Update: I just requested mine and it went right through. It kept crashing in Chrome but I switched to IE and it worked!
I mentioned Sample Showcase awhile back and recommended that you register. Well if you missed that post, I would suggest hurrying over to register now. They will be opening the newest set of samples at 9.15 PST/12.15 EST and you might want to get in on this on.
It is a totally free program and you simply request a sample package- these are filled with a variety of free samples from various manufacturers. The samples are first come first serve. If you already registered you should get an email or they will be opening up the next box that is available on the web site to request in about 40 minutes!
crashed! i am not shocked
Hilary- did I mention last year the site was down literally all day? It was a mess 🙂
looks like the site is down.
I just tried this and it says the link is broken when I click where it says see if you qualify. did it work for you and did you ever get anything from them? Just wondering if this is a scam?
Thanks! 🙂
Finally got through but didn’t qualify 🙁 Oh well
Molly it is not a scam. They probably can’t handle the traffic they are getting right now. Same as every other free sample that is offered these days.
OK I clicked on ‘See If You Qualify’ (or something like that), where the countdown originally was. It then asked me to sign in and I did that. And now where the countdown box was it says, ‘Sample Showcase Box.’ I wonder if that means I qualified?
I can never get past clicking on the thingy to see if I qualify. 🙁
I can’t get through the part where you enter your address. It keeps timing out.
I qualified but it wont get past the address thing for me either grr!
i finally got all the way thru and qualified! entered my info and it says i should get my box in april!!! 🙂
It seems to be working now. Got right through and qualified
I think it might be over. I couldn’t get through and now it says “check back to see when the next box is available” Oh well, next time!
Took an hour and 15 minutes and lots of refreshing but I finally got through and qualified.
This is the message that I see:
StartSampling’s Sample Showcase servers are overloaded,
to stop frustrating so many of you were are taking things down for a bit.
Check back later – there are plenty of boxes yet to be ordered!
Thanks for you patience.
I just got this message at 10:43AM PST, “StartSampling’s Sample Showcase servers are overloaded, to stop frustrating so many of you were are taking things down for a bit.
Check back later – there are plenty of boxes yet to be ordered!
Thanks for you patience.”
So I guess I will check back again in awhile! 🙂
I just got thru and qualified 🙂 Thanks so much for the reminder!
Grrr – I became a member last week, and now it says it cannot find my email address….
Lori- Same thing happened to me. I just re-registered. Wondering if the site will come back up later today since the message says “there are plenty of boxes yet to be ordered”.
SAMPLE SHOWCASE ORDERING TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO OVERWHELING DEMAND … copied from the website =(
Right. This was a mess as far as I am concerned. They said if you registered it would be smooth sailing and I didn’t get any emails nor did I ever get through on the site. Maybe keep checking though.
I just got through and qualified. YAY!
Seems to be back up and running, unfortunately I didn’t qualify. 🙁
It is up again and working VERY quickly. Qualified and said I should receive a box very soon!
As of 4:30 PST it is live. I just went on and ordered and qualified, so they have boxes left!
I just got through its up and working now, I have found with this program you have to put that your income is over $50,000… doesnt seem fair but if you dont check that income you seem to not qualify with them 🙁
Finally got thru, but I didn’t qualify 🙁
I just did it and got through, I realized that I needed to scroll up to see the result. Hope that helps. Can’t wait until April! There are a bunch of other individual free samples that are popping up that you can sign up for, too.
Only rich people need samples apparently 😛 Thanks for the tip Kim!
Good call on switching browsers! I never seem to think of that – did as you did and went from Chrome to IE and worked like a charm. I am excited to be getting my box soon!
I didn’t qualify (at 6:45 PM CST). 🙁 Maybe next time.
@7:15 PST- I went on again (Tried when the box first came out this AM and it kept crashing) went back, put all my info in and it said thank you for your order, so I guess I qualified!
I just got my sample box confirmed. Yay!! Hopefully it will get to my house now:)
Tried yesterday and finally gave up- went on this morning and got right through and qualified. I got this last time and I don’t remember so much trouble!