I’ve filled out the form on their website numerous times since December and I’ve not gotten a response. I know it says it takes 5-7 weeks, but no response. I’d really like a sample of Dholakia White before I shell out the money to buy it. It seems like people love it or hate it.
I filled out for one last fall and never received any sample either. But I did get a sample in a trade.
just curious… where is this form on the site? I’m interested in some samples. edit: found it: http://www.snuff.co.in/free\_sample\_enquiry.html
Good luck. Like I said, I never got one and I’ve filled several forms out. I know that it probably costs Dholakia a million dollars to send a free sample to the U.S. I’m more perplexed about it than anything. Has anyone gotten their sample.
I don’t think they send samples to the US. They only send them to countries they ship snuff to. They had some problems when one of those coupon-free stuff web sites posted a link to them and they were inundated with requests from all over the world. They couldn’t keep up with it and I suggested one way they could control it is by sending samples only to countries they ship to. Sorry, I may have hurt some legitimate snuffers, but they had thousands of requests from one country (not the US) where they have never sold a gram of snuff.
I got a generous free sample when Namrata posted the offer on this site some years ago. It took many months to arrive. I know that doesn’t help but I just wanted to gloat.
Free samples are nice, but snuff is relatively very cheap, and it’s not a big loss to chance 2-3 bucks on something. And their stuff is usually very good.
Thats my view as well Tom. I think that might be why Dholakia went with the teeny 4g flip tops. Why not toss on that last 3 bucks before checking out, you’re bulking up to offset postage anyway. I’d like to see more companies offer small trial sizes, maybe even capturing their whole line or series, sort of the way WoS and Toque let you customize a veried sample pack. A while back one of the retailers had a special on all of the McC’s minor tins for $0.99 each. It was a great way to sample some of their offerings that I hadn’t tried before. Another cool idea was the way some retailers would add a bonus random snuff sampling, either in little smash boxes or the actual tin itself. Even tho I rarely use bullets anymore, those also make a good source of cheap samples. In fact, if Roderick would just send me an empty bag of Toque bullets with labels on them, I promise to scatter them like covert apple seeds on the shelves and counters of every head shop, pub, rave club, and convenience store within a 100 mile radius. I guarantee his site traffic would increase with a good chance of gaining new customers. I could also see taking a simple business card and attaching a small 1/2g baggie to the card. They could even be marketed like baseball cards and become collectibles with each flavor having its unique card with maybe some brief info about the snuff. Sorry to ramble on so much, I’ve been drinking coffee on an empty stomach so my apologies for typing so much.
I think WoS does a good job of what Spyro mentioned with buying a box of 5g tins of various flavors and cutting a deal. Or maybe I’m mistaken and they only do that with 10-25g tins.
Eh… filled the form out. Not expecting anything but if it comes, great. If not no loss.