hmm, stuff

[mamajoan]

I may have mentioned recently that one of the online survey places I'm signed up with sent me a trial container of something that I was supposed to use for two weeks and then be contacted again to tell them whether I liked it. I don't know if I'm supposed to tell what it is, but it's a common bathroom/cosmetic item. Anyway, today I got the email and went and filled out a survey to tell them what I thought about it.

But at the end of the survey, they didn't say what to do with the rest of the product. There's plenty left. I mean, they didn't say to toss it, and they didn't say to send it back, and they didn't say "we'll contact you again in another two weeks," so I can only assume that I'm free to use it or trash it as I see fit. I'll probably use it, because it doesn't suck, and, well, it's free. ;)

Comments

[azurelunatic]

Generally, you get to keep your swag.

I once tested some styrofoam plates that were NOT performing as advertised. I was none-too-thrilled about keeping the pieces of crud. I also tested some conditioner hairdye. That was swell.

[kenboy.livejournal.com]

I'm sure you can keep it.

I do Harris, but never have been sent anything; Greenfield, which I avoid doing because their surveys are so poorly designed; and NPD, which I used to do a lot more than I do now. I got to test a couple different versions of Diet Coke with Lime for them, which was pretty cool.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I do those three, and a few others as well. I agree on Greenfield, they drive me nuts. They rarely email me anyway. I love Harris's rewards program -- I've gotten a lot of good stuff from it. :)

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

Dude, I just did the same thing (body wash) and they insisted it be sent back!

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Weird! I wonder what they're going to do with it? Or if they just don't trust you with it? ;)

[tiggrrl.livejournal.com]

I figured they were trying to track how much of it people used per wash, since they had me mark each time I used it.