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I have emailed them but keep getting auto emails back with out of office replys!

I recieved 2 bags of burgess excell blackcurrent and regano nuggets and a bag of their hay yesterday! Was very chuffed!
 
Kikikickin said:
ooh, hope your piggies like the blackcurrant and oregano, mine do!

Hmm, about the hay - maybe someone else will be able to help better than me but it's not hay but readigrass sent a sample very quickly and the girls love it!

Am yet to find somewhere to send a hay sample but I'm going to send out emails when I get a spare afternoon some point soon and will report back here if any companies say yes. I just sent to the emails provided in the thread because I don't have much spare time on my hands at the mo, and trying to spend it with the piggles :)

Would love to know if anyone else has had any success with hay samples?

I just give my girls fresh veg and fruit as treats cos don't trust the sugar levels in some store treats.
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I got a fairly large bag of free Burgess hay yesterday! Only requested it on Monday. Maybe give them an email.
 
Toffeewoffee said:
I got a fairly large bag of free Burgess hay yesterday! Only requested it on Monday. Maybe give them an email.
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Thanks for letting me know. Not sure /i can email again as I already emailed t'other week and was sent some pellets, don't wanna seem cheeky lol.

What are you saying to Trigene if you don't mind me asking? Are you mentioning the piggers, or just requesting a sample?
 
Kikikickin said:
Thanks for letting me know. Not sure /i can email again as I already emailed t'other week and was sent some pellets, don't wanna seem cheeky lol.

What are you saying to Trigene if you don't mind me asking? Are you mentioning the piggers, or just requesting a sample?
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About the Trigene I said:-

"Hello!
Would it be possible if you could send me Trigene samples for my guinea pig's please!?"

Something like that (:
 
Toffeewoffee said:
I have emailed them but keep getting auto emails back with out of office replys!

I recieved 2 bags of burgess excell blackcurrent and regano nuggets and a bag of their hay yesterday! Was very chuffed!
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I'm impressed you got so much, I send off emails yesterday and all they sent us was one bag of the standard nuggets, I obviously wasn't cheeky enough in my email :P
 
You have to be cheeky, give them a sob sotry about your pigs not eating and that you cant afford to keep wating money on food they wont eat etc, butter them up saying you hear they are a very popular brand blah blah blah!
 
Toffeewoffee said:
I have emailed them but keep getting auto emails back with out of office replys!

I recieved 2 bags of burgess excell blackcurrent and regano nuggets and a bag of their hay yesterday! Was very chuffed!
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Is the auto emails for Trigene!?
 
askgar said:
I'm impressed you got so much, I send off emails yesterday and all they sent us was one bag of the standard nuggets, I obviously wasn't cheeky enough in my email :P
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I also just got one bag of nuggets from burgess, but I'm happy with that as it'll last me a while! It might help to say you've got lots of guineas? I haven't tried that yet but wonder if it'll work lol
 
Kikikickin said:
I also just got one bag of nuggets from burgess, but I'm happy with that as it'll last me a while! It might help to say you've got lots of guineas? I haven't tried that yet but wonder if it'll work lol
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I'm happy with anything they give, I just wrote an honest email, saying that we're getting new piggies and that we don't know what food they'll like, I probably should have been less specific and asked for guinea pig products, instead of just food but anything they send will be very helpful.
 
I sent some emails off on Sunday night to about 10/11 companies and so far have received the following:

Friendship Estates: 2 sample bags of Readigrass
Supreme Pet Foods: 350g Science Selective & booklet
Burgess: 750g Excel Tasty Nuggets & booklet
FCS: Sml pack of Megazorb
Burns Pets: 2x sml bags of dried dandelions, 1 sml bag Burns Meadow Mix, 1 small bag Plantain and a few leaflets and booklets
Wagg: 50p coupon
Beaphar: 4 x 50p coupons

Naturesownpets supposed to be sending a sample as well.

Big thanks to all those companies for the samples.

Stuart
 
threetowner said:
I sent some emails off on Sunday night to about 10/11 companies and so far have received the following:

Friendship Estates: 2 sample bags of Readigrass
Supreme Pet Foods: 350g Science Selective & booklet
Burgess: 750g Excel Tasty Nuggets & booklet
FCS: Sml pack of Megazorb
Burns Pets: 2x sml bags of dried dandelions, 1 sml bag Burns Meadow Mix, 1 small bag Plantain and a few leaflets and booklets
Wagg: 50p coupon
Beaphar: 4 x 50p coupons

Naturesownpets supposed to be sending a sample as well.

Big thanks to all those companies for the samples.

Stuart
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Hi Stuart, would be interested to know what you said to Burns? When I emailed the other week, I got this response:

"WE do not produce a pelleted food at the moment, we advocate feeding a more natural diet, grass, hay, vegetables etc. We produce two types of hay – Welsh Meadow Hay and Green Oat hay, along with small packets of coltsfoot, dandelion, plantain and a meadow mix, dried carrots and willow sticks. These are all available in small amounts so unfortunately we do not provide samples of these."

Maybe the lady who picked up my email didn't fancy giving any samples :{ lol I even told her that my girls are picky, which they very much are! Sometimes they won't even eat food that they've gone crazy for a coupla days before mallethead
 
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For Burns I sent an email to their Scottish address as they're located in Kilmarnock, about 20 minutes away from me. I just said that I had 3 piggies with some pups due imminently and did they have any samples of their GP food. Amongst the pamphlets there was also a computer listing of all their local outlets.

Stuart
 
threetowner said:
Kikikicken

For Burns I sent an email to their Scottish address as they're located in Kilmarnock, about 20 minutes away from me. I just said that I had 3 piggies with some pups due imminently and did they have any samples of their GP food. Amongst the pamphlets there was also a computer listing of all their local outlets.

Stuart
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Thanks Stuart, I will try again at some point as I really would like to get some of their foods for my girls.
 
guineagurl said:
What do you write in the e-mail to get a sample?
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There are different things you can say and I just kept it true to me - which is that I'm a new owner of guinea pigs; am looking to find a brand that suits me and my girls; my girls are picky so would like a sample before committing to buy. It helps to say that a friend recommended the brand to you/you've heard that they're a good brand.

If you look through others' posts in this thread, there are other suggestions too but this is pretty much what I said.

I didn't put my address in the first email, that's because then the company has to at least respond to you to get your address before sending the sample and has been a good indicator of their customer relation skills (not sure if others are bothered, but it's big factor in deciding for me).

HTH, ask if i've been unclear :)
 
poppylily said:
aubiose very kindly gave me 2 bales (!) to try out. I am really quite amazed as this will last me forever! :)) I also got a £2 off voucher for burgess and 1000g of blackcurrent and oregano, which I will use for hamster food as it will mean payng only 79p!

http://www.burgesspetcare.co.uk/contact.html
[email protected]
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What is Auboise? Hay or straw? Have looked on their website and doesnt really give much info just a picture of a horse, whatever it is, will it be safe for guinea pigs?
 
Toffeewoffee said:
What is Auboise? Hay or straw? Have looked on their website and doesnt really give much info just a picture of a horse, whatever it is, will it be safe for guinea pigs?
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Aubiose is like Megazorb (I think) :)
 
Yeah Auboise is a bedding, Ive never used it but they sell it in the Horse Supply shop I get my hay and Megazorb from. From what I can see its very much like Megazorb. I think its ok for piggies and other animals, I have heard of people using it for rodents, I keep meaning to pick up a sack to try out. I'm working through a range of bedding to see which is best for my animals. So far Ive tried Carefresh and Megazorb. Megazorb is winning :)
 
hehehehhee my ready grass came this morning my piggies seem to like it:(|)
 
supreme sent me food and guinea pig booklet
wagg sent me some coupons
excell sent me some samples and the bag was huge!
readigrass
beaphar sent me some money off vouchers too!

what great companies! :)
 
I had a free sample bag from Excell of the nuggets....quite a big bag too...750g :)
 
the excell nugget bag was oregarno and black current, i think but it definetly had oregarno! :)

p.s sorry if i spelt oregarno wrong! mental blockage lol!
 
I need to do this, some free samplers would be a nice change to emptying my penny jar for my own food while the girls live on a leafy green all you can eat buffet :))
 
Bag of Excel
Bag of science selective
Waiting on ready grass which I have been promised
Not heard from trigene yet
 
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