No Postage Necessary »
I'm sick of getting mail that I don't want. Sure, I've signed up at the DMA. It helped. I've told the credit bureaus that we don't want unsolicited offers. But we still get them. Three in the last two days.
So I have a new idea. I'm just going to return their postage-paid envelopes to them. No note, not even a return address, because frankly I don't want to take the time. I'm just going to return the favor of sending them something useless. I know it doesn't mean anything. It makes me feel better.
Comments (3)
But first, stuff the envelopes with all the junkmail you got that doesn't have return envelopes.
The heavier the return envelope, the more postage the receiving company has to pay.
Paul
Posted by Light & Dark on March 23, 2006 10:16 AM
You know, I actually considered that, but I decided that it wouldn't be 'right'. I'm not saying that sending them their own envelopes is exactly the right thing to do either, but sending them junk from someone else isn't really going to send the right message either.
After all, they can't help it that AOL (for instance) sends me junk. They can help it that they send me junk, and that's what I'm after. Now if that doesn't work, I may consider your suggestion. :)
Posted by Chad Everett on March 23, 2006 10:28 AM
I do this too. Sometimes if I feel like wasting even more time I'll also put the application or whatever in the envelope, but instead of filling it out, I just write something along the lines of "Stop sending me junk mail."
Posted by Scott on January 22, 2007 6:18 PM