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North Carolina
3 reviews
6 helpful votes
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Receiving boxes products
December 1, 2023

First 3 times I did surveys to get boxes I had earned came every 3 weeks now it's been a month I haven't received my other 2 boxes I have talked to them online about it through email all they said was we don't have the tracking information to give you any they said they sent it just wait 3 weeks and you can get your boxes and give your review and sometimes items are shipped separately if it dont come come dont worry about doing the reviews online not really helpful i just dont think they will ever send something valuable if your approved for something another thing i noticed they dropped coins and it's takes me almost a month to get hardly ever approved for anything like before i will just delete my account once this box is filled ill doubt ill ever get the last couple boxes i earned

Date of experience: December 1, 2023
Georgia
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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pinchme.com
August 16, 2017

They are slow about shipping but if your order has been placed, they will get to it eventually. You can't just say that it's a scam because they ship late and sometimes you might not qualify for the samples. Also make sure to check your account for updates. They put samples up on tuesdays. I have recieved like 4 pinch me boxes and I have been waiting on tgis box with gum, sleeping pills, and biore skin treatment. I imagine they will ship in the next week making my wait about a month. 6-8 weeks is a good measurement of when to expect your box. You could always ignore their emails unless you are looking for a certain email from them (password reset) Don't bother eith the site's partners or offers. I also hate the wsy they hold giveaways. However the samples that you do get or legitimate products that are useful so long as you didn't lie on your surveys.

Date of experience: August 15, 2017
North Carolina
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great Samples
November 4, 2023

I received a PINCHEme samples box that had a "TAHITIAN COCONUT VANILLA CANDLE " made by Sephora, I almost immediately fell in love with the smell of the candle. This candle smells really good. The smell isn't overly powerful. There is a lingering smell throughout my living room even after I blow it out. I have not bought the candle yet only because I am having problems with my car. But as soon as I am able to get to the mall I will be purchasing the TAHITIAN COCONUT VANILLA CANDLE.

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Date of experience: November 2, 2023
Georgia
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Complete seven surveys and try everyday for five days and receive a Pinchme box with $10 worth of samples as a reward. Don't waste your time on Quizme to win a Pinchme box. I won two. Between the two of them there might have been $4 worth of samples. I expected $10 worth of samples in my Pinchme box sent as a reward for my effort in Quizme and got scammed. I closed my account with Pinchme.

Date of experience: June 22, 2018
Texas
1 review
15 helpful votes
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TURNING INTO SCAMMERS
January 7, 2022

Well it has been more than five times that I complete and offer to get one of the items for "free". You basically complete one of the offers which is sign up for an app or website and pay with your card can be from $1-10 or more. Most of the times when I complete the offer it doesn't even let me go to the next page it just keeps loading. If you dont contact them then they wont do anything for you very unprofessional. It's been more than two weeks I contacted them and still no response. I let them know that once again I have successfully completed an offer with proof to show and no reply. So I paid for the sign up and didn't get my item which in this case was a 20 piece makeup brush kit. This has happened too many times! I know scam when I see it. If you dont cancel the subscriptions they will automatically take the cash from your card again. They make money off of us from partnerships with these companies and they dont make sure their website is running properly so this doesn't happen.

Date of experience: January 7, 2022
Ohio
1 review
22 helpful votes
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TOTAL SCAM
January 23, 2018

Do NOT even sign up for this site! You will never be able to get anything because of competition.
They give out samples to fill your box at 12:00 and the site is so over run they cant even keep up with the traffic. All this site is, is a way to mine people for data so they can sell it and make mega money. TOTAL SCAM

BELOW IS A SCREENSHOT OF WHERE I ENDED UP WHEN I TRIED TO FILL MY BOX WITH THE BIG 4 ITEMS THAT WERE OFFERED TO ME. NEVER AGAIN!

Date of experience: January 23, 2018
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Definitely NOT a scam!
January 17, 2019

I decided to write this review after reading the most recent one claiming it's a scam, because it's really not! I've only been a member since the beginning of december 2018 and have won a $250 gift card a few times, a huge perfume sample set from sephora, plus the boxes i get for having 3,000+ points every week, all thanks to the QWIZme surveys. They take no more than 20 minutes to do - typically 10-15 minutes, sometimes not more than 5. I can rack up 1,000+ points a day in just a couple hours of my time. It's very unfortunate that other people aren't having the same kind of experience with PINCHme and the QWIZme surveys that i have but oh well, more opportunities to win $250-500 and exclusive beauty products for me.:-) i also uploaded a screenshot of my giftly account to prove that PINCHme does indeed reward you handsomely for participating in enough surveys.

Date of experience: January 17, 2019
Ohio
1 review
13 helpful votes
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ITS NOT A SCAM
May 29, 2018

Pinchme is not a scam I used to get fullsize bottles of shampoo and conditioners but now they're being cheap and giving you the small packets you can find inside magazines. That being said the only reason I'm giving them 1 star review is because they started doing this b. S calling QWIZME where you have to do surveys just to qualify for sample boxes. Before when I first signed up you had to put in your demographics and things you like and etc but now none of that matters and you wont get a sample box because you didnt get 400 tokens? The reason thats irritating is you can fill out as many surveys as you can but you either wont qualify fully for the survey and trying to get to 400 tokens is a joke it will keep saying lets find other surveys for you to take when really you're wasting your time! If you got alot of time on your hands to be taking several surveys at once to try to qualify goodluck to you.

Date of experience: May 29, 2018
Oklahoma
2 reviews
3 helpful votes
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No Assistance
December 8, 2020

Not everything is explained in there video, so I reached out via messenger to understand this program better. All I kept getting was watch the video. The video does not explain that monthly you have to sign up for things, it also does not tell you about RewardMe, SampleMe, WalletMe or any of them. Very disappointed in their customer service as apparently I wasn't worth their time.

Date of experience: December 8, 2020
Connecticut
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pinchme is the best website to receive free samples, try and give opinions. Everything is set up to be easy and straightforward. It is a great pleasure.

Date of experience: June 6, 2024
Oregon
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I signed up about a year ago and so far I have received 16 boxes. Most of the samples are small, but sometimes they give out full sized and half sized stuff. I see some people on here falsely claiming pinchme is a scam that only sends stuff to bloggers and youtubers with huge followings. I assure you, that couldn't be further from the truth. I am not a youtuber, I can't stand bloggers, I don't have a huge following, and yet in twelve months I have received 16 boxes, so you do the math. Here are some helpful tips: 1) On sample day (and time) you need to fully log out and back in a few times. Hitting refresh does absolutely nothing. 2) In between sample days, you need to log in and make sure everything is updated. I usually do that every week. 3) When giving feedback, be sure to do it on time and to put the name of the product in the paragraph. Doing these will raise your feedback score and increase your chances of getting more samples.

Date of experience: July 25, 2017
Washington
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I have been a member of Pinch Me for over 5 years and have gotten to try many new products and samples. Its a great way to try new things.

Date of experience: June 9, 2024
Alabama
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It is a scam
May 25, 2024

I started in December 2023 excited about this site and what it offered. I started answering the questions for the products that I wanted to try and give a review after trying it. I got 3-4 items a day giving 5 coins for everyone that you applied for answering about 10 questions. Then I finally got qualified to receive a product. You need 600 coins to get a box sent to you. So I entered everything that was offered to me. It has been almost 6 months and I still have not received anything. I have completed 11 boxes that are on the way but never received. When you sent a message to help asking questions, you get a generated response.
You will see that you have to do surveys to get more coins in hopes of getting 600 coins in time before you items expire. You will do hours of surveys and get nothing. You don't qualify, error after and hour of answering the same questions over and over.
You will never qualify for a nice product. You usually qualify for candy, crackers or maybe lipstick.
The site is constantly freezing up and has errors. Look at the other reviews. It is a scam. I hope someone can shut this down soon.

Date of experience: May 25, 2024
Connecticut
2 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I used to use this site and periodically got a fun sample box in the mail. They changed the way they do the offers (I'm not sure exactly when but more recently) and you must sign up for an "offer" before you can "checkout" your sample(s). That would be fine except you go through this LONG process and then it still won't go to "checkout" your samples. But... you immediately get a bunch of spammy emails/texts so I know the "offer" went through. I contacted customer service and they're less than helpful. If they make good, I'll adjust my review, but I'm not holding my breath. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS ONE!

Date of experience: March 12, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Pinchme is great
June 6, 2024
Updated review

Pinchme has great samples you need 600 coins to get a box theirs multiple ways to earn coins I recommend giving it a try don't give up you can easily get 600 coins

Date of experience: June 6, 2024

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April 27, 2024
Previous review

I like pinchme you get to try different products you need 600 coins to get a box sometimes you lose a product because not enough coins

Date of experience: April 25, 2024
Missouri
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Great site
June 20, 2017

Dont listen to the malcontents... this site is great if you know how to use it. You have to be fast. When samples go live there are TONS of people claiming. Samples are limited so not every one gets it all the time. It goea by your demographic. The log verbose reviews know nothing of pinchme. These are the people that see something os free and think its their God given right to have everything their way. And if it doesnt go their way... complain about not having something they didnt have in the first pllace and didnt have to pay for should they have gotten it. There are not long lengthy review requirements. All you have to do is mention them and say you got to try it free. They dont force you. To buy anything. Sample day is once a month. People that complain should not be on sites like this

Date of experience: June 20, 2017
New Jersey
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Ughh
June 14, 2016

I first heard about it and got excited, you have to create a member profile and answer a bunch of questions, I was only eligible for ONE sample and it took a month to ship and is still not here. Today is sample day and they sent me a email saying I won't be eligible for any of the sample but I can sign up to receive a magazine subscription, WHAT?!. They send good samples to people on YouTube so they can review and make people come to the site and sign up but they don't offer any of the things they say! Such BS!

Date of experience: June 14, 2016
Australia
1 review
17 helpful votes
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Worst website
November 2, 2016

Once created the account, I can't even login after logging out. Sent an email to Pinchme and the replied saying they have reset the password but still not working...
A waste of time...

Date of experience: November 2, 2016
Australia
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Broken website
November 23, 2016

I haven't been able to order the last 6 or so products. The website is constantly broken. Very time consuming and annoying. Wish there was a '0' rating.

Date of experience: November 23, 2016
Oklahoma
1 review
19 helpful votes
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Total Bull
April 21, 2016

Found out about this through youtube and signed up. Took over 20 minuets for a confirmation email to be sent and, the first time, I filled it out honestly and I was only eligable for nyquil despite not having selected anything that said I would need that. Then, because i thought "Well maybe its just because Im a dude that they arent showing me thigns like skin care and beauty". NOPE. Signed up with entirely different information, atempting to cater to what their brands are searching for target audience wise. Still only the damned nyquil. Most bull $#*! thing ever. Honestly would have preferred to watch on of those 4 hours long videos that never get to the point they claim they will.

Date of experience: April 21, 2016

Overview

PINCHme has a rating of 3.2 stars from 390 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with PINCHme most frequently mention free samples, full size and new products. PINCHme ranks 4th among Free Stuff sites.

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