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Some guy online did this with an old tire that the trash company wouldn't take.
The mail guy too it, once he wrapped it in a box and stuck a return to sender mailer on it.

I can't find the link.
 
Yeah I get so much junk mail at my apartment complex that I just stopped picking it up. I receive all my mail at my post office box anyways. The mail carrier notified the apartments who called me and I said no thanks I don't want it.
 
Originally posted by: nonameo
LOL. Trying to find a way to send them 13 ounces of "do not want". Can't think of anything yet.
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What do you not want that might weigh around 13 oz.? I guess to be more specific: what might your BODY not want that will weigh around 13 oz.? ^_- Although, I wouldn't affix your name to this delivery in any way.
 
Originally posted by: edro
Some guy online did this with an old tire that the trash company wouldn't take.
The mail guy too it, once he wrapped it in a box and stuck a return to sender mailer on it.

I can't find the link.
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I thought that was people sending tires/trash to africa from scammers with pre-paid Fed-Ex labels?
 
Originally posted by: effowe
Dear Bulk Mailer,

Please find attached to your no-postage-necessary envelope, this brick. I figured with all these great junk mails you send me every month, you'd like something in return! I know it costs twenty cents for every ounce I mail to you, so I hope it doesn't weigh too much more than an ounce.

-Resident or Homeowner
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Sick of getting junk mail? Apparently you can take those "No Postage Necessary if Mailed in the United States" envelopes, put it on a box, and it will be delivered to the offending junk mailer.

Edit: Deleted link as people were getting an anti-virus warning. Don't click it in the quotes to be safe.
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LOL
I remember when my dad did this. He used one of the boxes a car model of mine came in. 1968 was a great year.

 
Originally posted by: edro
Some guy online did this with an old tire that the trash company wouldn't take.
The mail guy too it, once he wrapped it in a box and stuck a return to sender mailer on it.

I can't find the link.
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I have a dead car that I could affix one of those cards to. 😉
 
Originally posted by: vi edit
Originally posted by: kranky
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
That doesn't mean that you can't just start dropping empty envelopes in the nearest
mailbox 🙂
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Empty envelopes, yes. Bricks, no.
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I think it was here that I read about somebody that would shred the applications and mail the crosscuts back to the sender.

I thought that was amusing.
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I rip up the application, advertisements, and original envelope (and sometimes other junk mail I get that day) and put it all in the return envelope and send it back to the company. 🙂 It really makes my day.
 
Originally posted by: Injury


... or kill two birds with one stone and throw in some of those ads for roofing, shower linings, collectors coins and crap that come about once a week in your mailbox (The ones where you always keep the pizza coupons and trash the rest). It's like hiring the mailman to take out the garbage.
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Because we all need to push those guys over the edge...😛

I read/heard somewhere that this was a bad idea, as the postal carriers have to do twice the work. It may not seem like a lot, an envelope here and there, but if it adds up....I think when I read it, it was about the AOL mail spam cd's....

EDIT: Although, I do like the idea of shredding their mailings and stuffing that back into the return envelope....<evil grin>
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: edro
Some guy online did this with an old tire that the trash company wouldn't take.
The mail guy too it, once he wrapped it in a box and stuck a return to sender mailer on it.

I can't find the link.
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I thought that was people sending tires/trash to africa from scammers with pre-paid Fed-Ex labels?
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The thing I remember seeing was some guy who was supposed to send a pallet of laptops to the scammers, but sent a broken washing machine instead :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: ahartman
Originally posted by: nonameo
LOL. Trying to find a way to send them 13 ounces of "do not want". Can't think of anything yet.
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A bunch of glitter.
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Oh man, that's perfect. There's got to be an easy way to make it <poof> when you open the box.
 
I send them all kinds of crap in their return envelopes...usually the ads from other companies, pages from unwanted catalogs, etc. I fill the envelop up as full as I possibly can, after all, they send me shit, it's only proper that I return the favor...
 
mailboxes now state the weight limit of ~13oz or whatever... security thing.
so its too much trouble even if it did work...and yea it doesn't apparently from starightdope.

i guess the better thing to do is just to stuff the return envelope with other junk mail and send it back for them to deal with lol🙂
 
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