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Posted: 6/18/2019 7:07:09 PM EDT

My parents and grandparents collected these like they were gold, but never understood why.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:07:42 PM EDT

[#1]

Sure do.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:07:48 PM EDT

[#2]

I do! Won’t give it away though. I guess there were 21 fucks given. Here is my coupon for 21 fucks, how much does that get me?

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:08:18 PM EDT

[#3]

Blue ones too

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:08:30 PM EDT

[#4]

LSD!

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:09:15 PM EDT

[#5]

I remember helping Mom fill the books....

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:10:10 PM EDT

[#6]

Oh shit! It was like a damn sears catalog

https://flashbak.com/livin-the-dream-with-green-stamps-a-1975-catalog-26187/

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:12:34 PM EDT

[#7]

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Blue ones too

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Posted: 6/18/2019 7:12:58 PM EDT

[#8]

Yep. And Top Value, the yellow stamps.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:14:59 PM EDT

[#9]

I have faint memories of green stamps. I remember the cash registers at the grocery store spitting them out.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:15:22 PM EDT

[#10]

My mom got me my first fishing pole with s&h stamps when I was about 8 or 9.
A Zepco 404 rod and reel set.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:15:32 PM EDT

[#11]

Oh hell yes, my mom would save them.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:16:14 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/18/2019 7:18:52 PM EDT

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I do! Won’t give it away though. I guess there were 21 fucks given. Here is my coupon for 21 fucks, how much does that get me?

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I think it gives you 21 fucks to give.

I remember them very well.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:21:18 PM EDT

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Sounds like mafia

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:21:38 PM EDT

[#15]

referred to as "green shield" stamps in the UK.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:22:58 PM EDT

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Sounds like mafia

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Posted: 6/18/2019 7:25:44 PM EDT

[#17]

They were like a loyalty rewards type deal.

Collect so many and you could get the fancy decorated china set.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:27:19 PM EDT

[#18]

Yep. I'm old.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:28:02 PM EDT

[#19]

In our house I was the king of those. It was my job to fill the books. I liked doing it too because I got to pick most of the things we got with them

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:28:09 PM EDT

[#20]

I never used them but my mom sure did. I can specify remember her getting a leaf rake, a trash can with a step open lid and one of those carpet rollers so you didn’t have to break out the vacuum. Weird, the things you remember.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:28:15 PM EDT

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My parents and grandparents collected these like they were gold, but never understood why.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hlhu_-4x9q4/U6k1cz8ME8I/AAAAAAAAAM0/fjsjJY-WC80/s1600/Green+Stamps.jpg

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They were "loss leaders" incarnate. You would buy hyper-inflated groceries at the local S&H chain (which could be owned by anybody). You would literally get a couple of pennies back on the dollar for every dollar you spent.
You then went to A&P Green Stamp stores to buy shitty, bulk-rate items that were utter garbage. Think "Made in China" circa 1976. Nowhere near as good as "Made in China" Wal-Mart shit of
today.

Really took advantage of seniors and people who couldn't understand math.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:29:15 PM EDT

[#22]

Timely post, I was watching the movie Bullet and when he was in the airport I saw that sign for those stamps. I remember my grandma and grandpa having them

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:30:24 PM EDT

[#23]

Yep. They had a redemption store near where I lived.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:32:02 PM EDT

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My mom got me my first fishing pole with s&h stamps when I was about 8 or 9.
A Zepco 404 rod and reel set.

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I got a Cox .049 string-line gas airplane.
My Mom always got appliances for the house with Bluechip stamps.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:32:24 PM EDT

[#25]

Yup.

8654

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:34:30 PM EDT

[#26]

That's back in the day.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:40:43 PM EDT

[#27]

Blast from the past.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:42:15 PM EDT

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Blue ones too

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Blue chip stamps. My mom collected them along with the green stamps.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:43:08 PM EDT

[#29]

My mom had boxes of 'em!

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:45:51 PM EDT

[#30]

After you saved 87,000 you could cash them in at certain places for stuff.

Remember them from the 60's and even into the 70's.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:52:48 PM EDT

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Posted: 6/18/2019 7:54:47 PM EDT

[#32]

Yes, there were stores you could walk in and redeem them for toasters, blenders, dishes, etc

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:56:15 PM EDT

[#33]

No idea what those are.

Smells like mothballs in here.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:56:18 PM EDT

[#34]

Hell yeah! Remember going to the Green Stamp store to cash em' in. Mom got me a bitchin' chronograph watch once. I'm thinkin' I got my first Walkman there too if I'm not mistaken...

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:57:36 PM EDT

[#35]

I think I remember something about this. How would you get the stamps to redeem later?

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:57:37 PM EDT

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My mom got me my first fishing pole with s&h stamps when I was about 8 or 9.
A Zepco 404 rod and reel set.

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Same here. Still have it. Still works. 50 years later.

Posted: 6/18/2019 7:57:49 PM EDT

[#37]

I remember my mom letting me stick them into the books.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:01:04 PM EDT

[#38]

Yep
I remember enough being saved to get a lawnmower.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:01:29 PM EDT

[#39]

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My mom got me my first fishing pole with s&h stamps when I was about 8 or 9.
A Zepco 404 rod and reel set.

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My Dad did the same thing for me. Good times.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:03:12 PM EDT

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I always remember the old lady that would yell at me when I forgot to give them theirs after filling up their car with gas. You would swear they were gold back then.
Then they would not leave until they made sure you gave them the correct amount.
Yea the good old days pumping gas in Tucson during the summer time.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:04:27 PM EDT

[#41]

I do, I think I've still got a few kicking around. This was back in the days before credit cards, WalMarts, etc. There was S&H green stamps, and the yellow ones (Top Value). You got books which you pasted these stamps in then when you had enough filled books you turned them in for "stuff." Good quality stuff too, small appliances, toasters, kitchen ware, mixers, camping equipment, you name it. At the time, it was a good way for people who couldn't afford to buy something outright to get good stuff in their homes. Now you just charge it and the devil take the high road.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:07:50 PM EDT

[#42]

They used to have S&H stores with a large collection of items where you could cash in your stamps.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:13:36 PM EDT

[#43]

Yes, I remember. I thought they were food stamps.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:17:17 PM EDT

[#44]

I remember going with my mom to the S&H Redemption store many times.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:20:06 PM EDT

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I think I remember something about this. How would you get the stamps to redeem later?

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You got them by shopping at local vendors. Much like those coupon books you can buy for local vendors today. More valuable than the ones you get in the mail for free though. You'd get a certain number of stamps per dollar spent for all kinds of things and S&H had redemption stores that were just like a regular department/appliance/hardware/sporting goods stores where you could exchange them for goods.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:20:51 PM EDT

[#46]

We used to have Texas Gold stamps down here. Like all stamps, I'm sure, you could get double stamps if you shopped at H.E.B. on Tuesdays or whenever.

We redeemed them at a redemption center in Corpus.

I think about that now and again because we would get waterskis and ski ropes and the like. All that stuff worked just fine. I worry that today I would turn my nose up at that stuff because it wasn't Tier 1 gear. It sure worked, though.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:24:03 PM EDT

[#47]

I licked the fuck out of those. I did not use them, just licked the fuck out of those.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:26:43 PM EDT

[#48]

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My mom got me my first fishing pole with s&h stamps when I was about 8 or 9.
A Zepco 404 rod and reel set.

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Zebco, Zero Hour Bomb Company

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:28:43 PM EDT

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I always remember the old lady that would yell at me when I forgot to give them theirs after filling up their car with gas. You would swear they were gold back then.
Then they would not leave until they made sure you gave them the correct amount.
Yea the good old days pumping gas in Tucson during the summer time.

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Did you have a coin dispenser on your belt? I thought those were cool when I was a kid.

Coin dispensers and those cue balls for your antenna. Especially the orange 76 cue ball.

Posted: 6/18/2019 8:32:15 PM EDT

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I got a Cox .049 string-line gas airplane.
My Mom always got appliances for the house with Bluechip stamps.

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I would have been awful jealous of that airplane. I used to want one of those in the worst way.

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