(April 21, 2021 at 11:39 am)Brian37 Wrote: Benson & Hedges is a ciggarette brand. Back in the 70s and 80s, they put stamps in every pack, and they had a tract sized cateloge in the carton which allowed you to chose a multitude of crap, like camping equipment, kitchen items, just about anything, and if you collected enough stamps, you could order the item from the cateloge.

But, even if what you are talking about isn't a ciggaratte company  marketing ploy, it seems to be the same ploy.

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The B&H promo was analogous to the Marlboro miles.

Are you old enough to remember then gas stations gave out dishes? Or steak knives and towels came in laundry detergent?

(April 21, 2021 at 2:31 pm)brewer Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 11:39 am)Brian37 Wrote: Benson & Hedges is a ciggarette brand. Back in the 70s and 80s, they put stamps in every pack, and they had a tract sized cateloge in the carton which allowed you to chose a multitude of crap, like camping equipment, kitchen items, just about anything, and if you collected enough stamps, you could order the item from the cateloge.

But, even if what you are talking about isn't a ciggaratte company  marketing ploy, it seems to be the same ploy.

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The B&H promo was analogous to the Marlboro miles.

Are you old enough to remember then gas stations gave out dishes? Or steak knives and towels came in laundry detergent?

Yes. I’m also old enough to remember ‘Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.’

Boru

(April 21, 2021 at 2:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 2:31 pm)brewer Wrote: The B&H promo was analogous to the Marlboro miles.

Are you old enough to remember then gas stations gave out dishes? Or steak knives and towels came in laundry detergent?

Yes. I’m also old enough to remember ‘Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.’

Boru

"Free" givaways, or "incentives" of any kind have always been a staple of all marketing, even today.

I think the worst today are ads from cell phone companies. "If you just to this, or that, we will discount the billion dollar cell phone that shits gold if you drag another sucker into our company." And as long as you don't read the fine print, you wont realize that you just got a barbed wire condom stuck up your ass.

(April 21, 2021 at 3:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 2:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yes. I’m also old enough to remember ‘Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery.’

Boru

"Free" givaways, or "incentives" of any kind have always been a staple of all marketing, even today.

I think the worst today are ads from cell phone companies. "If you just to this, or that, we will discount the billion dollar cell phone that shits gold if you drag another sucker into our company." And as long as you don't read the fine print, you wont realize that you just got a barbed wire condom stuck up your ass.

Glad to see your Random Though Generator is working to specifications. 

Boru

Smoke faster, daddy. Momma wants that patio table.

(April 21, 2021 at 4:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 3:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote: "Free" givaways, or "incentives" of any kind have always been a staple of all marketing, even today.

I think the worst today are ads from cell phone companies. "If you just to this, or that, we will discount the billion dollar cell phone that shits gold if you drag another sucker into our company." And as long as you don't read the fine print, you wont realize that you just got a barbed wire condom stuck up your ass.

Glad to see your Random Though Generator is working to specifications. 

Boru

I GOT STUCK WITH A ROSS WITH SPOKES,,,,,,,,, HAVE YOU NO EMPATHY?

(April 21, 2021 at 4:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 3:31 pm)Brian37 Wrote: "Free" givaways, or "incentives" of any kind have always been a staple of all marketing, even today.

I think the worst today are ads from cell phone companies. "If you just to this, or that, we will discount the billion dollar cell phone that shits gold if you drag another sucker into our company." And as long as you don't read the fine print, you wont realize that you just got a barbed wire condom stuck up your ass.

Glad to see your Random Though Generator is working to specifications. 

Boru

The specification is randomized on a daily basis.

(April 22, 2021 at 10:29 am)Brian37 Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 4:40 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Glad to see your Random Though Generator is working to specifications. 

Boru

I GOT STUCK WITH A ROSS WITH SPOKES,,,,,,,,, HAVE YOU NO EMPATHY?

For you? No.

Boru

(April 21, 2021 at 11:39 am)Brian37 Wrote:

(April 21, 2021 at 11:23 am)arewethereyet Wrote: I'm not familiar with the Benson and Hedges program.  Mom and dad collected the Green Stamps at the gas station and the grocery store.  They had little machines to dispense them.  IIRC, there were two denominations so two sizes of stamps.  One for every $10.00 spent and one smaller stamp for every $1.00 spent that didn't add up to ten.  The little books had pages with squares marked to take one size or the other.  You filled the books and purchased things with them out of a catalog.

Benson & Hedges is a ciggarette brand. Back in the 70s and 80s, they put stamps in every pack, and they had a tract sized cateloge in the carton which allowed you to chose a multitude of crap, like camping equipment, kitchen items, just about anything, and if you collected enough stamps, you could order the item from the cateloge.

But, even if what you are talking about isn't a ciggaratte company  marketing ploy, it seems to be the same ploy.

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(April 20, 2021 at 12:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: My first bike that was mine (as opposed to a hand-me-down) was a Raleigh three-speed. My fondest memory of it is being chased by an angry ram across a neighbour’s field. I got away with my bones intact, if not my dignity. Loved that machine.

And Ranjr’s nut-skewering story is going to give me nightmares, I just know it.

Boru

Was the ram's name Jack Youngblood, Decon Jones, or Fred Dryer? I'd be scared too if any of them were chasing me.

Is there anything in your life you haven't been scared of?

Boru