Indeed I do. The only one I remember from when I was a kid was in Hazelton, PA. My mom would collect her Green Stamps (I remember helping her paste them in the books), then heading off to the store in the summer (when we were up there in the Poconos during Summer vacation) to redeem them. I don't recall exactly when the stores stopped giving them out. I do remember that the Green Stamp Store itself eventually had a pretty thin selection of stuff left (or, at least, on display).
As an aside, one of the stores in Hazelton (no idea which one) gave Gold Stamps. This was a shock to me as a kid, since I only knew about Green Stamps, and had no idea there was any other kind! I don't remember ever trading those in for anything, though, or even if there was a store anywhere to do so.
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Hard to believe it's been over 30 years since these things happened. Good grief, I'm turning into a nostalgic geezer!
That's right sonny, and to get to that there Green Stamp Store we had to go barefoot, uphill, against the wind, both ways! Didn't have to fancy Amazon or eBay, with door to door delivery, no sir! Can't have door-to-door delivery when there ain't no roads to your door, can you? G'wan, ya mollycoddled young whippersnapper! Leave me enjoy my ELO records in peace!
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Date: 2007-06-26 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-06-26 08:14 pm (UTC)I know!!!
S&H Green Stamps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_stamps)!!!
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Date: 2007-06-29 03:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-29 04:04 pm (UTC)As an aside, one of the stores in Hazelton (no idea which one) gave Gold Stamps. This was a shock to me as a kid, since I only knew about Green Stamps, and had no idea there was any other kind! I don't remember ever trading those in for anything, though, or even if there was a store anywhere to do so.
sigh
Hard to believe it's been over 30 years since these things happened. Good grief, I'm turning into a nostalgic geezer!
That's right sonny, and to get to that there Green Stamp Store we had to go barefoot, uphill, against the wind, both ways! Didn't have to fancy Amazon or eBay, with door to door delivery, no sir! Can't have door-to-door delivery when there ain't no roads to your door, can you? G'wan, ya mollycoddled young whippersnapper! Leave me enjoy my ELO records in peace!
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Date: 2007-06-26 09:51 pm (UTC)Same way I got my
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Date: 2007-06-26 11:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-06-29 03:33 pm (UTC)(Where's a Buddha icon when you need one? :)
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Date: 2007-06-29 09:08 pm (UTC)