Free Coupons: Recycled Refunds
There's a surprising number of "checks" and "vouchers" with your name on them just waiting to be picked up.
November/December 1970
By Clark Hinkle
People who don't refund often say, "What's the use of spending that time . . . you only get back a quarter."
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Right, only a quarter. But ask any child. Most of them will stand and trade nickles for quarters any day. If you send in four refunds and get $1.00 back, you've spent 24¢ postage and realized 76¢ for your time. Eight quarters back will net you $1.52.' I nvest $2.40 in postage and net $7.60 out of your $10.00 return.
Refunds are also for halves, dollarscm—even $2.50 and $3.00—and the postage remains the same. So you can easily "invest" some labels and $2.00 in postage to get back $12.00 . . . and clear $10.00. Few investments will give that return in, say, a month . . . from "trash" you'd throw away anyway.-
The interesting thing about recycling is the number of variations on the game. I mean, there's nothing wrong with combing trash piles for good, useable items from our throw away system: It conserves both the planet's resources and your hardearned dollars. But, as long as you're digging in the dump for useable things, you might as well make some dollars by picking up the cold, hard cash that's buried there too.
If you know what to look for, there's a surprising number of "checks" and "vouchers" with your name on them just waiting to be picked up, anytime, anywhere. NO investment necessary. It's the closest to "something for nothing" I know. All you need is a mailing address and access to a high class set of trash piles.
The lady that turned me on to this idea told me she was making from $70.00 to $90.00 a month for about an hour's work each day. Another showed me a score sheet indicating she had netted $50.00 for a month. Anyone can do it and make money and—like everything else—the more you have going for you, the more you'll make. You are the key and you can make as little as you like or . . . try a little harder.
What we are discussing is the cash refund bag as it is handled today by manufacturers in an effort to get you to try their products. To quote some of the current offers: Maxim Freeze-Dried Coffee will pay you $1.00 for the inner seal from one of their jars of coffee plus the label from any breakfast product. H. J. Heinz offers a refund of 25¢ for six soup labels. You can get a $1.00 refund from Salada for the tops of three packages of tea. Ultra Brite offers $1.00 for the panels from two tubes of toothpaste.
At any one time, approximately 50 companies are paying cash refunds to promote their products. The average consumer sees only a tiny portion of these offers because store managers just do not display information on all possible refund offers. Some promotions are published only in newspapers or certain magazines.
