Hindsight is 20/20.

I'm sorry to see this didn't work out as planned. I have to say up front that the $5.00 minimum purchase to get the freebies is a bad bad idea. It's not free if you have to pay to get it, no matter how many items you eventually get for your single purchase. I do agree with you there.

That said, I actually like the way it is set up as store items - getting to see more promo pictures on the freebies is nice. Hopefully this particular aspect won't be totally abandoned, but set up differently in the future.

So the idea itself is not a bad one. It just backfired the way it was set up.