In this instructable I will show you a few easy methods to make it even more costly for companies who do mass junk mailings. If everyone were to use these methods, junk mailing would very likely stop all-together.
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For my example, I'm going to be using an envelope provided by a college I will not be attending :P.
You want to look for "Buisiness Reply Mail" envelopes, which are provided by many companies who want information back from you. These make perfect targets because the amount of money charged to the company depends on 2 main things, Weight and routing code.
You want to look for "Buisiness Reply Mail" envelopes, which are provided by many companies who want information back from you. These make perfect targets because the amount of money charged to the company depends on 2 main things, Weight and routing code.
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However, i think it is very weird that since they admittedly have less business to handle, that this means their work will take them longer!
I also would like to see the figures showing how much $ they lost in letter traffic from people paying bills online (the biggest complaint heard from the P.O. as to why they lose money), compared to the enormous amount of package shipping the internet has brought into existence. They may have lost 2.00 or so each month from my house from me mailing envelopes, but they sure have made up for it with the huge price they charge to mail even the smallest flat rate package.
If I order just one thing, or mail out just one thing per month, they have more than recouped their "lost" envelope profits. And I truly believe with the size of sites like ebay, etc., that mine is not an abnormal case.
Yes, ours is the bet service, but unfortunately, back when UPS came out, they were able to deliver the same quality service for a lot less cost. So the government slapped fees/mandatory price increases on UPS b/c the government run USPS was being shown up and people naturally gravitated towards UPS b/c it was so much less expensive. Instead of doing the right, and honorable thing and study how to mimic/compete with UPS, the government greed factor stepped in and they fixed their competition by forcing UPS to become as expensive as the USPS.
I have no sympathy for the plight of the USPS. If they went under, UPS and Fed Ex would, most likely, be able to drop prices and still get the job done right. This would mean people would be more willing to mail things again, business would increase even more. And possibly Fed Ex and UPS would be able to hire the once-USPS employees since these private companies would be splitting the business the USPS lost.
As history has proven in America, leaving business in the hands of the private sector is what has produced our wealth/strength/and living standards we have helped to share with the world. Government run systems are all in financial trouble (medicare, medicaid, social security, the P.O. etc.).
<wolf> 2. Save every Free Coupon You get, put that in pile B
<wolf> 3. Now open the credit card mail from pile A and find the Business
Reply Mail Envelope.
<wolf> 4. Take the coupons from pile B and stuff them in the envelope you hold
in your hand.
<wolf> 5. Drop the stuffed to the brim envelopes in your mail and walk away
whistling.
<wolf> I have now received two phone calls from the credit card companies
telling me that they received a stuffed envelope with coupons rather
then my application. They informed me that it they are not pleased that
they footed the bill for the crap I sent them. I reply with "It says
Business Reply Mail" I'm suggesting coupons to you to ensure that your
business is more successful. They promptly hang up on me.
<wolf> Now, I did this for about a month before it got boring, so I got an
added idea! I added exactly 33 cents worth of pennies to the envelope
so they paid EXTRA due to the weight. I got a call informing me about
the money, I said it was a mistake and I demanded my change back. After
yelling at the clerk and then to the supervisor they agreed to my
demands and cut me a check for the money. I hold in my hand at this
very moment a check from GTE Visa for exactly 33 cents."
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Voila! box o' rox to your favorite annoying junk mailer!
hilarious and vengeful. great combo!
keep up the creativity! don't let em stop ya.
:P
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