Mail-order ads in music album booklets/sleeves

[agent817]

I had thought of this recently. Lately, I have been trying to track CDs from No Limit Records, and I remembered when looking at my uncle's collection, the booklets often had "coming soon" ads for upcoming albums, many of which never saw the light of day, as well as ads for mail-order merchandise. I also saw that in Too Short's album, "Short Dog's in the House," where you could order a shirt or a VHS (I wonder how much it's going for now). I really don't think the offers were good after a year, let alone now. Nor do I think said merchandise could be tracked down. I didn't even see them on eBay a couple of years after those No Limit albums were released.

Here is my question. Has anybody ever ordered merchandise that were advertised in the album booklets? Was it worth it?