JUNK MAIL CAMPAIGN, NEED HELP!!!

[Skerby]

Ok, this is a simple and free solution i think can help thin out our junk mail initially.
Firstly, both my spouse and I are on the no solitication credit list, however, Capital One and American Express believe we can garner salvation if we obtain a pre approved card and thus, continually mail to us!

My hope is that others will begin doing what i do, i stuff as much of their marketing material back into the return envelope with our name removed and send it back to them. they then have to handle this by hourly employees. i'd imagine the threshold for mailings my be low percentage wise if, say, 10% of pre approved credit offers come back without personal information to fulfill the bogus request?

i wonder how much paper is wasted on unwanted marketing offers? i used to burn them, doing my part to add hydrocarbons into our childrens future breaths...

this is also a little fun, anyone with me???

 

[tallyho8]

I've done this before but I DON'T remove my name. I want them to know who is doing it and then maybe they will stop sending me the junk.

 

[Podunkadunk]

I feel your pain

I used to religiously do what you are doing now, but slacked off for a while when it didn't seem to matter.

Now, let's say I get a Mastercard promotion and an NRA solicitation on the same day, I stuff each of them with the other's junk and mail it out.

Yes, I am a member of the NRA and they solicit me all the time (at least weekly). I have contacted them repeatedly to tell them to stop calling, I'll send when I feel like it. Nope...doesn't work. So now, they can read Mastercards mail and vice versa.

On days I only get one solicitation, I'll wait until I get another one (usually the next day), then stuff with each other's and mail them out.

I guess I'm a rebel.

Podunk

ps. Tallyho lucky number 8, I like your style...never thought of leaving my name on it...will now

 

[mjarrels]

If TV commercials and junk mail were economic indicators... this country would be booming right now!

mark

 

[Richard]

Perhaps someone knows if this is true... (or internet fodder?)

I once read that you can take those preapproved return envelopes, attach them to say, a 2'x3' cardboard BOX and fill the cardboard box with... newspapers....rocks..... anything that would be within the limitations of the USPS to carry...

Tape the return envelope to the outside of the box and they will (supposedly) return the entire BOX to them, charging postage for the entire contents.

I've never done this and have always intended to call my local post office to inquire if I could "pay" for a box to be shipped using this method.

I've never done it though.

Anyone here, work for the post office & know the answer?

If true, it would be a really sweet way of sending them yesterdays news!

 

[mjarrels]

Richard, If that is true, I would never have to make another trip to the local landfill!

mark

 

[mjfox6]

Ok, this is a simple and free solution i think can help thin out our junk mail initially.
Firstly, both my spouse and I are on the no solitication credit list, however, Capital One and American Express believe we can garner salvation if we obtain a pre approved card and thus, continually mail to us!

My hope is that others will begin doing what i do, i stuff as much of their marketing material back into the return envelope with our name removed and send it back to them. they then have to handle this by hourly employees. i'd imagine the threshold for mailings my be low percentage wise if, say, 10% of pre approved credit offers come back without personal information to fulfill the bogus request?

i wonder how much paper is wasted on unwanted marketing offers? i used to burn them, doing my part to add hydrocarbons into our childrens future breaths...

this is also a little fun, anyone with me???

I used to do the same thing, maybe even add some extra stuff for more weight. Then, I started leaving my information on there, but writing "Remove me from your mailing list" with a sharpie on the application. It seems to work.

 

[jinjimbob]

You need to follow these instructions, Mail a brick to junk mailers using paid postage - Creative tips with dealing with spammers and bulk mailers

Mail a brick back to them, it will cost them $$.

I have a lot of concrete I need to get rid of, I should do this.

 

[curly]

You need to follow these instructions, Mail a brick to junk mailers using paid postage - Creative tips with dealing with spammers and bulk mailers

Mail a brick back to them, it will cost them $$.

I have a lot of concrete I need to get rid of, I should do this.

That's hilarious. I like the one about mailing an old broken blender...great idea!

 

[tallyho8]

Do not mail them a brick, etc. First, you can not put an item in a post office mail box that weighs over 13 ounces. You must hand it to a mail clerk. Any overweight item with no return address goes to the dead-letter box and costs our post office system money and makes our prices rise.

 

[aczlan]

Mail a brick back to them, it will cost them $$.

I have a lot of concrete I need to get rid of, I should do this.

I personally send them their envelopes back with clean kitty litter in them.


Aaron Z

 

[SPIKER]

I personally send them their envelopes back with clean kitty litter in them.


Aaron Z

I think DIRTY kitty litter would be better


My sister-n-law (pretty much a nut & awfully idiotic to boot) used to do this all the time with junk mail and credit card mailers. (mail it back with pre-addressed envelop paid for by them) with heavy or junk in there with her address attached...

mark

 

[Tig]

I don't have a solution for the junk mail but I do forward calls from persistent telemarketers to their own head office. If I can't figure out where to send the call I just forward them to each other.

 

[charlz]

If you read the fine print on the 'pre-approved' credit card junk there is a number you can call to have you removed from mailings. I believe it's a voice mail box and you have to leave info including your SSN though.

 

[tallyho8]

If you read the fine print on the 'pre-approved' credit card junk there is a number you can call to have you removed from mailings. I believe it's a voice mail box and you have to leave info including your SSN though.

Definitely don't leave your SSN with anyone you are not doing business with. That sounds too much like a scam.

 

[dieselalles]

Whoa!!

Have you poked around Junkbusters Home Page ???

I have used something in the past that guarantees you to get pesky mailing list.

Years ago people complained about pornographic mailings, and Congress set up a law so that recipients of unwanted pornographic material could have their named removed from mailing lists and any further mailing would be unlawful, making them subject to fines or jail time. Well, for some reason, a challenge to the law ended up in Supreme Court. So the court said that whether something is pornographic or not is in the eye of the beholder, so if you deem a credit card application to be pornographic, then so be it. So the law stands.

So if you get junk mail from a certain place and you can't get it stopped, fill out a prohibitory order from the Post Office and it will make it unlawful for them to send anything else to your address. But if you get any further mailings, what you do is send those mailing to the post office referencing the original Prohibitory Order and they go after them with postal inspectors and the law.

Note that I was very disappointed to find out that I couldn't use Prohibitory Orders to stop those pesky mailings from the IRS.

Here's a snippet from Junkbusters about it...

A U.S. Federal law gives you the power to stop any non-governmental organization from sending you further mail. You can download a copy or Form 1500 or ask for a copy to be mailed to you by telephoning a major Post Office in your area. Fill it out (it's very short), attach it to one of their opened letters, and lodge it at any Post Office. The form was originally intended to stop pornographic junk mail, but the Supreme Court of the United States has affirmed your right to stop any mail that you don't want. If the company continues to send you mail or sell your name they risk being prosecuted as criminals. Burnett comments that with this move ``name removal is virtually assured.'' (They will still store your name in their databases, but they are unlikely to continue renting it.)

Check out...
Prohibitory Order - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://www.usps.com/forms/_pdf/ps1500.pdf

 

[charlz]

Definitely don't leave your SSN with anyone you are not doing business with. That sounds too much like a scam.

It's not a scam, it is done by the credit card associations (visa, mastercard, amex) the SSN is how they identify you. There is a law requiring them to provide this 'removal' service from pre-approved applications. Personally I have never done it though as leaving my SSN anywhere is not something I do.

As a side note, the associations _require_ issuing banks to provide a list of their customers as part of using their system/logo. It is a source of income for them. If you want to start a credit card company you can purchase say Chase's best customers information from the association and start sending out 'introductory rate' mailers.

 

[Bedlam]

I myself welcome it, I save it in boxes all year long and enjoy the heat from it in the winter.
Bring it on.LOL