Bottle Collecting
admin on January 15th, 2010
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Is collecting bottle tops to get someone a free wheelchair a scam?
A woman at work has aske that we start collecting bottle tops to get a friend of hers a free wheelchair. Ive heard somewhere that its a scam but she believes its genuine. Can anyone shed any light on it?
yes. it is a scam.
Go to http://www.snopes.com
All those scams are detailed there.
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nothings ever truely free its most likely a scam
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Well, if its a scam, its a pretty dumb one…who profits from bottle tops?
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DON’T KNOW…MAYBE THEIR GOING TO BUILD HER ONE WITH THE BOTTLE CAPS
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I don’t know we saved pringles can lids and folgers coffee lids for Boy scouts when we turned in the "trash" we got cash our troop raised over 300.00 . .
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There are many scams going round. But I don’t see how what she is asking of you and your coworkers a scam. She is just asking for bottle tops which you could find on the street on any given day. If she were to ask you for money that’s’ another point. I would ask to meet her friend.
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my guess is it is a scam – here is an article from snopes.com that talks about this type of "redemption scams" http://www.snopes.com/business/redeem/pulltabs.asp
some one mentioned saving things for boy scouts and such – those types of things are real – companies offer $$ for scouts, school, etc. Schools have been getting money for years for campbell soup labels – there is a mission center in west virginia that actually gets vans to do mission wirk with by saving campbell soup labels – there are other programs – labels for education – and others –
but this one seems silly – like the saving can tabs for dyalisis and kidney patients –
i hope your friend will look into this alot further – so she doesn’t get hurt in the process – it’s sad when kindhearted people are used by misinformation –
good luck – hope i helped
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