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I've had 3 "bounty packs". I found them pretty useful. You get a load of free stuff to start you off with your newborn, and get to try out stuff. I remember ge
by axod 17y ago
I've had 3 "bounty packs". I found them pretty useful. You get a load of free stuff to start you off with your newborn, and get to try out stuff.
I remember getting a few free samples of nappies. For us, Huggies were terrible, and Pampers worked great. It would have been a pain to figure that out by buying 2 big packs of nappies.
So for me, it was a really useful thing. And Pampers got what they wanted - to put their product in the hands of people who might want to buy it.
I don't think anyone anywhere would not be aware that freebies/samples are given out for a reason. And the reason certainly isn't generosity.
Also, personally, I don't much care who has my 'information'. For these sort of companies they basically have your name and address. Worst they can do is send round a salesperson.
- anigbrowl 17y agoI'm not sure you appreciate just how useful that demographic information is. They don't just have your name and address, they have that, the quality of hospital you went to (which in the US, says a lot about you) and the fact of a birth. This economic datum alone is good for about 15 years of highly predictable target marketing. Long after the baby has stopped wetting itself, the data can be sold to other marketers, who are eager to have it because it's predictable that the child will need new clothes every year, attend school around age 4, want toys around birthday and Xmas, and so on and on. It's worth a lot more than some sample packs of toiletries and baby formula.
- axod 17y agoI appreciate how useful it is to them, but them having it doesn't mean I don't have it. They haven't stolen anything from me, I haven't lost anything, I don't really care if they have those stats.