Maghan R.

Quite frankly PinchMe is incredible, and I just wanted to say that before diving in, as I'm seeing a lot of negative reviews here & other sites. So here's the bad and good of my experience.

I have had a few issues with the site, BUT each one was RESOLVED. The first one was last year before they switched to the new format (WHICH I LOVE BTW), and I was doing multiple tasks for coins but not receiving them. I messaged through the site and after about a week I received a very nice email reply, apology, and the coins were added to my account.

The next issue was one that I see a lot of ppl complaining about: SPAM. At the time we were looking for a new car insurer, and I signed up for a service offered through PinchMe that compared insurance rates from several companies. I did not give the service my phone number, only my email, however PinchMe had my number on file. Within hours of signing up for this thing I was receiving dozens of calls back to back. This would happen every single day from noon to 2 and again between 5 and 7pm for a week, despite me blocking each number AND having my phone service provider put a full STOP on non verified numbers. The various insurance companies began to email and text me. So I put my number on the national DO NOT CALL list and emailed Pinch Me to let them know that one of their advertisers was spamming the hell out of me with RoboCalls. I asked them to please not give my phone number or email out unless I authorized it first and asked them if they could tell that company to stop harassing PinchMe patrons. It took another week but the calls stopped coming in, PinchMe stopped advertising that company, & the emails stopped as well.

The next thing I see people gripping about is the wait time. Yes, sample boxes take a long time, but did I mention that It's FREE?! It's something you did not have anyway nor were you strictly in the market to buy it. Everyday is a surprise! I've received full sized samples just as often as mini size, and in one week I received two boxes and an envelope. It had been so long that I forgot what I'd signed up for lol, but honestly it was like Christmas. So many cool products to try and all they ask for is a review. They also offer mobile game play sign ups, Pandora radio trials, and things like that for Amazon cards. I've received $40 in those cards in the last year that I immediately added to my Amazon account so they are legit. They gave me $5 on my birthday just for being a Pincher! Seriously, it's amazing. Yes they send emails and texts daily, but honestly I get MAYBE one or two (tops) texts a day and that many emails. I'm not bombarded.

I think it's a great service. I've tested everything from Rose Quartz Gua Sha lymph draining stones to earbuds, tea & chocolate, cat food/treats & marinades, makeup, shampoo, wine box services, you name it. They work with Sephora a lot as well as Doordash and Chewy, and the latest was Playstation.

I highly recommend it!