re: Remember the old Service Merchandise stores?

Was it Wilsons then they sold it and demolished the old one? They used to have a stereo room at Cortana location. Sorta related: Tell me about the green stamps...

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Sorta related: Tell me about the green stamps...

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Reward stamps were stamps you collected at different retail outlets. They were a like a rewards program that was given at different retail outlets. When you collect X amount of stamps you could redeem them for other items. Sometimes you had to go to a Stamp store to redeem your merchandise or you could order it from a catalog.

Some stores would have double stamp days, or you could collect a super stamp that had a higher value for purchasing different qualifying items.

Here is a YouTube Video on S&H green stamps.

Unfortunately, I am too young to remember the heyday of stamps, I wasn’t born yet, but I do recall going to a store that handed out Quality Stamps. Any one from South Lafourche will remember getting them at the Ledet’s grocery stores in Larose and Galliano. Those stores are long gone. I think they closed in the early 1990’s or late 1980’s.