What swag would you like to receive from your vendors? And what swag do you not like to receive?

What swag would you like to receive from your vendors? And what swag do you not like to receive from vendors?

My favorite item of the moment is the PERQ ankle socks.
I am not really crazy about receiving sugary food.

Pens and well, cool pens and don’t forget stylus pens

vendor here, I ordered nice stylus rose gold pens for several trade shows coming up

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I personally don’t like getting pens and post its. I love the phone holders, lip balms, tins with mints and water bottles

nicer lip balms. I’m not a fan of the pens as they are generally ballpoint.

When you order pens, on the Compliance Side, can we make them BLUE?? None of the nicer pens are ever blue- maybe only Affordable cares. I love getting the nail files too. I honestly appreciate any vendor love. ❤ We dont have the same budgets as conventional, but we love our vendors too.

I like quirky things - I have a little rubberband catapult that was built from their business card that I still love. I got a little squishy stress ball shaped like a toilet that I thought was funny. Or something helpful - i have a magnet/leveler I use a lot. I also got a nice mini ring light that I can clip to my screen or phone for better video lighting. I also like a nice lanyard when I'm at a conference.
Things I do not like - Keychains that don't do anything and are just a boring logo. Chocolate covered fruit or any weird sweet treat that isn't just a regular branded candy like Reeses. They always taste weird or stale.
The worst ever was the year Gwyneth Paltrow came to Zillow and passed out those charcoal bath bombs that stained EVERYTHING. That whole hotel had to be ruined by these things. The hotel tub, the shower, the walls, the towels and the sheets all got stained with black from these damn bath bombs. Anything you touched after put black smears. I cannot imagine the cleaning fine Zillow got after that.
Pens are fine. I keep them, they're just kind of boring.

I had vendors in CA and they gave us a stainless steel reusable straw - that was like 4yrs ago and I still use that thing ? I like the reusable canvas bags. Still use those especially in CA & CO.
I also don’t mind pens but like a quality pen. Residents and prospects are always taking the pens we buy for the office.
I’ve also gotten bottle openers and drink cozy. I don’t really like getting water bottles, I’m just gonna default to my cute Stanley or Starbucks tumbler.
I don’t like notepads or post its. I throw those out the most often. Chapsticks are questionable if you get one at it tastes like wax, it’s going in the bin. But a nice one I’ll keep.
I also like a mug. Because I don’t wanna bring my good mugs to the office and don’t wanna waste our paper cups for the residents. So I always love a vendor mug that’s stuffed with little items like pens, lip balms, fidget spinner and a candy. But yeah also any sort of fidget item for us Adhders.
Also I’ve gotten a spray hand sanitizer which I loved. It was also flat. I used that thing up so fast but the chunky little bottles I don’t use. Maybe if they came with a holder like Bath and Body Works I’d use them more?

I can never have too many hand sanitizers or lip balm.
Stuffed animal I can give to my kid.
A vendor once gave out small a fleece blanket and I still have it!

Vendor items in my drawer now! I don’t pick up “just anything” at a trade show because I don’t want to have to carry it around unless I will actually use it at work.

Zumper keychain bracelet for the win! I love this one because it’s cute, useful and has verrrry subltle branding

Pizza cutter CORT did many yrs ago and I still use it. Laptop camera cover slides are rarely avail but I always look for those.
Good quality pens, reuseable bags, nice caps - Travis Matthew’s at NAA 2022 were awesome! Any pet item or gift card.

I a good notebook. Apartments dot com gives the best notebooks

Best gift I received from the vendor, was a small rechargeable battery for your cell phone. I realize this is a more expensive gift but it’s certainly the best gift I’ve ever received.

Scratch pads, pens and mugs.

Please no more koozies unless the cold drink is included! Good pens are always a plus. Don’t go cheap on the pens or reusable bags. Better to have something small with good quality than something that is poorly made.

Toliet Paper

The large finger nail files, envelope opener

Wooden back scratcher from AZ Parts master....my favorite item ever!

I loved getting rubber jar openers, but something new that I think would be awesome is a desk mat!

I love chip clips that have magnets.

Poo Prints stress ball. I think is my favorite  I have a mini tape measure that I carry with me everywhere especially on tours! I also love the carabiner keychains. The keychains that are also a loud safety alarm are soo appreciated. Last one, tshirts are the best. I have so many and will wear them anywhere!

Flip flops at a large trade show are so welcomed
Laptop camera covers are awesome
I love sunglasses

Stop with the mousepads ! They get tossed in the garbage ! Huge waste! And stop with those giant desk calendars .. right in trash coffee mugs also… I’ll never use your plumbing coffee mug just give me a good pen! (Valet living has the best ones .. we don’t use valet living but I search high and low just for those pens!)

I love small tiny fans that plug into your computer modem. I’m always hot and I like to turn it on right after I get back from a tour. Last one I got was from AT&T.

I like coffee mugs, lip balms, wine.
I don't love when they bring in sweets/snacks because they're always just a generic box of donuts or cookies which work for 90% of properties im sure, but they don't take any dietary needs/restrictions into consideration. My team loves it but I can never partake in the crumbl cookies or dunkin donuts because I'm vegan.

I guess it depends on where the stuff is given at. The ones I remember most is when a vendor brought us each a single rose on Valentine’s Day. When a vendor stopped by and our AC was out and they went and got us ice cream/smoothies.
Trade show stuff I like things you can’t get from everyone. Flower seeds and pot, nice sunglasses, water bowl for the dog, pizza cutter. I also like notebooks.
I don’t love chapstick, pens (although I found a few nice pens and I like those), water bottles.

ePremium gave us the most awesome cups.... filled it with whiskey and ice, drank it down, put cup of ice in my truck, came back the next day, and the ice was still there. Whiskey didn't come back, so there's that, but danged if it didn't stay cold! LOL

With so many Teams and Zoom meetings, I really use the small ring light I received from a vendor. Also, good lip balm.

I loved the key shaped paper clip from Apts.com. I also love lined notebooks, the computer fan is a necessity - heat makes me cranky! And like everyone else - A GOOD PEN!

The things I have kept and continue to use are letter openers, travel coffee thermos, steel water bottle, nice thick canvas bags for groceries, chip clips, and a password book.