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In reply to the discussion: Random Nostalgia - who else remembers these? [View all]guitar man
(15,996 posts)59. Yes!
I used to help mom glue them in the books. Couldn't wait to go to the green stamp store. IIRC that's where my first record player came from.
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You just have to collect enough! I remember these in about the same era as the Hamm's bear bear
OffWithTheirHeads
Apr 2012
#7
The Commercials Were Great, Sir, Still Remember Them Fondly: The Beer...Was Not...
The Magistrate
Apr 2012
#39
My mom would sit us kids down like an assembly line to get those stamps glued in the books.
likesmountains 52
Apr 2012
#8
I remember getting the Blue Chip stamps too here in the Bay Area. The best "prize" we got...
bluesbassman
Apr 2012
#25
I got a set of dishes with those before I got married. I got a few other
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2012
#27
Great! (I named that tomato back in 1990 - my claim to fame - and luck!)
NRaleighLiberal
Apr 2012
#32
I certainly remember Green Stamps, collecting them, pasting them in books and then redeeming
northoftheborder
Apr 2012
#40
What I miss about the "olden days" was getting free glasses & stuff with your .25 a gallon gas!!!!!!
northoftheborder
Apr 2012
#41