Funny!

ElizabethA, you can notify the credit bureaus to put a hold on any new credit cards for a certain time period. It will stop any mailings for that time period, and generally for a longer period. Worked for me. That was several years ago and I've noticed recently I am getting more mailings again.

Lucille, that is funny. I have to laugh at the things that come through our mailbox. And then I realize how gullible some people are and it makes me sad.

As many of you know, I live in a senior community. Every week I get ads from various Cremation Societies. Guess they figure we are a good target!

If this is the first/only piece of junk mail like this... I suspect you might be getting ready to close in on eligibility for Medicare?? When I got close to 65, my mailbox probably had no less than 6 pieces of junk every single day from every imaginable insurance company... wanting me to pick them for my supplement. Then when the time for changing stuff comes around... the junk starts all over again!

We have a recycling bin right next to our mailbox. Stuff like that gets torn in half and directly into the bin.

Hey, you folks ... just remember ...

... every day brings you one day closer ...

... to that final day.

By the way ... you've heard that many people don't have a will.

Wrong.

Everyone has one.

If you didn't make one to suit your circumstances ...

... then the one set in place by your political jurisdiction (state? in Canada it's your province) ...

goes into effect.

And ... should you be looking on from wherever your destination may be, you may not like it very much.

But ... that's the one that'll be in operation ... and there won't be a dang thing that you'll be able to do about it.

ole joyful

Hearing aid letters, almost every day! If I need one, I'll call YOU.

I stick someone else's ad in their envelope and send it back.just make sure your name isn't on it.

I'm so sick of AARP and all their caarp.

As for sending it back to them you've just assured yourself that you'll be getting piles more of the junk when you make that mistake so do it at your own peril. You might as well call their toll-free number too so you get the calls coming with it.

I used to pack all the garbage I could fit into the penalty envelopes and send it to them (removing any identifying names, address, barcodes, and ID marks and would do the best I could to make it go at least to the next weight so they get the extra penalty. I thought about getting some masonite and cutting it into pieces to fit the envelopes but figured it wasn't worth my time. I had better things to do.

I found opening these,ripping them up, shuffling the content with other's and then sticking it all back in the opposite envelope and mailing it off much more satisfying than the recycle bin. They don't pay for the "return postage" stamped envelopes until you mail them back. Alas with the demise of brick and mortar and high cost of postage I RARELY get any junk mail these days.

I received a solicitation from AARP when I was 24, I wrote "contact me in 30 years" on it and sent it back in their envelope. Never heard from them again.

You've all made me curious. I've often been tempted to stuff the SASE with about 5 pounds of junk and mail it back to them....but for some reason I've never been able to make myself follow though. It makes me sad to think of all the wasted paper junk mail creates. I've tried opting out of everything I can opt out of and it has cut down on the junk mail considerably.....but way too much JUNK still shows up in my mailbox.

Often advertising costs including materials and postage are deductible for a business as part of the cost of doing business. So sending something back may feel good but really won't affect their bottom line much.

I have been receiving mail that is directed at seniors for some years now. I just thought that this particular one was funny because of the 'time may be running out' printed on the front of the envelope, I'm sure that meant the time to take advantage of whatever offer they had, but as a senior my time is running out period, and it struck me as amusing.

Remember, too, that those junk mail items help to keep the costs of sending your letters and packages low. I always chuckle at the ones marked "Do Not Bend", as if there was something inside that would be damaged. I rip and recycle.

If your name is Jack and you rip up a lot of that kind of mail ...

... careful, or you may get a reputation as "Jack the Ripper"!

o j

*groan* ;) Well, at least I'm not a "Jack"

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Although I do wonder about some mail items I have been getting for the past 8 month, or so. Not often, but it is curious. The address is ours, but the names are not--and they are not of anyone that has ever lived at this address. Sometimes they are names of neighbors down the street (although I don't personally know them), or from other streets in our neighborhood. Thought maybe they just didn't want to give out their real address and gave fake numbers and used street names that were familiar. But it is not always the usual junk mail--they are service coupons from car dealerships, the type sent to recent customers. The last one was Rx discount cards, that have to be requested. Why request Rx cards and send them to an address that is not your own? Weird.