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                              Virtual Green Stamps
                                        
> Green Stamps, believe it or not, are still around. But like everything else
> in the world they've gone virtual. You now have to lick your monitor. But
> more on that later.
> 

“Whatever happened to Green Stamps? [1]”

(Yes, it's The Straight Dope [2] and not Snopes, because Snopes has been
pushing adware/spyware to viewers of the site [3], even though they said they
don't [4]. Scary, isn't it?)

Ah, S&H (Sperry & Hutchinson) Green Stamps. I remember those as a kid. Mom
would get them at Publix [5], and have me lick the darned things (“Wow …
trippy”) into the books so we could exchange them for valuable prizes.

I still have the 12″ globe I received from S&H.

A few months ago I remember seeing an S&H sign on the side of a building
while driving and wondering whatever became of the company (Publix no longer
gives out the stamps). And then just now I came across this ad [6] and had to
find out.

They're still around [7], virtually though. No more licking [8].

[1] http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mgreenstamps.html
[2] http://www.straightdope.com/
[3] http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=836
[4] http://xkcd.com/250/
[5] http://www.publix.com/
[6] http://community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/780643.html
[7] http://www.greenpoints.com/
[8] http://www.kmbc.com/news/14587550/detail.html

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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