# I used a coupon from 1964

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872 "2004-11-27T14:46:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872/21 "2015-05-26T16:35:20Z")

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> [@Aeschines](#):
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> You’re joking about the $10,000 coupon, right?
> 
> People actually collect coupons?

I pulled out my “Red Book” to look it up and that particular coupon in mint condition is worth $5,700.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872/22 "2015-05-26T19:49:26Z")

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> [@El\_Kabong](#):
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> Tacked to my bulletin board I’ve got half of one of those split tickets, the part that says “KEEP THIS COUPON”. I’ve had it for about ten years. I’m still waiting for something to happen.

Did you tear off the tag from any of your mattresses? The Coupon Patrol isn’t going to like that when they stop by. And they will. Maybe not this year, or next year, but they are out there… And they are coming.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-a-coupon-from-1964/276872/23 "2015-05-27T01:19:57Z")

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> [@robert\_columbia](#):
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> If the coupon is legally valid but they refuse to take it, what are you going to do? Spend $5,000 on legal fees in order to sue for enforcement of a 50 cent coupon?

Uncle Scrooge would!

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