Getting LOTS of address labels!!

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

I think one or more of the charities I donated to at the end of last year sold my name/address. I am getting sooo many name & address labels. Some also include a little notepad with a few sheets. I rarely send snail mail so most of the labels are trashed.

Yesterday, I got a big envelope from Boys Town & had a *bunch* of stuff in it:

•2022 calendar

•2022 monthly planner

•8 lovely Christmas cards with matching envelopes (I don't send, so will give to someone.)

•2 ink pens that write nicely

•Address labels, Christmas themed

•C-mas themed stickers & To/From labels

....and of course, a solicitation for a donation.

Edit to add: Oh! I missed mentioning a CD of 13 Christmas songs was also in the packet.

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Uptown Gal
4 years ago
I am being buried with these "freebies" too. From charities I haven't even heard of before. Makes

me angry. I have my designated charities that I give to regularly, and won't be giving to these

that bombard me week after week. Seems to me they should be using the money for their

causes instead of crap they send out.
Rusty
4 years ago
Yes, I get all that 'stuff', too. Most of which I have little to no use for, so I feel like they are wasting money by sending it out. I can't help but wonder how many of those packets they send out each year, what it costs them, and how many of them are actually put to good use and garner a donation from the recipient. I guess what I'm saying is that in my mind, they'd be better off sending out less 'stuff', and using the money thus saved in the charity they are operating.

Rusty
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bpath
4 years ago
My dad used to send one group or another $25 when these came, so of course more and more came! The holiday packs have also included wrapping paper and gift bags for various occasions! The veterans organizations sometimes also send patriotic socks, t-shirts, and tote bags that we take with the other items they "patriot theme" to the veterans closet. The rest we donate there and to a non profit senior home for their small shop where the residents can shop.

But I keep the note pads for shopping lists on the side of the refrigerator!

Dad's been gone 2 years now and stopped making those donations about 4 or 5 years ago, so the mailings are showing down. But just got a packet yesterday.
Rho Dodendron
4 years ago
Before COVID I would cut the pictures off the address labels and bring them to public library. The childrens' dept. had a basket of stickers on the librarians desk for the kiddies to help themselves.
laceyvail 6A, WV
4 years ago
i used to get lots of calendars, but got none last year and so far none this year. I could use a few calendars.
rob333 (zone 7b)
4 years ago
It bothers me. What a waste. They could use the money for something much better. Sad!
sprtphntc7a
4 years ago
i received 4 calendars, Christmas labels and cards, 2 pads of paper so far... i did give away the other three calendars....
socks
4 years ago
It’s such a waste. I never donate when receiving that stuff. That’ll teach ’em (not).
functionthenlook
4 years ago
I have a drawer full of those labels too. I write my phone number on a sheet of them and keep it in my purse. When we buy any raffle tickets I just slap a label on it instead of filling all the info out by hand. The cards I keep a few and throw the rest away. The tablets are used for notes or grocery lists. The stickers are used by my grands. Most everything else gets tossed.
fran1523
4 years ago
I just counted a stack of 17 little notepads from various charities sitting on my kitchen desk, It's kind of ridiciulous how much of this stuff I get. I use what I can and throw or recycle the rest.
dedtired
4 years ago
My mom gets all that stuff. She has enough return labels to paper a room.
raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
When I get them, I send an email (if I can find theirs) telling them no more mailings. Or, I send back the donor card with "remove from mailing list" written across it.

When my DD was a toddler she was very enamored of stickers, so I would cut the decoration off of the address labels for her to embellish drawings and such with. It became such a habit that I still do it when I get them - and periodically offer the cache on the neighborhood FB page, or along with the Halloween candy; someone always takes them.
socks
4 years ago
Does that seen to work, Raee?
bragu_DSM 5
4 years ago
throw the planner in the car and write down your mileage ...
functionthenlook
4 years ago
Bragu, why do people write down their mileage?

Getting LOTS of address labels!!

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