Members RogueGnome Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 And Raleigh coupons?Be a nice way to fund that Collings I've been eyeballing.It might be worth it to start smoking if I could get a nice guitar for some trading stamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 I remember S&H Green Stamps and all the cool things one could buy with them. Realizing that I'm old enough to remember them is kinda like getting a bi**h slap from time....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beedlesw Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 Oh! oh! Next tell us what it was like during the Wilson administration! And Where were you when you heard McKinley was shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 They're gone, along with the days when someone used to pump your gas and clean your windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Galabar Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 I remember them (I'm mid/upper 30s). http://www.greenpoints.com/info/inf_newarticle.asp?Article=newYorktimes030900.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 I got my first guitar w/ Green Stamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 They're gone, along with the days when someone used to pump your gas and clean your windows. They still do that in Oregon....yeah, I jumped out of my car grabbed the pump, and an irritated guy yells out.....HEY! what do you think you are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 Oh yeah, S&H stamps.......they were about as valuable as Italian (lira) currency...about a million of them would buy you another pack of cigarettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 They still do that in Oregon....yeah, I jumped out of my car grabbed the pump, and an irritated guy yells out.....HEY! what do you think you are doing? LOL. I made that same mistake on a recent trip to Portland. Guy says "Lady, you can't pump your own gas" and I gave him WTF look. Then he spotted my Louisiana car tags and explained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesp Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 Wow... I'm flashing back!S&H Quick Saver book on eBay The guitar was a 3/4 sized Decca classical. I remember filling out the books with Mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogueGnome Posted July 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 Oh! oh! Next tell us what it was like during the Wilson administration! And Where were you when you heard McKinley was shot? Hey, I didn't know it was arms for hostages, and I didn't kidnap the Lindbergh baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Melodeous Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 Sperry and Hutchinson. Yep, redeemd many books for a lot of crap, mostly. Way back my Pop would bring home 20 books worth or so with each trip he'd take. I remember the redemption center store was a quagmire of shelves and walls loaded with really cheap stuff. Croquet set with mallets that fell apart. Lot's of framed prints of things like Blue Boy and Pinky. Yep, we had them hanging in the hallway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogueGnome Posted July 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 That's the way I remember it too, Melodeous. Sort of the way the Goodwill store here looks today only much smaller, but with the same marketing flare. I was wearing my Buster Browns in those days, trying to find something of value. I think our family got an Igloo cooler or a Thermos there once. Kind of fuzzy memories at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted July 27, 2009 Members Share Posted July 27, 2009 We used to also have Blue Chip stamps in So. Cal. I remember going to their redemption center many a time. But my memories were of redeeming a bunch of books for cash. We had it a little rough at one time. And you didn't get much either. I think it might have been $5.00 for 10 or 20 books. But hey, it bought gas for my dad to get back and forth to work or it was a few groceries for a day or two. Something to make it till the next payday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brokepick Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 S&H Green Stamps are now this. Surprisingly, if you still have any stamps laying around, you can evidently still redeem them. Who'd a thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RogueGnome Posted July 28, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 S&H Green Stamps are now this. Surprisingly, if you still have any stamps laying around, you can evidently still redeem them. Who'd a thought? OK, everyone. Single file. No pushing. No Shoving. Wait your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 S&H Green Stamps are now this. Surprisingly, if you still have any stamps laying around, you can evidently still redeem them. Who'd a thought? Finally! Shoes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 I remember them (I'm mid/upper 30s). http://www.greenpoints.com/info/inf_newarticle.asp?Article=newYorktimes030900.html That makes me feel a bit better and a little less older-than-dirt...LOL. I didn't realize they'd lasted so long in some parts of the good ol' US of A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members riffmeister Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 I got my first stereo record player, the kind that folded up into a suitcase like shape, with S&H Green stamps. And the first LP I bought with my own money was the Beatles White Album. I still remember it like it was.......40 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 I got my first stereo record player, the kind that folded up into a suitcase like shape, with S&H Green stamps. And the first LP I bought with my own money was the Beatles White Album. I still remember it like it was.......40 years ago. I got my very first transistor radio....a state of the art radio that featured both AM and FM stations and came with a earplug! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SkippyX Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 Oh! oh! Next tell us what it was like during the Wilson administration! And Where were you when you heard McKinley was shot? In 1977 I started working (at age 13) for an 80-something year old farmer. He was telling me that one day, when he was a boy, he was working in the field with his father when some guy rode up on a horse at a full gallop shouting that McKinley had been shot. I might not have been around for it, but I knew someone that was.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 In 1977 I started working (at age 13) for an 80-something year old farmer. He was telling me that one day, when he was a boy, he was working in the field with his father when some guy rode up on a horse at a full gallop shouting that McKinley had been shot.I might not have been around for it, but I knew someone that was.......... My grandfather (b. 1891) told me that when he was a very young child, he knew a man who was over 100 years who went to his village church. Thus I knew someone who knew someone who was alive when George Washington was president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SkippyX Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 My grandfather (b. 1891) told me that when he was a very young child, he knew a man who was over 100 years who went to his village church. Thus I knew someone who knew someone who was alive when George Washington was president. That's actually pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 The UK equivalent of S&H was "Green Shield" stamps (although there was another similar product called "Pink Stamps" - actually owned by S&H - which were around at the same time). Green Shield evolved into our "Argos" catalogue shopping chain - still going strong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Shield_Stamps http://www.argos.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted July 28, 2009 Members Share Posted July 28, 2009 I remember S&H Green Stamps and all the cool things one could buy with them.Realizing that I'm old enough to remember them is kinda like getting a bi**h slap from time....LOL Like whenever we had to use a church key to open beers:lol: My kids look at like I'm gone stupid when I talk about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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