Sample Showcase?
I got sent to a Start Sampling site and it said “this URL is not here”
I think it’s done. Now there is a waiting list.
It worked for me…I followed what Goob said. It says my package should be arriving in early May! Thanks!
It’s working again.
Asked for email but said not doing anymore or something like that right now. But will email in future.
They want people that have enough disposible income to be able to buy the things they are sampling. Women, I suppose, do more of the shopping, and if they have kids, then they buy even more. People with low income are not a good investment for companies that give out samples.
The USPS isn’t paying for the samples. But they get business when companies send out samples, right? It’s a win-win for them and the sample companies.
Just play the game.
815am AZ. Now it only lets your put in your email to be notified when and if they do more in the future. I tried yesterday many x, but got web page cannot be found and had to give up. How does the post office have money to sent out free stuff to rich women? They want to not deliver mail on Sat. and Sun.??
Too late! Now they say they are just “testing” the program and asked for my e-mail. : P
All I got was a box to enter my email and be put on mailing list. Stated not giving anything away yet!
Weird. I didn’t get any survey at all. Just a box to enter my email in and it said that my email was added to their mailing list! Hmmm. I supposed I’d better check my email now…
this offer is done, would of like to try the dove candy & secret. better luck next time.
No luck for me this is the respond i’m getting all evening I give up now….
Right now we are testing the program and no offers are available. If you would like to sign up for possible future program please sign up below.
Oops! I was wrong. It does say there are no more offers. :(((((((
Doesn’t come up to a survey. Just asked me for my e-mail. What else can I do? It DOES NOT SAY there say there are no more offers at this time(like someone else said theirs did) ??
Think its dead – “Are you interested in this Sample Showcase offer?
Right now we are testing the program and no offers are available.”
said they didn’t have anything to give away but asked for my email for “future offers”
I 2nd Beth and Jessica. I’m a single mum of a 5yr old making just under 35K and I didn’t qualify for this freebie. Seems backasswords if you ask me!!! Perhaps we should have lied. How odd…
its worked for me….yah so excited! :]
Worked for me
Saw what everyone was doing and writing about, I do have 3 kids (1 is 3 years old), lied about my income, answered the questions and it should be coming in early May!! Yeah, thanks Goob!!!
I guess poor people don’t qualify.
I’m a female and I have a 1 year old and I make under $35,000 and I didn’t qualify. That’s suckish.
IT WORKED FOR ME. NO PROBLEMS AT ALL.
Same for me as for #14 Jami – hmmmm
I qualified, did the whole entering my name and address
and the next page said:
Not Found!
Sorry, the URL you are looking for isn’t here…
way weird
I got it! Well, my mom did. Anyway YAA! 🙂
Thanx Goob I got thru to get the free samples!!
I used my wife’s info, and the 0-3 kids we babysit 🙂
No error messages, so I’m pretty sure it worked.
After trying about 20 times, I was finally able to get it to work all the way through. I had it sent to a couple friends as well. I’m just curious as to how the way you answered the product questions will affect what samples you receive..or if it matters at all. I answered them all differently so I will find out. And I wonder how often they plan on sending out boxes. This seems like a cool program..Thanks Goob!
Apparently it doesn’t work for females with 0-3 kids who make under $35k. Wow, big fail!
It seemed to work for me. I went through a few pages of questions, and got a congrats page saying I should expect my samples to arrive in May.
I clicked on and said that I have a 0-3 year old and made over 50K and was shown a signup form. But after I clicked to read the privacy policy link my computer started to act crazy and all of my web pages said that Internet Explorer stop the webpage from loading because of some type of virus or malware that was located on the page. All of my open windows had to be shut down because of this. I do not know it it is some type of virus or malware on the page but I did have problems. Be careful by clicking on links they might have spyware, virus, and malware located on the page.
Oh, okay..maybe i was just reading it too fast, hope it comes!
I tried a few times and it finally worked. I think in my confusion I kinda signed up for something else completely as well so … we’ll see…
Michaela, it did follow up with a message telling you to expect the package.
i think it worked, after trying 3 times and url not found, i did for a forth time and gave a survey so i answered the questions and guess it means i will get the samples!, is that what it did for u guys?
Well, it said that it accepted me. I have children in the area that includes 12 year olds and 15 year olds. We were in the 50-75,000 range for income.
The only thing is that it gave me error messages after I filled in my information. So I don’t think that it worked for me.
I didn’t qualify, but my wife qualified. Well, as long as I pretended that the first box was 0 to -3 years old.
Now I just need to have children within 3 years so that I can keep my end of the deal.
It worked for me
Wouldn’t work in Chrome, but I got it to work in Firebox.
Thanks!
SCORE! I got my box of freebies! Thanks so much for telling me who I need to be. ;D
I’m excited about getting a box of samples. It’ll be like Christmas in May! Yay!
Got mine… after trying Goob’s tips. Tried for my daughter, had problems. Tried for my nephew, went through. Retried, several times for my daughter and finally got it. Thanks Goob, looks like a good one, but it does say you may not get exactly what’s shown.
I was running into problems qualifying too but if you go to your internet tools and clear the cookies you can answer the questions again to try to qualify! I kept back paging to re-answer the questions and I was denied every time then I deleted the cookies and answered them and qualified! Good luck all!
Got one for me! Yes, it is IE dependent!
Fun! It worked for me.
yahoo. going to be bengaying it up!
I cleared cookies and retried and it worked….and let me tell you the box of goodies looks AWESOME!!!! I can’t wait for it to come…I hope it does:-)
When I click submit (after being told I qualify and entering my address), it sends me to a startsampling.com page that says URL not found. Guess I’ll try later!
Worked fine for me, looks like a great sample
Got mine..thanks for the great freebie link !
Worked for me the first time – which is unusual. My internet times out frequently. I’m almost just like Goob – female, have a 0-3 year old and a 6-8 year old, and make $75 – $100 K a year. (yeah, right. Maybe someone will send me a sample of $70,000 to make me an honest woman.)
Thanks, Goob.
I used the info that Goob gave and the first time I got the message that the URL was bad but I closed the window and tried again and it worked. I can’t wait to get this freebie. Thanks!
Worked fine for me. Entered information as suggested
Ended up having to use IE to get to the site. But I got it! YAY for free stuff!
I got mine! Yipee, stuff looks awesome! Thanks Goob!
I just qualified with kids ages 0-3 and 6- and the age group including age 29 for myself and income 50,000-75,000 and I qualified 🙂 Thanks!!
It took me 2 tries but then it went through. I was honest the first time with my qualifications but it denied me, so I used Goob’s instead (a little white lie).
Got it no problems and signed mom up to 🙂
I had to keep reloading the site, I eventually got my confirmation. Also, the boxes are referring to the ages of your children, not the number of children you have. That might make a difference in eligibility. I am a woman with a 3 year old, a 5 year old and a 15 year old, so I checked three different boxes. My income level was marked as 50,001-75,000.
It worked for me! Bummer that I dont quailfy 🙁 🙁 I followed the “female, 0-3 kids, 75-100 BOO them suckers!
update! didn’t work in safari but exact same info worked in firefox…?
Used Goob’s tips but I didn’t qualify – bummer 🙁
I had problems getting to the site. persistence pays off. finally let me sign up and thanks to Goob’s tip I qualified.
I put 0-3 kids and under 75 and I don’t qualify. Bummer.
hope this one comes. thanks goob!
GAY!!!!! “Thank you for your interest in the Showcase Sample™
You are not eligible to receive this free sample.” Typed in all the info and got that info!!! Told me that I did qualify, but they lied. Errrr. After I didnt qualify the first time, I just deleted my cookies and it let me try it again. Must be they are running out of freebies, dumb UPS. I even rent a box from them too!
Cleared the Cookies, and it worked!! Thanks IRENE!!
Bummer. I tried up and down; left to right and I still do not qualify. Tried every option there is. Oh well, better luck next time.
I reopened the page and tried again and it went thru to the 2nd & 3rd page of questions. Glad I looked on here and saw that others were having troubles too. Thanks!
I wonder if saying ‘prefer not to answer’ about the household income was what made me not qualified. Won’t let me try again either… dangit.
For all who tried once but got rejected because you didn’t put the income that Goob “suggested” — try clearing your computer’s cookies from the cache. I did that & it accepted me the second try! Thanks, Goob!
persistence paid off, it finally worked after going back to the first page a couple of times, i filled out the survey, and it is on it’s way 😀
I qualified with my 2 kids 0-3 and 6-8 and entered my info. after hitting submit it took me to a Site Not Found page….hope it went thru okay!
I followed the advice on the FB page. I closed and reopened the window, worked just fine the second time.
Clear your cookies, I was able to sign up for myself, my mom and a friend 🙂
Qualified but when I submitted I got Page Not Found.
SUDDZ> you got to sign-up your mom and yourself?? how did you do that?
I only took my information once, and now it doesn’t even take me to the choices, it goes directly to “sorry you do not qualify” …
ughhh. every combination I try won’t let me qualify. ):
I didn’t qualify… probably shoud have fibbed a little… no kids I think is what did it…oh well – love HIT anyway !!
Dang it!! It won’t let me enter the information again, either!!
Listen to Goob’s way of putting in the info if you want to qualify…. now I am wondering how Goob figured that out? I just thought he kept switching his choices until it qualified him… but it wont let you do that…
Awesome…here’s hoping this one comes 😀
can you say chocolate! and i signed up my mom!!
I also have 0-3 kids, i also selected 18+ and prefer not to answer on the income… and it said i do not qualify:( darn it!
Shoulda just listened to Goob!!
Had no problems and it seems they will be sending a lot of samples…SWEET!
The site worked fine for me. :0)
It says after i qualify (i AM female, and DO HAVE 0-3 kids, and put my income at like 50-75), and enter my information, it’s saying url was not found.
Got it…thank you!