Competition Coupon Madness: Difference between revisions

* They still have these. [http://www.labelsforeducation.com/ Labels for Education], Coke Points/Pepsi Points, Camel Cash... A variation is/was [[wikipedia:Green stamps|"Green Stamps"]], which you could earn in several different places and then redeem for stuff.

* In 1999, California engineer [[wikipedia:David Phillips (entrepreneur)|David Phillips]] did the math and found that a particular promotion, in which a food company offered airline frequent flyer miles in exchange for inexpensive food purchases, was a phenomenally good value. For about $3000, he was able to buy enough pudding to redeem for over a million airline miles—enough to fly just about anywhere, first class, dozens of times over. And he donated the food to charity, ''and'' he got an $800 tax break for the donation.

 

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