# Discount ticket, trading stamp

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## Definition

A gummed stamp similar to a small postage stamp that used to be issued by retailers for cash purchases (cash buying). The stamps were stuck in a discount booklet (passbook) or on a discount card (payback card). A full discount book could then be redeemed when purchasing goods. - The purpose of the savings stamps was - to counteract the very widespread practice of buying on credit (Ankreiden; chalking up: taking on credit) in the German retail trade and in a - to strengthen customer loyalty, thereby preventing shoppers from migrating to - consumer cooperatives with generally high rebates or - to department stores with sometimes considerably lower net prices. - See cover letter rebate. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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