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Woman Thinks She Hacked Amazon By Ordering A Ton Of Free Carpet Samples, Regrets It Immediately
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Woman Thinks She Hacked Amazon By Ordering A Ton Of Free Carpet Samples, Regrets It Immediately

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Free stuff! Everybody loves free stuff, don’t they? Imagine the delight of this woman, Imgur user RowdyMcMenace, when she discovered an Amazon shopping feature that will send carpet and fabric swatches free of charge, delivered to her door. “I definitely got carried away ordering that many!” Rowdy told Bored Panda. “I got one small delivery at first, then yesterday a mountain of free carpet samples arrived.”

“These would make a neat cat scratcher, and they’re free so…” she said about her reasoning behind the free carpet collecting. Makes sense right? In her own words, she stated her case quite eloquently. “I never requested these under the pretense of making a purchase, and if a company can not afford to give away carpet samples, then they shouldn’t offer.”

However, I think it’s fair to say she made an enemy out of the Amazon delivery guy by the time her sample splurge was finally satisfied, and there were so many individually wrapped packages that he required a little extra assistance. “My boyfriend was home and awake, so he helped the delivery guy bring everything inside,” she told us. “That’s why there’s an empty hamper in one picture- he was using it to carry a bunch at a time!”

Despite the unexpected arrival of the ‘mountain,’ Rowdy’s boyfriend appears to have taken the whole episode in good spirits. “My boyfriend is so laid back that after the mountain of parcels was inside he woke me up to watch me freak out,” she told Bored Panda. “I was in disbelief, then all I could do was laugh and apologize. I felt awful, but it was already done so might as well make the best of it! He helped me clean everything up, and then we played with the cats.”

Having learned her lesson from the binge, which came in packaging that she did not expect, she has kindly decided to donate the excess samples to local animal shelters. “I can’t bring myself to sell something I got for free,” she explained. “I’d much rather donate and share.”

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Scroll down below to see her story, and let us know what you think in the comments!

“It started off innocently enough. I found this cool feature on Amazon to get free carpet swatches and thought they would make a neat cat scratcher and they’re free so…”

“The first bundle arrived and it was a good amount but I realized not all of the textures were gonna be good so I ordered more”

“A LOT MORE!!! HOLY SH*T”

“I am on night shift so I was woken up to this. The delivery guy is not happy. I swear I didn’t realize I ordered this many and I thought they were all going to be small!!”

“They are not small. The cats are super interested and I’m laughing hysterically out of nervousness that my future husband might realize I’m a psychopath and leave me”

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“Oh man you guys I’ve really abused the system here. Let me know if you want me to show you how to abuse the system too! I’m an enabler, and it’ll make me feel better”

“I only hope the warehouse guys have dealt with my level of stupidity before because this tops the charts”

“We have halted progress now that all the big ones are open. I regret nothing. 10/10 recommend Kitty thrones”

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“My advice: be picky. There’s plenty”

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Pamela24
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I may be too harsh but I just really can't applaud this circumventing (hope I've used this word correctly) of the system. Nothing is ever free, I like that you can order a sample for free but doing these type of things will not exactly motivate anyone to provide this service in the future...

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7j6eqi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do you show off about this? It is nothing to be proud of that you wasted all these samples that you never needed and never will use. I would expect this kind of behavior from a child, not a grown woman.

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Hamdhaan Hassan
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why dont you put them all together and make a big one for yourself

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Stille20
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely and ethical issue. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

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Reb
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All that is wrong in the USA and the world in general. Right there.

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RaY1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This lady is an idiot! "I swear I didn't realize I ordered this many", yeah who doesn't realize how many times they click an order button on Amazon.

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Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I swear I didn't realise I ordered that many" is what I tell my boyfriend when my order or new shoes is delivered.

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Debbie Palmer
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Mother carpeted five, no six, rooms of our house by collecting carpet scraps from the carpet stores in our town, and I, as a kid, helped her lay it in patterns. It looked great! It was just my Mom, me and three sisters so my mother had to be resourceful as we had little money. She did a fantastic job.

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Andy Taylor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, it was done by necessity and not due to lack of common decency then. Your case is understandable. Hers is most certainly not.

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Rachael
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like she ruined it for everyone who just needs a few samples to decide which they really want for a large area, I looked and could not find a sample under $5

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Sop Hie
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would've swept this 'mistake' under my gazillion tiny rugs tbh

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Jarah Greenfield
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try also donating them to daycares, preschools or kindergartens. I've seen them used as kids mats for circle time.

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westwing
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically stupid cheap person decides to celebrate her both cheapness and her stupidity by doing a post on bored panda.....

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Andy Taylor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No standards lady? Ethics? Morals? Have we really sunk so low as to take advantage of others to this extreme and have no remorse over it? One word for you: KARMA! She's coming and may she biotch slap you silly.

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Chicago Kitty
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First, this woman obviously knew what she was doing. Second, congratulations on ruining a useful service for people who actually were considering making a purchase. Third, this was free only to you- it cost quite a bit to ship you all of those samples. Fourth- you made a bad situation worse by telling others how they too could be a narcissistic, self-indulgent, avaricious, attention whore. But hey- screw everyone else as long as you get what you want right? You're not funny, you're not clever, what you are is an a**hole.

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Max L.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're right to be concerned about what your boyfriend may suspect

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Lee Anne Chesnutt
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me ill. As an interior designer I always have stacks of carpet samples and fabrics to get rid of. I mostly give them to schools and artists, but would gladly give them free of charge to anyone that asks! If anyone is thinking about doing what this woman has done, please hit up a local designer or architect. They would probably welcome the chance to clean up their office!

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Natasha Forchione
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i hate these types of people...and this is why companies later on change their policies or stop doing things like this. She could not be happy with getting 3 or 4 samples. she had to get thousand...greedy idiot.

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Lee Williams
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you go in to a carpet shop and say 'could I have a sample' and they reply with 'we don't do that anymore you have buy them'.... This is why! selfish, cheap, moronic idiots. It might be free to her but it will eventually cost everyone else!

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JillVille Child Care
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man that's a lotta rug! At least the cat is happy? Poor delivery guy, I hope he gets gifts at each holiday this year!

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Molly Block
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope he does too. But delivering mail/pkgs IS part of his job. Whether it's 100 pkgs to the same addy, or 100 pkgs to different addys. Delivering is what is keeping him in a job. :-) But I admit, this amount of free (boring) carpet samples IS way too much.

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Jade Thomas
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly thought this was going to be a story about how they couldn't afford to carpet there room and by using the free samples they now have unique flooring but no it was a stupid woman abusing the system

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person (i think)
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This lady seems awful. Its annoying she is being rewarded for being a mooch.

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Kimmie Coleman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI you can no longer get free fabric or rug swatches on Amazon thanks to this woman's actions - they stopped being offered within 24 hours of this article being posted. I had ordered 3 rug samples and 2 fabric samples while buying Amazon furniture for my house. When i tried to order 2 more fabric samples soon thereafter, the swatches were no longer available. After spending a lot of time trying to figure out why, I came across this article. I think any reasonable person would have anticipated that abusing that system and then bragging about it on the internet would cause the system to collapse. Waste is not cool, laughing about the needless work you are causing your postal worker to do is not cool, being completely oblivious to the consequences of your own actions is not cool, and bragging about your own selfishness is definitely not cool.

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kimin8ter
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Find me fabric samples for free and I’ll take it back. Seriously I only found this article after trying to find out what happened to the free fabric samples on amazon.

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Jennifer Grady Bean
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks to this greedy b***h, you now have to pay for carpet samples on Amazon.

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you! That was exactly my thought, no matter where these came from the carbon footprint to deliver these to this inconsiderate &$%#^@ must be awful, and as one Interior Designer above said you could get samples locally from Designers or Architects for free and if you don't have one close, carpet stores throw out strips/excess pieces of carpet they'd be happy to give you. Please try local before doing this.

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Tracy Emert
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She didn't "hack" Amazon. SMH It was free. She ordered it. How is that hacking? I ordered a pizza from Dominos today. Does that mean I hacked them? No. Who writes this stuff?

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Ant1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand the aim of this experience ? Lot of plastic waste, lot of fuel to bring them at home... Thanks to have compassion for our planet !

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Kristina Milcheva
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Waw, with the packaging and shipping, it's not good for the environment lady.

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Kristin Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe you could donate some to a church or preschool. They would make good sitting spots for kids.

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Captain Planet
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People like you will ruin stuff for others in the future. Now it's just waiting till online shops limit the amount of samples you can order because of retards like these... thx! Yeah lets celebrate this on the blog here.

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Kerry Pye
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

take them to cat charities. I'm sure they could use them for the cats to scratch on.

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Gayle Bynum Cardosa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? Only in America? Looks like there are arrogant a******s who think they're better than everyone else where you live.

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Jay Broderick
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't know you could order samples!!! I ordered a carpet I really don't like but kind of needed...a sample would have been great. Next time I know and she actually did help someone :)

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Eleanor Pan.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry but it is Not funny..if anything it's a discussion behavior... I feel so sorry for the poor delivery man and also this Waste of plastic packaging for the environment..what a shame! and to top it all shes taking a proud picture of herself..

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Dan Holman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When our daughter was about 3, we got a hold of a lot of carpet samples. Colors, thickness, size, etc. We glued them to her bedroom floor while she was out with Grandma and her favorite aunt. It was worth it, when this 3 year old saw the result she said "Neato" :) :)

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Johnette Pace
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not only does this woman know that these things come out of profit from selling carpet... so the consumer pays for it.. she has no intention of bying anything... so she makes cost go up for everyone else.. and there is no possible way she ordered that many free samples without knowing she was going overboard. Period \

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deborah darsie
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This kind of misuse, even if only semi-intentional costs all of us who buy flooring for our own homes. Sigh.

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SexyEggPlant
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she wasnt trying to buy a new carpet! she thought the samples might be a good scratch post thing i think

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Ayla Fecero
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh. This is gross. This is exactly why most companies DON'T give away samples anymore. Greedy, selfish people ruin it for the rest of us. I'm in a state of disbelief that she's proud...or maybe I'm not. People suck.

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Leah Spaulding
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of the kids that ask to sample every kind of icecream at the parlour every time they come

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Jackie Johnson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They were giving them away for free so I don't see the problem in her getting abunch to make cat scratchers, even to go overboard I don't think that's too terrible. But then she has to go on social media and brag about it and go on about it so much, she's going to ruin it for everyone else in order to get attention for herself. So frickin selfish. Just shut up, get off social media and make some scratchers and play with your cat. I also think her carrying on about the delivery guy not happy. His job is delivering packages, i hardly think he'd he'd be unhappy about packages to deliver.

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Muddy Sluut
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate for this kind of abuse to be aggrandized and I hope it doesn't give a bunch more dumb people ideas to copy this abusive behavior. A perfect example of one dumb person ruining a privilege for everyone else.

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Robert Williamson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So she wasted all these people's time and money for no reason whatsoever. How selfish do you have to be to think that because someone offers a free service that it is "free." They still have to pay for the product, postage and wages and are hoping to get business from decent honest people. Not supple someone just using their generosity without ever thinking of buying.

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RaroaRaroa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just astounded at how colourful and interesting some of these carpets are. In NZ it's shades of cream, brown, beige or grey (maybe some greenish or blue hints) unless you have it custom made. Certainly no real patterns.

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K-Dawn Bennett
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to get mine from work if there any left overs but only took what I needed. Last year, I bought 10 for $1 at a yard sale. I'm only using them in my front hall during the winter. How many times did she hit the qty button?? Hopefully, she won't waste them.

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Crys Dittrich
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How did she do it? I am trying to carpet the tent I am currently living in and cannot find any sort of cheap option...

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Billy Potbelly
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I’m going to assume this may be the reason they won’t sent me a sample to see if it’s what the actual web page is showing or not. I don’t want to buy a $300 plus shipping and c**p for something that may not even be the same colour. People like this ruin it for the rest of us. Even with donating to shelters or whatever this is still greedy.

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Cassidy Michael Wall
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think your awesome for doing it. If you can, why not do it, im sure you'll find a use for them down the road. I love how people are bitching about free carpet samples. People that are so bored with their life they have nothing to do but go trolling and leaving comments. I hope that never happens to me where my life gets that pointless where I have to go mock other people's lives. I say Bravo, way to find a hole in the system. Plus you're sexy as hell and that doesn't hurt

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Chris Patorov
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when i was a little girl my mom went to a carpet store they were throwing out old swatches she asked if she could have them and she sewed them together by hand and made a patchwork quilt rug you could always do that with em and sell them then you could make a little profit.......

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Reila Himawari
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be great if you could donate the extra carpet samples out to those who needs it :)

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Greg Borgerding
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Donate them to your local Elementary schools they use them for projects !

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Man Boobs
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really don't see the point of this...wasting everyone's time, not to mention resources for what? To collect a useless pile of junk...

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TwiceRice23
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The title was misleading. She never regretted ordering these. In fact, she offered to show anyone how to do it. Lame.

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Diane Ganci
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years ago I had the pleasure to visit relatives of my then husband who were living in a northern part of NYS. Their income was meager o say the least but their creativity knew no bounds. Their home was fantastic having been decorated on what would now be called ‘chic upcycling’ The best part though were the floors covered entirely of carpet samples gleaned from a shop that had pieces representing wall-to-wall no longer manufactured. They carefully pieced together designs and colors into the most outrageous patterns by gluing the samples to a woven carpet pad and binding the edges. Pity that this lung woman cannot see the beauty in what she has received instead seeing only the results of a wasteful act.

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Harrison Tan
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely no ethics at all. As if she will really donate it away. Please. Ruining this service for people who truly want to purchase. She seems so proud of herself too. What a horrible lady. Again this is why we cannot have nice things.

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Harry Plopper
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sew bits and pieces of carpet together and sell them as decorative rugs! :D

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Tara Leigh
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

-A preschool, daycare of school might be able to use the extra. They have students use mats to sit at circle or story time(so they stay on their own may & don't touch or bother each other). - you could sew them together in interesting patterns to make an area rug. -sew two together and its a bath mat or door mat. Everyone gets one for Xmas.

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M.J. J.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the samples I mind, it's all the packaging..shame on amazon for all of the individually plastic-wrapped bits of carpet.

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hannah huffman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol this is sooo funny I feel so bad though good luck to those cats.

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Brianna Campbell Bonesteel
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

take some of those and make a rug out of them. the little bright colored ones in the first batch were cute

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Daria Mosyagina
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would do a patchwork carpet from those... Must be a very creative work!

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Pearl Sapirstein
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Im totally doing this! I run a small wildlife rescue and orphaned opossums and foxes would love this!

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please, look to local carpet stores or Interior Designers or Architects before you use this horrific method, if you love your animals, love their environment and source it locally for free, you may even raise more local awareness for your rescue operation with people of means who may donate more because of it. :)

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Betty Morgan Singer
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do something useful for someone with these. I bought a bunch of carpet samples years ago that were 18" by 12" and used them to make a cute patterned carpet on a playroom floor for my daughter. She loved it and it looked beautiful and lasted very well for about 12 years. We used some as back-seat car floor mats and gave some to friends for that use. Also some were put in our dog's house under her doggy bed. etc.

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Crazy Horse
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let me get this straight: some of you are complaining that this woman abused the system by (possibly) intentionally ordering too many carpet samples. So what about all of the lobbyists who are saving the wealthy millions of dollars by having clauses inserted into laws that favor them? (I'm talking about the U.S., not anywhere else.) Circumventing any law is what they're all about. When it comes to freebies, they wrote the book, both literally and figuratively.

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Chaznia Marquardt
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to get some. We need to redo the living and dining room floors. All the samples I find on Amazon now cost money so... meh.

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Barbara Baxendale
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worst part about all that carpeting is the unwrapping, Amazon always wrap things twice then sellotape about half a dozen times, a complete nightmare just getting in the damn things !!

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Bunny
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, this is just so wasteful! She should donate them to preschools or something. Maybe they can do a craft project with them? Keep a couple for the kitties and give the rest to someone who could use them.

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Astie Pratiwi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

give it to me and i'll sew it all together to make a big sized carpet ;)

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Kristy Raines
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She could have patched them together and carpeted a bedroom or something. lol

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Amykins
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone is so judgy, calm the hell down. She never said she WASN'T going to donate them or make something out of them. ( I love the donating to a preschool for circle floor mat idea. )

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Crazy Horse
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That large pile under the caption "A lot more!!! Holy Sh*t" looks a lot like our basement, front and back. For a second, I thought maybe this woman had photographed our basement. The difference being: with our basement it's clothes and junk and not carpet swaths.

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Nicky OldfieldDesciple
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a reafunny case of "be careful what you wish for". ☺☺☺☺☺

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Lonnie Santrock
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some years ago when the Pod style coffee machines were all the rage there was a promotion on Facebook where you like the page and enter your information to get a free package of the coffee pods well nothing prevented me from backing out of the page and entering my information about 50 times and sure enough in a few weeks time I received in the mail about 50 full size packages of the coffee I didn't have to buy coffee for almost a year.

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh yay, you not only use the least environmentally friendly form of coffee you had 50 packs of it mailed to you, no doubt in plastic.

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Alberto
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So she can sew them all together and create a big patchwork ... :D

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Lisa Ruiz
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow!!!! I'd love just a 'few' (NOT that many) free samples for my kitty too, but omgosh, make a rug out of them and donate them. <3

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Ginka Guerreira
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please send them to me, I wil make some beautiful thing with that!

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Marion Friedl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL this is gonna be a big scratching post for her kitty if she really uses all the free carpet samples!!!

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Pamula Furness
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me how you did this! Please! I really want to make a patchwork carpet now x

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Yrl Ab
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

give me the link to order it, i would like to do that

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Aaaa Bbbb
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm...I am now envisioning a free patchwork carpet for my house.

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Adriene Bruce
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok so make and sale cat scratching posts until it gone and shut up

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Agnes Pethes
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first thing I was thinking about: to make an amazing patch-work carpet. Or more! So girl, go for it! Be creative and make some art! Next step: charity. So you can turn this nonsense to something nice, useful and good.

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Carol Taylor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if you order enough samples you can carpet a room for free..not a waste at all..

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not a waste of plastic, fuel, time, resources??? So long as the individual benefits, the environment and everyone else can just suck it - is that what you meant to say?

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Liz Llanes
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohhhh i love all those stuffs...can u send it to me for free also? The problem is i am in Asia...but no kiddin.... i love all those wonderful colors...just send it to me plzzzzzzzz...

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Mike Irwin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the article he's her boyfriend. In the fifth photo-caption (large font) he's her husband! . Or maybe she has both! Who would know?

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Martina Třešková
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, exactly how many cats do you have? :D Even if they were small, it's still a ton of carpet. I'd probably go asking around in some tea rooms/coffee shops, they might like to use these as decorative flooring or something.

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diane a
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Surely there must have been one out all of them that you were seriously tempted to actually purchase as a floorcovering? .....Wait!! - maybe you could have requested a further 100 matching free samples of it and used as carpet tiles - lol

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Don't feel too bad. All this publicity will result in a lot more carpet sales for them. Plus, have you thought about stitching them together like a quilt for the floor?

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6 years ago

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So what she reall did was not regret it 🤪

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Vlad Horobet
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6 years ago

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These are like the kids cars version of Aladin's rug

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Mary Jaye
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6 years ago

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WHY NOT THRO THEM AWAY? AND DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.

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6 years ago

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I don't see a problem with this? This is a great idea! Now sew them together and have a very interesting carpet in living room or bathroom mat or even a runner. This is genius! I might also do this.

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, everyone should have hundreds of their whims home delivered, in plastic, probably from thousands of km's away, using tonnes of fuel and creating unnecessary pollution, and costing the manufacturer/business owner money because we're all spoilt, selfish and couldn't give a flying fvck about anyone else. Great Idea.

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I think her husband would be a fool to leave her! She's got spunk, she's got a great sense of humor, and that's the most important quality to have.

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Well, now you can make many vat scratch poles and and become entrepreneur!!! Could be at Shark tank!!!!

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6 years ago

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FREE . . . people are going gaga over this four letter word.

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Win Man
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6 years ago

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All I see is a gorgeous girl who has ruined her body with hideous tats!

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Adogcalledkitty
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If she likes them, then it's not ruined. Your opinion on someone else's body doesn't count.

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Pamela24
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I may be too harsh but I just really can't applaud this circumventing (hope I've used this word correctly) of the system. Nothing is ever free, I like that you can order a sample for free but doing these type of things will not exactly motivate anyone to provide this service in the future...

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7j6eqi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do you show off about this? It is nothing to be proud of that you wasted all these samples that you never needed and never will use. I would expect this kind of behavior from a child, not a grown woman.

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Hamdhaan Hassan
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

why dont you put them all together and make a big one for yourself

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Stille20
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definitely and ethical issue. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

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Reb
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All that is wrong in the USA and the world in general. Right there.

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RaY1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This lady is an idiot! "I swear I didn't realize I ordered this many", yeah who doesn't realize how many times they click an order button on Amazon.

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Ellis
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"I swear I didn't realise I ordered that many" is what I tell my boyfriend when my order or new shoes is delivered.

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Debbie Palmer
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My Mother carpeted five, no six, rooms of our house by collecting carpet scraps from the carpet stores in our town, and I, as a kid, helped her lay it in patterns. It looked great! It was just my Mom, me and three sisters so my mother had to be resourceful as we had little money. She did a fantastic job.

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Andy Taylor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, it was done by necessity and not due to lack of common decency then. Your case is understandable. Hers is most certainly not.

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Rachael
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seems like she ruined it for everyone who just needs a few samples to decide which they really want for a large area, I looked and could not find a sample under $5

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Sop Hie
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would've swept this 'mistake' under my gazillion tiny rugs tbh

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Jarah Greenfield
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try also donating them to daycares, preschools or kindergartens. I've seen them used as kids mats for circle time.

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westwing
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically stupid cheap person decides to celebrate her both cheapness and her stupidity by doing a post on bored panda.....

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Andy Taylor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No standards lady? Ethics? Morals? Have we really sunk so low as to take advantage of others to this extreme and have no remorse over it? One word for you: KARMA! She's coming and may she biotch slap you silly.

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Chicago Kitty
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First, this woman obviously knew what she was doing. Second, congratulations on ruining a useful service for people who actually were considering making a purchase. Third, this was free only to you- it cost quite a bit to ship you all of those samples. Fourth- you made a bad situation worse by telling others how they too could be a narcissistic, self-indulgent, avaricious, attention whore. But hey- screw everyone else as long as you get what you want right? You're not funny, you're not clever, what you are is an a**hole.

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Max L.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're right to be concerned about what your boyfriend may suspect

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Lee Anne Chesnutt
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes me ill. As an interior designer I always have stacks of carpet samples and fabrics to get rid of. I mostly give them to schools and artists, but would gladly give them free of charge to anyone that asks! If anyone is thinking about doing what this woman has done, please hit up a local designer or architect. They would probably welcome the chance to clean up their office!

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Natasha Forchione
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i hate these types of people...and this is why companies later on change their policies or stop doing things like this. She could not be happy with getting 3 or 4 samples. she had to get thousand...greedy idiot.

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Lee Williams
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you go in to a carpet shop and say 'could I have a sample' and they reply with 'we don't do that anymore you have buy them'.... This is why! selfish, cheap, moronic idiots. It might be free to her but it will eventually cost everyone else!

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JillVille Child Care
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man that's a lotta rug! At least the cat is happy? Poor delivery guy, I hope he gets gifts at each holiday this year!

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Molly Block
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope he does too. But delivering mail/pkgs IS part of his job. Whether it's 100 pkgs to the same addy, or 100 pkgs to different addys. Delivering is what is keeping him in a job. :-) But I admit, this amount of free (boring) carpet samples IS way too much.

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Jade Thomas
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I honestly thought this was going to be a story about how they couldn't afford to carpet there room and by using the free samples they now have unique flooring but no it was a stupid woman abusing the system

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This lady seems awful. Its annoying she is being rewarded for being a mooch.

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Kimmie Coleman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

FYI you can no longer get free fabric or rug swatches on Amazon thanks to this woman's actions - they stopped being offered within 24 hours of this article being posted. I had ordered 3 rug samples and 2 fabric samples while buying Amazon furniture for my house. When i tried to order 2 more fabric samples soon thereafter, the swatches were no longer available. After spending a lot of time trying to figure out why, I came across this article. I think any reasonable person would have anticipated that abusing that system and then bragging about it on the internet would cause the system to collapse. Waste is not cool, laughing about the needless work you are causing your postal worker to do is not cool, being completely oblivious to the consequences of your own actions is not cool, and bragging about your own selfishness is definitely not cool.

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kimin8ter
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Find me fabric samples for free and I’ll take it back. Seriously I only found this article after trying to find out what happened to the free fabric samples on amazon.

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Jennifer Grady Bean
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thanks to this greedy b***h, you now have to pay for carpet samples on Amazon.

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you! That was exactly my thought, no matter where these came from the carbon footprint to deliver these to this inconsiderate &$%#^@ must be awful, and as one Interior Designer above said you could get samples locally from Designers or Architects for free and if you don't have one close, carpet stores throw out strips/excess pieces of carpet they'd be happy to give you. Please try local before doing this.

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Tracy Emert
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She didn't "hack" Amazon. SMH It was free. She ordered it. How is that hacking? I ordered a pizza from Dominos today. Does that mean I hacked them? No. Who writes this stuff?

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Ant1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand the aim of this experience ? Lot of plastic waste, lot of fuel to bring them at home... Thanks to have compassion for our planet !

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Kristina Milcheva
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Waw, with the packaging and shipping, it's not good for the environment lady.

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Kristin Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe you could donate some to a church or preschool. They would make good sitting spots for kids.

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Captain Planet
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People like you will ruin stuff for others in the future. Now it's just waiting till online shops limit the amount of samples you can order because of retards like these... thx! Yeah lets celebrate this on the blog here.

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Kerry Pye
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

take them to cat charities. I'm sure they could use them for the cats to scratch on.

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Gayle Bynum Cardosa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? Only in America? Looks like there are arrogant a******s who think they're better than everyone else where you live.

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Jay Broderick
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I didn't know you could order samples!!! I ordered a carpet I really don't like but kind of needed...a sample would have been great. Next time I know and she actually did help someone :)

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Eleanor Pan.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry but it is Not funny..if anything it's a discussion behavior... I feel so sorry for the poor delivery man and also this Waste of plastic packaging for the environment..what a shame! and to top it all shes taking a proud picture of herself..

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Dan Holman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When our daughter was about 3, we got a hold of a lot of carpet samples. Colors, thickness, size, etc. We glued them to her bedroom floor while she was out with Grandma and her favorite aunt. It was worth it, when this 3 year old saw the result she said "Neato" :) :)

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Johnette Pace
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not only does this woman know that these things come out of profit from selling carpet... so the consumer pays for it.. she has no intention of bying anything... so she makes cost go up for everyone else.. and there is no possible way she ordered that many free samples without knowing she was going overboard. Period \

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deborah darsie
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This kind of misuse, even if only semi-intentional costs all of us who buy flooring for our own homes. Sigh.

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SexyEggPlant
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she wasnt trying to buy a new carpet! she thought the samples might be a good scratch post thing i think

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Ayla Fecero
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ugh. This is gross. This is exactly why most companies DON'T give away samples anymore. Greedy, selfish people ruin it for the rest of us. I'm in a state of disbelief that she's proud...or maybe I'm not. People suck.

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Leah Spaulding
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me of the kids that ask to sample every kind of icecream at the parlour every time they come

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Jackie Johnson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They were giving them away for free so I don't see the problem in her getting abunch to make cat scratchers, even to go overboard I don't think that's too terrible. But then she has to go on social media and brag about it and go on about it so much, she's going to ruin it for everyone else in order to get attention for herself. So frickin selfish. Just shut up, get off social media and make some scratchers and play with your cat. I also think her carrying on about the delivery guy not happy. His job is delivering packages, i hardly think he'd he'd be unhappy about packages to deliver.

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Muddy Sluut
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate for this kind of abuse to be aggrandized and I hope it doesn't give a bunch more dumb people ideas to copy this abusive behavior. A perfect example of one dumb person ruining a privilege for everyone else.

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Robert Williamson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So she wasted all these people's time and money for no reason whatsoever. How selfish do you have to be to think that because someone offers a free service that it is "free." They still have to pay for the product, postage and wages and are hoping to get business from decent honest people. Not supple someone just using their generosity without ever thinking of buying.

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RaroaRaroa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm just astounded at how colourful and interesting some of these carpets are. In NZ it's shades of cream, brown, beige or grey (maybe some greenish or blue hints) unless you have it custom made. Certainly no real patterns.

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K-Dawn Bennett
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to get mine from work if there any left overs but only took what I needed. Last year, I bought 10 for $1 at a yard sale. I'm only using them in my front hall during the winter. How many times did she hit the qty button?? Hopefully, she won't waste them.

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Crys Dittrich
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How did she do it? I am trying to carpet the tent I am currently living in and cannot find any sort of cheap option...

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Billy Potbelly
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well I’m going to assume this may be the reason they won’t sent me a sample to see if it’s what the actual web page is showing or not. I don’t want to buy a $300 plus shipping and c**p for something that may not even be the same colour. People like this ruin it for the rest of us. Even with donating to shelters or whatever this is still greedy.

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Cassidy Michael Wall
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think your awesome for doing it. If you can, why not do it, im sure you'll find a use for them down the road. I love how people are bitching about free carpet samples. People that are so bored with their life they have nothing to do but go trolling and leaving comments. I hope that never happens to me where my life gets that pointless where I have to go mock other people's lives. I say Bravo, way to find a hole in the system. Plus you're sexy as hell and that doesn't hurt

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Chris Patorov
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

when i was a little girl my mom went to a carpet store they were throwing out old swatches she asked if she could have them and she sewed them together by hand and made a patchwork quilt rug you could always do that with em and sell them then you could make a little profit.......

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Reila Himawari
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be great if you could donate the extra carpet samples out to those who needs it :)

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Greg Borgerding
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Donate them to your local Elementary schools they use them for projects !

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Man Boobs
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really don't see the point of this...wasting everyone's time, not to mention resources for what? To collect a useless pile of junk...

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TwiceRice23
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The title was misleading. She never regretted ordering these. In fact, she offered to show anyone how to do it. Lame.

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Diane Ganci
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many years ago I had the pleasure to visit relatives of my then husband who were living in a northern part of NYS. Their income was meager o say the least but their creativity knew no bounds. Their home was fantastic having been decorated on what would now be called ‘chic upcycling’ The best part though were the floors covered entirely of carpet samples gleaned from a shop that had pieces representing wall-to-wall no longer manufactured. They carefully pieced together designs and colors into the most outrageous patterns by gluing the samples to a woven carpet pad and binding the edges. Pity that this lung woman cannot see the beauty in what she has received instead seeing only the results of a wasteful act.

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Harrison Tan
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Absolutely no ethics at all. As if she will really donate it away. Please. Ruining this service for people who truly want to purchase. She seems so proud of herself too. What a horrible lady. Again this is why we cannot have nice things.

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Harry Plopper
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sew bits and pieces of carpet together and sell them as decorative rugs! :D

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Tara Leigh
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

-A preschool, daycare of school might be able to use the extra. They have students use mats to sit at circle or story time(so they stay on their own may & don't touch or bother each other). - you could sew them together in interesting patterns to make an area rug. -sew two together and its a bath mat or door mat. Everyone gets one for Xmas.

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M.J. J.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not the samples I mind, it's all the packaging..shame on amazon for all of the individually plastic-wrapped bits of carpet.

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hannah huffman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol this is sooo funny I feel so bad though good luck to those cats.

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Brianna Campbell Bonesteel
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

take some of those and make a rug out of them. the little bright colored ones in the first batch were cute

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Daria Mosyagina
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would do a patchwork carpet from those... Must be a very creative work!

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Pearl Sapirstein
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Im totally doing this! I run a small wildlife rescue and orphaned opossums and foxes would love this!

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please, look to local carpet stores or Interior Designers or Architects before you use this horrific method, if you love your animals, love their environment and source it locally for free, you may even raise more local awareness for your rescue operation with people of means who may donate more because of it. :)

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Betty Morgan Singer
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do something useful for someone with these. I bought a bunch of carpet samples years ago that were 18" by 12" and used them to make a cute patterned carpet on a playroom floor for my daughter. She loved it and it looked beautiful and lasted very well for about 12 years. We used some as back-seat car floor mats and gave some to friends for that use. Also some were put in our dog's house under her doggy bed. etc.

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Crazy Horse
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let me get this straight: some of you are complaining that this woman abused the system by (possibly) intentionally ordering too many carpet samples. So what about all of the lobbyists who are saving the wealthy millions of dollars by having clauses inserted into laws that favor them? (I'm talking about the U.S., not anywhere else.) Circumventing any law is what they're all about. When it comes to freebies, they wrote the book, both literally and figuratively.

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Chaznia Marquardt
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to get some. We need to redo the living and dining room floors. All the samples I find on Amazon now cost money so... meh.

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Barbara Baxendale
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The worst part about all that carpeting is the unwrapping, Amazon always wrap things twice then sellotape about half a dozen times, a complete nightmare just getting in the damn things !!

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Bunny
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, this is just so wasteful! She should donate them to preschools or something. Maybe they can do a craft project with them? Keep a couple for the kitties and give the rest to someone who could use them.

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Astie Pratiwi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

give it to me and i'll sew it all together to make a big sized carpet ;)

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Kristy Raines
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She could have patched them together and carpeted a bedroom or something. lol

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Amykins
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone is so judgy, calm the hell down. She never said she WASN'T going to donate them or make something out of them. ( I love the donating to a preschool for circle floor mat idea. )

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Crazy Horse
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That large pile under the caption "A lot more!!! Holy Sh*t" looks a lot like our basement, front and back. For a second, I thought maybe this woman had photographed our basement. The difference being: with our basement it's clothes and junk and not carpet swaths.

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Nicky OldfieldDesciple
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a reafunny case of "be careful what you wish for". ☺☺☺☺☺

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Lonnie Santrock
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some years ago when the Pod style coffee machines were all the rage there was a promotion on Facebook where you like the page and enter your information to get a free package of the coffee pods well nothing prevented me from backing out of the page and entering my information about 50 times and sure enough in a few weeks time I received in the mail about 50 full size packages of the coffee I didn't have to buy coffee for almost a year.

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh yay, you not only use the least environmentally friendly form of coffee you had 50 packs of it mailed to you, no doubt in plastic.

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Alberto
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So she can sew them all together and create a big patchwork ... :D

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Lisa Ruiz
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow!!!! I'd love just a 'few' (NOT that many) free samples for my kitty too, but omgosh, make a rug out of them and donate them. <3

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Ginka Guerreira
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please send them to me, I wil make some beautiful thing with that!

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Marion Friedl
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL this is gonna be a big scratching post for her kitty if she really uses all the free carpet samples!!!

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Pamula Furness
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell me how you did this! Please! I really want to make a patchwork carpet now x

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Yrl Ab
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

give me the link to order it, i would like to do that

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Aaaa Bbbb
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm...I am now envisioning a free patchwork carpet for my house.

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Adriene Bruce
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok so make and sale cat scratching posts until it gone and shut up

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Agnes Pethes
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first thing I was thinking about: to make an amazing patch-work carpet. Or more! So girl, go for it! Be creative and make some art! Next step: charity. So you can turn this nonsense to something nice, useful and good.

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Carol Taylor
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

if you order enough samples you can carpet a room for free..not a waste at all..

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not a waste of plastic, fuel, time, resources??? So long as the individual benefits, the environment and everyone else can just suck it - is that what you meant to say?

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Liz Llanes
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohhhh i love all those stuffs...can u send it to me for free also? The problem is i am in Asia...but no kiddin.... i love all those wonderful colors...just send it to me plzzzzzzzz...

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Mike Irwin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the article he's her boyfriend. In the fifth photo-caption (large font) he's her husband! . Or maybe she has both! Who would know?

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Martina Třešková
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, exactly how many cats do you have? :D Even if they were small, it's still a ton of carpet. I'd probably go asking around in some tea rooms/coffee shops, they might like to use these as decorative flooring or something.

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diane a
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Surely there must have been one out all of them that you were seriously tempted to actually purchase as a floorcovering? .....Wait!! - maybe you could have requested a further 100 matching free samples of it and used as carpet tiles - lol

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Je Suis Ce Que Je Suis
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Don't feel too bad. All this publicity will result in a lot more carpet sales for them. Plus, have you thought about stitching them together like a quilt for the floor?

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Hawk
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6 years ago

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So what she reall did was not regret it 🤪

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Vlad Horobet
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6 years ago

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These are like the kids cars version of Aladin's rug

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Mary Jaye
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6 years ago

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WHY NOT THRO THEM AWAY? AND DON'T DO THAT AGAIN.

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Sykz
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6 years ago

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I don't see a problem with this? This is a great idea! Now sew them together and have a very interesting carpet in living room or bathroom mat or even a runner. This is genius! I might also do this.

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Belinda Matson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, everyone should have hundreds of their whims home delivered, in plastic, probably from thousands of km's away, using tonnes of fuel and creating unnecessary pollution, and costing the manufacturer/business owner money because we're all spoilt, selfish and couldn't give a flying fvck about anyone else. Great Idea.

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Cheryl Fontaine
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I think her husband would be a fool to leave her! She's got spunk, she's got a great sense of humor, and that's the most important quality to have.

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Luis Villarreal
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6 years ago

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Well, now you can make many vat scratch poles and and become entrepreneur!!! Could be at Shark tank!!!!

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Dark Half
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6 years ago

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FREE . . . people are going gaga over this four letter word.

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Win Man
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6 years ago

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All I see is a gorgeous girl who has ruined her body with hideous tats!

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Adogcalledkitty
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If she likes them, then it's not ruined. Your opinion on someone else's body doesn't count.

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