Posted: 1/8/2002 7:26:01 AM EDT
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I wish that I could take credit for thinking of this !!! When you get ads in your phone or utility bill, include them with the payment. Let them throw it away. When you get those pre approved letters in the mail for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and junk like that, most of them come with postage paid return envelopes, right? Well, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little envelopes! Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express. Or a pizza coupon to Citibank. If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their application back! If you want to remain anonymous, just make sure your name isn't on anything you send them. You can send it back empty if you want to just to keep them guessing! Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin getting all their junk back in the mail. Let's let them know what it's like to get junk mail, and best of all THEY'RE paying for it! Twice! Let's help keep our postal service busy since they say e-mail is cutting into their business, and that's why they need to increase postage again! |
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that is a GREAT idea!!!!! I think I'll do it this way. I'll dummy up 1/3 of a sheet of paper that simply says "Since you see fit to waste my time with your ads, I'm gonna waste your money by using your post-paid envelope." Put it in the envelope, and RETURN TO SENDER. BwaaaaaaaaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA [devil] |
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Quoted: For some odd reason, I think I recall reading where that was illegal. Not as long as it's a Post-ban brick. That was a published tactic by HCI for a while, send back NRA pre-paid envelopes attached to something heavy. But I'd never do anything like that.[}:)] |
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LOL! I've been doing exactly that for months. About every other week I take all of my collected junk mail that has postage-paid return envelopes. I remove all references to my personal data, shuffle the remainder, and stuff it all in the envelopes randomly. If enough people started doing this, the amount of junk mail would drop precipitously. |
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Quoted: LOL! I've been doing exactly that for months. About every other week I take all of my collected junk mail that has postage-paid return envelopes. I remove all references to my personal data, shuffle the remainder, and stuff it all in the envelopes randomly. If enough people started doing this, the amount of junk mail would drop precipitously. I shred all the stuff with my info on it. Then I take the extra coupons etc. out of the newspaper and stuff them in there! NameWithHeldToProtectTheInnocent[O:)] |
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[b][size=4]FWIW: From a Credit Fraud Investigator[/b][/size=4] When you send back the credit card applications to the company please shred them first. If Joe-Bob-Criminal steals it and decides to fill it in for you he may be getting a credit card in your name. I've seen it happen a thousand times. Here is what I do. I cut out the little square with my Name and Address so that they know who the envelope full of shredded material is from (maybe they'll stop sending it that way) and I shred the rest and package it up for them. Sometimes if it is the third or fourth application I tape a quarter to a Post-It note and scribble "Here's a Quarter... buy a clue... I don't want your credit card!!!" and toss it in... It adds a little weight and only costs me a quarter. [:D] |
| I have heard of several people who have donated $1.00 to hillary clinton. They then got on a mailing list and had several return adress envelopes sent to them regularly. They were the big brown envelopes with a large packet of information for you to donate more. They then filled them with bricks. |