Really QVC? Oatmeal With My LOGO? What's Up With That?

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

So today I received a few LOGO items from QVC. The following was very odd, in a couple of ways.

First of all, I ordered the same top in two different colors. They arrived today in separate bags, which was fine, but included in one bag - and not the other bag with the exact same item only in a different color - was a sample bag of Quaker Granola Oat Meal. What? A Quaker cereal packet with my top? What that heck? And how was that one particular item chosen to receive an oatmeal sample, out of the three LOGO packages I got in the mail today. And why is QVC promoting Quaker oat meal?

Has anyone else here received a cereal sample with clothing? Mods, why is QVC even doing this?

meem120 · ‎03-09-2010

Strange. I don't think I'd eat it.

lilybelle · ‎03-09-2010

I got a pack of oatmeal today too... with my Skechers sneakers.

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

No, in all of my years with QVC, since the beginning, I 've never received a surprise.

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hfpint · ‎03-11-2010

Very strange indeed! Someone may be missing their breakfast

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

Was it someone's breakfast or was it packaged in a plastic bag with an advertisement and coupon? Zulily sends samples in plastic bags.

makena · ‎10-29-2016

@Pearlee don't say they never gave you nothing!!!!

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

hsn has been doing this for quite a while. i have received quite a few breakfast granola bars from then. they are all sealed. my daughter loves them. i am fine with receiving a freebie! great way to try something new.

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Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@makena wrote:
@Pearlee don't say they never gave you nothing!!!!

@makena LOL!

@sunshine45 I don't shop at HSN. However, food items can make for mice and rats in the warehouse. Ewwwwww.

KYToby · ‎02-19-2012

It is not strange at all.

A company pays QVC to include samples in random packages. It is a revenue stream for QVC and helps to subsidize the cost of doing business. In other words, it keeps costs down for the consumer, and some people get free products to try.

QVC is hardly the first company to do this. HSN has done it in the past, and I occasionally get samples from other companies (I have even gotten them from Amazon).

If anything is strange, it would be the complaints.