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"Free"
The amount of money that those conferences cost my job and the amount of time I spend blocking cold calls from vendors that gave me shwag...
"free" for me. My job has conference/training budget that is use-it-or-lose-it, so might as well go for it. You can also talk your way through getting swag without giving up your contact details, or just provide fake ones.
Alternative:
"Can I scan your badge?"
...quietly walk away backwards, staring them dead in the eye
Lol I know the feeling. Sometimes I just say “Oh we already use your product…mind if I grab those socks?”.