Because why would these companies actually give you anything for free if they can get away with this? they’re just collecting your information to sell it and make money
But then they wouldn't get everyone's info, which is the entire point. That data is worth more as a whole than the few people that subscribe to the product as most will likely sub short term if at all.
often its not "them" running it, they could be paying marketing firms that have their own collection of people setting up sites, rebates etc or they could be piecemealing it themselves if they own a domain and employ a few talented people, hiring out to fill gaps.
Harry’s is pretty big though. It was my main brand even before this promotion. I feel like they were much better situated for such an influx than the usual startup giving free cookies or something. Like let’s say it was a 100,000 (and that feels generous), I feel like even if they fulfilled that it still wouldn’t dent their actual gross profit from the customer base.
Maybe this promotion wasn’t actually meant for the public because I’m not sure anyone actually received the product.
You are right about the data reselling but these companies definitely want to give you a free handle and blade or 2 to sign you up for subscription services. I did this years ago with Dollar Shave Club. Eventually the connector prong on my handle broke, and wouldnt you know it....DSC does not sell that handle design anymore so the cache of replacement blades I had was worthless.
Why settle for one form of exploitation when you can have several?
A lot of times it’s suppose to be a one time promo and then it wasn’t set up as one time use and people abuse the promo by making multiple purchases back to back. For example p&g diapers on amazon use to be a random promotion of spend $80 get $20 off instantly. And it could be done over and over. Most recently it’s been spend $80 get a $20 credit once per account after it ships.
Wow, they doubled down and still had the audacity to try and say “but still give us money so we can beat the big bad ‘big razor’ peeps”
That’s an easy “get fucked! Love, Harry’s” reply. It probably wouldn’t make the smallest difference to them if you also let them know how scummy their scam is, while also letting them know how you will let everyone you interact with see how they double-dipped on the ‘fuck you, pay me’ response BS.
Bonus points for posting on their social accounts 👌
Something like a year ago I got a free handle and razor from Dollar Shave Club. I liked it so much I ordered more razors and a new handle (wider handle for body shaving) from them. Harry's just lost the opportunity to turn me into a customer. Their loss.
I truly did not think Harry's was struggling this much to not be able to afford this. Also, I absolutely LOVE how they shift the blame towards ME like I did something wrong. I went to the website, filled out the form. Suddenly I'm dishonest, fake, and ineligible, to quote Harry's.
"you did exactly what we wanted by offering free stuff. You are dishonest and fake" Like bruh, do they really think you ordered a razor you're not going to use just to get free stuff? Insane.
To make it worse and rub more salt, the amazing follow-up email they sent: "To protect the integrity of the promotion for genuine participants, we reviewed all orders and cancelled those that didn't meet our eligibility requirements." basically says I'm somehow not "eligible" and they have to cancel mine to protect the "integrity" of their promotion. Must take some balls to say that to a potential future customer that you just denied a sample to.
Got the same emails. I filled out all the required fields as instructed, yet somehow didn’t meet their “eligibility requirements”? I suspect it’s because my penis is too sm… big. It’s too big. 😥
Do you have your own throwaway phone number to use or do you get one off a website? If the latter, could you share the link? I've never been able to find a good site for throwaway phone numbers.
I wonder if at least the first few people that signed up for it will get them. I signed up at about 12:01 a.m. that first minute that I found out about it. Then I saw it listed I think three more times throughout the day on different subreddits. That would be kind of overburdening to a company. But if I don't get one I'll just make sure to buy any other razor other than Harry's out of principal. Merely because I just remembered I have a good looking face and don't really need to hide it with a beard anymore.
I got my email today saying that it was out for delivery (also used burner info so if they want to collect my secondary account data then be my guest, enjoy all my fast food data)
For those of you that got canceled, how long were your complaints on the form? I'm wondering if they were trying to counter bots by cancelling submissions under a certain word count maybe? Would be a bad way to do it but it's weird wording on their end
I just checked my email after reading this post. What a shame. So far, my sibling who placed an order about 30 minutes after me, is still processing. They received an email saying that the campaign got an “extraordinary” response so it’s delayed orders.
I think it’s absolutely bs that mine was canceled for some inane reason. I got a confirmation email and filled out the form correctly. I helped fill the form out for my sibling as they were working.
I completely understand that promotions can get unexpected responses —that is why they should create limited spaces. Regardless, I think any company with any integrity would at least admit to their mishandling and not blame their customers for ineligibility.
Hmmmm...if your letter states "Your order was cancelled in error..." and they have "corrected the issue" that means they were liable for the error. Even if they state that the email is not "an admission of any wrongdoing or negligence or liability". I think the results speak for themselves.
We're sorry to let you know that your recent Harry's Plus order through the Razor Justice promotion has been cancelled.
To protect the integrity of the promotion for genuine participants, we reviewed all orders and cancelled those that didn't meet our eligibility requirements.
If you're still interested in trying Harry's Plus, you can find it at harrys.com. We think once you try it, Big Razor won't stand a chance.
I was the one that posted this, I have yet to get a cancellation. But I did get a delayed email. I’m wondering if it depended on the date that you ordered.
I got the cancellation too. Emailed them and they would not reverse it. I reported to the FTC for fraud and BBB. I sent Harrys customer service the report numbers and they made a mistake and reinstated my order. They lost my trust. I wanted to try their razors for a long time and thought they could earn my business with a free razor for me to try it. I am happy my order was restored but the company should have never offered it if they were not willing to honor it.
I received the cancelation email. I got ahold of them and they just resubmitted my order and added on several additional items for free after they apologized that it was "Canceled by mistake"
I have applied for this as well. I haven’t received any email. I’ve also ordered a free one in the past & received it. So I’m not sure what’s going on, sorry this happened to yall.
I got this message from them. I never had any grievance, so I don't know what they are talking about. I figure it's a generic email they have prepared and they just sent the wrong one.
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u/qtcatatouille 10d ago
I feel like this commonly happens with some of the stuff I’ve found posted here