Marlboro miles? (Just to see how old you are)

[Monotremata]

Oh man, a year or two ago, I was going through some old boxes cleaning out stuff and came across probably 4 or 5000 camel cash and I dont even know how many Marlboro miles I had saved and NEVER used.. Ran over to the website to see if there was any chance I could still use them and apparently I just missed out and they had just stopped the whole deal because of some new law that doesnt allow them to give out stuff anymore..

I wanted so many of those rad Camel zippos and never ONCE sent any of those things in! I think I had been collecting em up since like 1993 haha. Used to have a friend whos family all smoked reds and my god like once a month they would pretty much get the entire Marlboro catalog worth of crap haha. He was saving up for the pool table they had hah!

 

[Rickajho]

Rickajho, I'd forgot I have a portable Marlboro CD player!

I forgot about my "Your Basic T-shirt" - long gone.

 

[chawk]

Ashtray(Now being used for pocket change)
Poker set
3 Zippo lighters (One never used)
Hoodie
Duffel Bag

 

[CMD-Ky]

Anyone still have any Raleigh coupons?

 

[Davey59]

I forgot about my "Your Basic T-shirt" - long gone.

I forgot about those, still have them I'm sure, Davey don't throw things away In fact I believe my CD ghetto blaster in the garage is from Marlboro, sure as hell wouldn't have bought it! actually it is pretty nice for what it is, one of "those".

 

[realsis]

My hubby got a nice rain jacket from those miles! They actually had nice stuff!!

 

[simplynewt]

I Used to be .... about trimming the miles before putting them into the mail to try and save a few cents in shipping costs. When you have a few thousand miles to mail, that could cost a pretty penny.

 

[Miata GT]

I got tons of stuff like towels, coolers, watches, radios, etc from Marlboro miles, most that I gave away to friends. The best was that at the I lived in a neighborhood under construction so every morning I would walk around the new house sites picking up dozens of discarded cigarette packs at a time!

 

[Stringplucker]

The kayak
Grill set
Back packs
Lighters
Down coat
Hats

Probably more, I thin we got about everything they had. Pretty pathetic when you think about it. I wonder how many Corvettes I could own with that cigarette money over the decades.

Edit: Have all the Camel crap too

I still have the Camel Hard Pack Tyvek jacket, as well as multiple decks of playing cards still unopened.

 

[LisaB711]

I remember saving up those darn things into a big jar on the coffee table, and then never using them. I donated them to a friend who was collecting up for something big. I remember how sad he was when they stopped doing them though, he still had a lot of them left to use......

 

[Bunnykiller]

I got the red and black ski-jacket.... still have it too

and I remember the S&H green stamp books too.... actually came across several of them when I was cleaning out the closet

 

[TyPie]

Still have my genuine cowhide leather travel backgammon, chess, cribbage, checkers, & dominoes set that my parents got for me by cashing in Parliament Lights packs. Damn, I still use it today.

 

[Nick N]

This thread needs pics!

I'm 34, so I am not sure I was ever old enough to redeem them, but I wore all of Dad's gear in my teenage years. Like many he was great at collecting the miles, but terrible at sending them in.

I remember the windbreaker set, tee shirts, poker set, coffee cup. Here is all that I have left. Traded miles at the Marlboro Van that used to make stops every now and then.

 

[Racehorse]

2 man tent ,duffle bags from marlb and assorted ashtrays,lighters and tins from camel est of about $22,812.50 spent on smokes by the time i was 36yrs old and thats prob a low est.

The fraud comes in when they act like they are giving you something when they are really taking from you. You could build one of those "tiny houses" for that. Or even buy a small piece of land in many states.

 

[simplynewt]

Just a couple of the artifacts:

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The Ol Trusty Backgammon/Checkers/Poker/Chess Game

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The Ol Fire Log Sleeping Quarters

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The Ol Things You Use To Upset Said Firewood



The Ol Trusty Cue That Never Got Used



Hmmm, How'd That Get In There?

Yep got me some Marlboro Gear.

Simply Newt

 

[VaPreis]

I used to save those by the pile.

Nicest thing I remember getting was an English dart board set and a CD player. Neither of which I still own, having most recently sold the dart board set in a garage sale a few years back.

Still have a nice pewter looking ash tray still sitting on our front porch......no longer used, of course.

 

[Firestorm]

I collected Marlboro Miles and Camel Bucks before that (for some reason I switched brands). With my Camel bucks I got a watch that fell apart in a week. After that I only got engraved Zipo lighters with my Camel bucks. I need to see if I still have one of the Zipos left.