Free Coupons Equal A Cash Refund

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There's a surprising number of "checks" and "vouchers" with your name on them just waiting to be picked up. 

People who don’t send away for cash refund often say, “What’s the use of spending that time . . . you only get back a quarter.”

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. Invest $2.40 in postage and net $7.60 out of your $10.00 return.

Refunds are also for halves, dollars–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 a $10.00 cash refund. Few investments will give that return in, say, a month . . . from “trash” you’d throw away anyway.

Making Money Through Cash Refund

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 hard earned 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.

  • Published on Nov 1, 1970
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