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"Throwback Saturday - Marlboro Miles & Camel Cash"
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-24-21 at 11:04 PM (Eastern)
Last edited on Apr-25-21 at 01:13 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

Posted on Apr-24-21 at 11:04 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

Going down memory lane with my son telling him all the great things that we used to get with cig reward programs, but I can only remember a few things. Please share anything you received so many years back; maybe it will refresh my memory too!

The few things I do remember are things we still have:
Wool Marlboro blanket
CD stereo with detachable speakers
Sleeping bags
Two really nice lamps

(ETA to add to my list).

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1 . "Ciggy days"
 Posted by BUCKINCRAZEE on Apr-25-21 at 01:22 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 01:22 AM (Eastern) by 108.29.49.203


Marlboro, Kool, Newport, and Camel all had promos going on at one time or another.
I traded most of the qualifiers away ... but I still managed to get some stuff for myself.

Marlboro denim jacket, still have.
Marlboro wind-breaker jacket, still have.
Marlboro black T-shirt, still have but kinda faded though.
Marlboro 4 mug set (blue), still have three out of the four mugs.
Marlboro monocular, have no idea where that thing even is.

I think I might still have a bunch of Camel ca$h lying around. I could RAOK that to you, jlmk. (I'm serious).

Just as a FYI, I smoked Marlboro Lights, Parliaments, and Natural American Spirit cigs before they were bought out.
The BEST tasting cigarette I probably ever tasted was a Chesterfield.
Just thought I'd let you know.

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7 . "Buckincrazee, see inside...."
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-25-21 at 01:11 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 01:11 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

Thanks for the offer, but as far as I know, those camel cash are worthless these days.

An interesting thing I came across last night when googling - apparently there was a class action lawsuit in 2016 against camel for their abrupt end to the camel cash program. From what I read, if you still had camel cash, you could apply to cash in the ones you still had in exchange for money...unfortunately, it appears the deadline to do so long passed.

Thank you though for offering!

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11 . "What.. ?!!?!!?"
 Posted by BUCKINCRAZEE on Apr-25-21 at 02:33 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 02:33 PM (Eastern) by 108.29.49.203

IIRC, I probably have about 18 of them stuffed in a ciggy pack somewhere.

Had I known, they'd be gone. Thanks for that info though. ~~ ~~

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2 . "i still have"
 Posted by ppe1952 on Apr-25-21 at 08:00 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 08:00 AM (Eastern) by 67.247.236.2

the whote rocking chair from virginia slims.

DO NOT meddle in the affairs of dragons for YOU ARE CRUNCHY AND GOOD WITH KETCHUP!

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3 . "I don't save things..........."
 Posted by Joaniebott on Apr-25-21 at 08:41 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 08:41 AM (Eastern) by 98.211.185.103

and dumped most of my "stuff" when we moved to FL to a one-bedroom house

BUT - I remember Del Monte stuffed animals and all the stuff I used to get from Marlboro - gym bags and jackets I remember the most

My teenage boys just hated that I asked them to wear all this stuff that had logos on it. To this day, not one of us will give free advertizing to any company anymore!!

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4 . "like Joanie I no longer save things"
 Posted by patsyann on Apr-25-21 at 10:49 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 10:49 AM (Eastern) by 99.102.44.120

just beer upcs for current offers
but I did save cigarette upcs many years ago for savings bonds
which I still have a few.
also campbell soup bowls, promise margarne measuring cups my daughter has these now theya re still around
probably forgot more than I remember from the good ole days"

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8 . "Wow, a rocking chair? I wonder how they shipped that! LOL"
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-25-21 at 01:14 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 01:14 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

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5 . "Camels had that great promotion in the 70"s 0r 80'S "
 Posted by LindaOh on Apr-25-21 at 12:30 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 12:30 PM (Eastern) by 75.180.37.22

It was only suppose to be for military but someone got them and traded them me and some friends got the bright ideal to run a ad in our local paper and buy them for .5
we would meet these people at local stores and it was like a drug deal. we would go up to people and ask you got the cig wrappers you know of all the trades only 1 couple cheated us and they were in this really fancy car. we had thousands of wrappers before we quit buying we got all kinds of nice things,TVs phones cameras leathers jackets all of it top brands we had so much they brought it in a ups truck just for us. those were the days

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6 . "Thanks for all the replies! "
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-25-21 at 01:07 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 01:07 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

Those marlboro miles and camel cash afforded us a few nice things along the way at a time when money was beyond tight.

I just remembered something else we got - two really nice lamps.

I'm sure there was so much more that we got that I'm just not remembering - I'm hoping replies here jog my memory.

Lauren

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9 . "LindaOH, laughing at your description..."
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-25-21 at 01:17 PM (Eastern)
Last edited on Apr-25-21 at 01:22 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

I don't smoke, but I remember always keeping an eye out for discarded packs in parking lots and at stores. I would also buy points on here sometimes because you could spend just like $20 on points and end up with a $150 stereo - well worth it!

I don't recall it just being for military though (?) Maybe that was a separate promotion cause I remember trading and buying the points on here a lot.

Yes, those were great days. There were a lot of other programs (non-cigarette) that got us things along the way.

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10 . "My friend Sandy.........."
 Posted by Joaniebott on Apr-25-21 at 02:07 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 02:07 PM (Eastern) by 98.211.185.103

My GF Sandy ended up with a whole, full sized pool table from one of those cigarette offers

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12 . "A pool table...nice!"
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-25-21 at 04:48 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 04:48 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

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13 . "TOP TEN Little Known Items in the Marlboro Miles Catalog"
 Posted by Beaglesfly on Apr-25-21 at 04:51 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-25-21 at 04:51 PM (Eastern) by 70.15.85.219

The Top 10 Little Known Items in the Marlboro Miles Catalog:

1. 1,000,000 miles: John Wayne's bronzed lungs
2. Number 1 Little Known Item in the Marlboro Miles Catalog...
3. The "Cougher" -- Lights on... *cough* *cough*, lights off!
4. 80,000 miles: Marlboro Man ballet shoes and tutu
5. 100,000 miles: Iron Lung; 250,000 miles: Platinum Lung
6. 100 miles: Bumper sticker saying, "You can have my cigarette when you pry it from my feeble, trembling hands.
7. 500,000 miles and a $10,000 contribution: The Senator of your choice
8. Jackie Gleason's "Wheezin' to the Oldies" workout video
9. 100,000 miles: Upgrade to First-Class Chemotherapy
10. Complete framed collection of Surgeon General's warning labels

Took my son and I wayyyy to long to figure out this was a joke...lol.

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14 . "I think the pool table was the camel offer too"
 Posted by LindaOh on Apr-26-21 at 01:03 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-26-21 at 01:03 PM (Eastern) by 75.180.37.22

it took a lot for that one what you had to send was the little tab on top of pks after we collected them we would have to rip the pks apart to get the tabs off our house smells of cigs and we neither smoked.I also got a lot of nice things from Marlboro the first thing I remember getting was a playpen for the baby who turns 50 this year. It took pamper points anyone remember those? what fun days those were

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15 . "Cigarette offers"
 Posted by Hulls on Apr-26-21 at 02:27 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-26-21 at 02:27 PM (Eastern) by 74.36.148.157

Back in the 90's when I just started to refund Camel and Salem
had some great gifts. Although never a smoker who was I to turn
down some free gifts. Some things came from Marlboro as well.
My parents had a bar so that was a great source of UPC's.

Things I got:

Pool table
VHS Camcorder
2 small 16 inch TV's
There were other things but my
brain is on pause today.


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your trading experience went with me,
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16 . "Marlboro & Merit Cigarettes"
 Posted by basketcasekimr101 on Apr-28-21 at 05:15 AM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-28-21 at 05:15 AM (Eastern) by 172.78.27.199

Hi, In the 90's there was a deal where you had to have 5 smokers I'D's it was called a Party of 5 I got:

1-Weber BBQ gas grill with free utensils
1-Sony Hi-Fi Mini Stereo System
1-Camcorder
2-100 Qt. Coleman Coolers (still use this)
5-Disposable Polaroid Cameras
$250.00 worth of Omaha Steaks (I got 16 steaks)
$200.00 check
They came to the house and opened the truck up and FORGOT to load it. They even called me to lmk when they would be here. So they ended bringing it the next day!!! What a FREE DEAL!!! I took so many upcs. I walked everyday picking up empty cigarette pkgs. plus we both smoked at that time. I also used my parents ID and a friend that smoked so we all benefited from this deal. You had to call in on a particular day and there was only so many of these deals given out. I stayed home from work that day so I could try to get 1 of the deals. At that time I only worked 3 days a week (waitressing). That also helped me collect upcs. My Boss was so understanding!!! I'll never forget that particular deal!!!

Does anybody remember getting free jackets from Merit Cigarettes? I also got a lamp from Merit and luggage from Virginia Slims? Sure Miss the Great Deals!

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17 . "I may have been the person you traded the UPCs with"
 Posted by mfrs on Apr-29-21 at 01:04 AM (Eastern)
Last edited on Apr-29-21 at 01:10 AM (Eastern) by 54.213.100.75

I've never, ever smoked, but recognized a good deal. This is a subset.

From Marlboro:
Mini Weber Grill
Pretty durable large capacity wheeled duffel, easy to spot on baggage carousel
Sleeping bag and tent (still part of my California disaster go-bag)
Folding Fuji mountain bike (required small additional payment)
Zippo lighters, including the very rare 'green roof'
CD player
Other camping items promptly claimed by housemates

Virginia Slims:
Bodum French press coffee set (included glassware that looked like it was swiped from a lab)

Camel
Joe Camel Zippo lighters

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18 . "I still have my free Snutggle Bear..and also 4 of the Ragy corielle pasta plate/bowls...My youngest son who is 47 now, loved to get the cars/trucks and the baseball/football cards..he enjoyed coming home from school and enjoyed coming home to see what was in th email for him...He also loved the Marlboro gear and wore it all."
 Posted by JOYHAPPYONE on Apr-29-21 at 07:05 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-29-21 at 07:05 PM (Eastern) by 45.19.209.10

PILATES ?
HELL NO, I thought you said
PIE and LATTES !!!!

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19 . "Sorry fo rthe typos, guys, my eyes are not working well anymore...Of curse that's Snuggle bear, and Ragu bowls"
 Posted by JOYHAPPYONE on Apr-29-21 at 07:12 PM (Eastern)
Posted on Apr-29-21 at 07:12 PM (Eastern) by 45.19.209.10

PILATES ?
HELL NO, I thought you said
PIE and LATTES !!!!

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