I have noticed that lately I tend to feel I would prefer to get kink items with the free assignments, though before my "philosophy" was that the more vibes I get the more I will have handy for the future when W/we will live remotely, not being able to get toys online anymore... (Though hopefully that will never happen, but I guess you have heard about the news of the possible extremely weird future of the internet...)

What do you tend to get with your free monthly assignments? (I am not mentioning the manufacturer sponsored ones as there is pretty much nothing in there mostly, at least for a very long time so far...) less

You go to your account and then to the Review link...

There you go to Product Search, and there you can look for free and buyout assignments...

The buyout assignments can be done as often as you wish to live with it, meaning a 30% discount on whatever you pick, in return for a review of yours about it... You have to have a review of the last one before you can apply for another one...

The free assignment has two sorts, the EF sponsored products are by your rank deciding how much can be the maximum price of toy... You have to write a review about those items too, and can only apply for the next one exactly a month later, if your review about the previous free toy is up already...
The manufacturer sponsored free toys can be obtained after a review is up about the last one, so there is no monthly limit, you can get them as often as you wish, as soon as your last review is up...
But you can't just get all the listed items for free, only what have no more than three reviews about them... I submitted a support ticket with the advice that they could work on that part if they wish to, so one wouldn't have to manually check out what has max. 3 reviews, and what has more, not available for free assignment...

All in all, for reviewing stuff you get free toys... Sounds wonderful huh? less

First you have to become an advanced reviewer to request free toys. You can do this one of two ways - going up before the community for a vote once you have two or more reviews - or going through the mentor program.

You can find out more about the mentor program along with a list of mentors here.

You can find out more about the review program here.

I prefer the mentor program because I personally think folks learn to write better reviews and get higher votes which means more free toys - which you'll find out more about the limits of toys if you go to that page about the review program and see the limits, etc. less

I have to agree with 'AileFatale'. I've bought my own toys and have or will write about them! I have more interest in writing on the more elegant products that are valued over $60. The LELO or ANEROS products would be my interest now!

I think the internet rumors are just that, rumors! Congress back off! less

I'm sorry, I'm still confused. You said that we wouldn't get free toys via the internet, due to "the weird future of the internet." I don't understand what you're talking about and I haven't heard anything about that.

And the review program has always limited toys to three reviews, at least, as long as I've been here (which is about a year). That's not really news, if for some, that's what you're referring to. less

First you have to become an advanced reviewer to request free toys. You can do this one of two ways - going up before the community for a vote once you have two or more reviews - or going through the mentor program.

You can find out more about the mentor program along with a list of mentors here.

You can find out more about the review program here.

I prefer the mentor program because I personally think folks learn to write better reviews and get higher votes which means more free toys - which you'll find out more about the limits of toys if you go to that page about the review program and see the limits, etc. less

Haven't heard the news about the future of the internet - but am not overly worried about it. I remember back when we were all scared about 2000 because the computers would all fail and we'd be without electricity and the power grids would go down, etc. etc. etc.

Never happened.

So I don't listen or pay attention to a lot of that "end of the world" stuff now. less

I have to agree with 'AileFatale'. I've bought my own toys and have or will write about them! I have more interest in writing on the more elegant products that are valued over $60. The LELO or ANEROS products would be my interest now!

I think the internet rumors are just that, rumors! Congress back off! less