There should be a consumer protection law that the buy-in for any gift with purchase has to match the actual value of the gift! That is never the case with Ulta. There is no way that sample sizes and foils are ever worth the buy-in amount. And what are samples anyway, if not a way to get you to try a product and, if you like it, buy a full size (from Ulta!).
Today's example of this is INSANE!>! 😡!<
I used to listen to TO all the time since becoming Friend of the Pod subscriber (really since it first came out), but I just looked at Spotify and it looks like I haven't listened to any of them since last summer. I tried listening to a random one this weekend and now I remember why I stopped: they sort of remind me of when someone shows you a boring video that they like for some reason and you have to pretend to be into it, too. I feel that some of the people who guest on this particular pod have very niche interests that are just not my cup of tea. I really wish they would rethink this podcast and do something totally different. I like Only Friends and Pollercoatser (the other two subscriber-only pods), but find it annoying to still get the 'please consider subscribing to Friends of the Pod' at PSA... I *do* subscribe so I don't get any ads, so that kind of defeats the purpose for me!
I don't plan on renewing my subscription unless they either change some of the content/format or at least add Hysteria to the no-ads list. As it stands now, all the PSA interviews are a skip for me so I'm really not getting my money's worth content-wise.
Any other Friends of the Pod with similar views? I've tried to communicate this to the folks in charge via multiple surveys, but no dice.