I bagged £230 of freebies from my favourite brands with my inspired trick – it’s so easy a schoolkid could do it

A SAVVY antheral blagged £230 of freebies from his favourite brands - aft helium wrote them POEMS.

Andrew Cunningham, from Glasgow, spotted a extremity online which claimed supermarkets nonstop escaped gifts if customers nonstop them a personalised rhyme.

The 29-year-old decided to trial it retired and wrote targeted abbreviated poems for 50 of his favourite household brands, restaurants and shops including Boots, Waitrose and Yorkshire Tea.

Incredibly, Andrew was sent astir £230 worthy of freebies from 16 of the companies helium contacted.

His apical gifts included £40 of Scrub Daddy supplies, £30 of Odeon Luxe cinema tickets and £40 worthy of Molton Brown goods.

He besides got escaped nutrient and drinks from KFC, Pringles, Richmond and Tunnock's.

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Andrew's experimentation was specified a triumph that he's compiling much poems for a further 50 companies to spot however overmuch much helium tin get.

Andrew, who runs wealth blog Capital Matters, said: "I had seen radical posting online that they got escaped worldly from supermarkets aft sending a poem.

"I thought 'why don't I effort it with different places arsenic good arsenic supermarkets?' "I wandered astir my location and took notes of the astir communal brands I use, truthful if I did get immoderate freebies I knew I'd usage them.

"Then I started penning the poems - I tried to personalise them focusing connected each the things I liked astir that brand.

"I sent retired 50 and got 16 freebies backmost which is simply a 32 per cent occurrence rate.

"If I've learnt thing from this, it's if you're looking to bargain thing costly soon, email them a poem and they mightiness springiness you a discount oregon a freebie."

While tons of brands didn't get backmost to him - from Persil to Disney Store and Tresemme to Moet - respective did.

After sending personalised poems, helium got a 16-pack of AA batteries from Duracell and escaped cinema tickets from some Odeon Luxe and Scotsman Picturehouse, Edinburgh.

He besides got a 50 per cent disconnected voucher for his section Thai restaurant, Thaikun, successful Glasgow, and teacakes with a matching branded chapeau from Tunnock's.

Andrew said: "The branded woolly chapeau was astir apt the funniest happening I got. They sent maine a container of teacakes too."

Poem template

If you're looking for inspiration to transcript Andrew's poem hack, he's laid retired immoderate of his palmy ones below.

Andrew's archetypal attack was to Yorkshire Tea, with the pursuing poem: "O Yorkshire Tea, your decaf blend, Is a cleanable calm, a existent godsend.

"For successful each cup, you bring a grace, A gentle comfort, a lukewarm embrace.

"With Yorkshire Tea, my bosom finds ease, In each sip, a infinitesimal of peace."

He was sent £10 of escaped decaf teabags arsenic a convey you for the poem.

Some of his astir palmy outcomes included getting a acquisition container from Scrub Daddy worthy £40, aft helium sent them the pursuing poem: "Scrub Daddy, a sponge that's a gem, Lasting done scrubs, again and again.

"Its smiley look grinning done mess, With durability that's simply the best.

"From pugnacious to gentle, it ne'er volition fail, A room leader that's built to prevail."

He besides got a enactment of handwash and a branded soap holder from Molton Brown, which helium estimated came to astir £40 too.

His poem to Molton Brown had read: "Molton Brown, we archetypal met successful '16, Since then, you've go my self-care routine.

"Coastal Cypress & Sea Fennel's a seaside dream, And your Indian Cress makes my hairsbreadth gleam."

He besides got a £3 Pringles voucher, a escaped KFC chickenhearted burger and popcorn chicken, a £5 voucher for Caesars canine nutrient and a £6 voucher for Richmond sausages.

Andrew said: "The poems were ne'er aimed to beryllium thing serious, they're conscionable for fun.

"I deliberation the Scrub Daddy 1 was my favourite - we got a enactment of sponges, a Dish Daddy and tons of refills.

"They sent it successful a truly amusive container with bully packaging - they're a truly amusive company.

"I deliberation that would beryllium my extremity - if you cognize a institution that does amusive and light-hearted marketing, they'll astir apt beryllium a bully shout."