AOL cds is SUX

[spanky]

has anyone ever called up AOL to tell them to stop sending them their stupid cd's? am i within my rights to request them to stop sending me their crap? :disgust:

edit for mad smiley

 

[tcsenter]

If it comes in the mail, write "return to sender - did not request" on the CD mailer and put it back in the mail. AOL will pay the return postage.

Imagine if 2 or 3 million people did that. Ouch.

 

[spanky]

not a bad idea 😀

 

[Johnnie]

do that with all your unwanted mail..it works...except for bills 🙂

 

[Jarwa]

Good idea!! I need to try that.

 

[Chu]

Ever since they've been sending these out in DVD cases and those really nice metal tins, I've been loving AOL CD's. I used to have to actuially buy these cases, now I get 'em for free 🙂

-Chu

 

[brtspears2]

I just shoot them as airsoft targets.
See it here

EDIT 5AM PST <-- silly webservers....umm....i'll get it working, link dead for now

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
I just shoot them as airsoft targets.
See it here

linky no worky

 

[DanFungus]

man...I request them...lol, I've been getting metal cases, DVD cases, but sometimes the cardboard ones too. I recycle the crap, and right now, I've been collecting the CDs into a box. I have about 400+ right now 😀 Will devise a plan sometime, and I would send them to the AOL cd sucks place, or whatever it is, but it'd cost be a hell of a lot to send them in the mail.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Chu
Ever since they've been sending these out in DVD cases and those really nice metal tins, I've been loving AOL CD's. I used to have to actuially buy these cases, now I get 'em for free 🙂

-Chu

What do you use the tins for?

I have quite a collection of (useful) DVD cases from AOhelL . . . but have not figured out a good use for the tins (as they are so small).

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
If it comes in the mail, write "return to sender - did not request" on the CD mailer and put it back in the mail. AOL will pay the return postage.

Imagine if 2 or 3 million people did that. Ouch.

That only works for first class mail . . . the Post Office just trashes everything else.

 

[Harvey]

It was better when they sent floppy disks. At least you could format them and use them for something. For awhile, I thought nobody would ever have to buy them, again. 🙂

As an interesting side note for you electronics junkies, the world's suppliers of polycarbonate film have essentially stopped producing it, so capacitor manufacturers have stopped producing these caps, which are/were a very good choice for many designs. 🙁

Since CD's are made of polycarbonate, I thought a great business idea would be to grind up the infinite supply of AOL CD's and process them to make the film. At least you'd have a cheap source of the raw material. 🙂

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

There is some group collecting these, wish I could remember the site. They ask people to send them to them and once they get a million they are sending them back to AOL 🙂