I'm a couple of days late on this thread but want to add something: I used to work in fashion
PR in NYC and in that business, freebies are flung around left and right. A lot of people will get their freebies, i.e., the Juicy carrier - not use it themselves, but sell it on ebay. A lot of stuff may be fake, but some of it is real and just being auctioned off for cash.