Good idea. Only down side to this scheme is will the businesses getting the
junk mail back recycle the paper? Big question mark there. Maybe write in
bold letters "please recycle" on the return envelope. Jack


on 7/3/01 8:11 AM, Rex L. Bavousett at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Here is an idea from a friend. It is a technique I have been using
> for almost a year.
> Rex
>
>
>
>> GOOD IDEA:
>> When you get those pre-approved letters in the mail
>> for everything from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and
>> junk like that, most of them come with postage paid
>> return envelopes, right?
>> Well, why not get rid of some of your other junk mail
>> and put it in these cool little envelopes!
>> Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American
>> Express. Or a pizza coupon to Citibank.
>> If you didn't get anything else that day, then just
>> send them their application back! Just make sure your
>> name isn't on anything you send them. Heck, you can
>> send it back empty if you want to just to keep 'em !
>> Let's turn this into a chain letter! Eventually, the
>> banks and credit card companies will begin getting all
>> their crap back in the mail.
>> Let's let them know what it's like to get junk mail,
>> and best of all... THEY'RE paying for it! Twice!
>> Let's help keep our postal service busy since they say
>> e-mail is cutting into their business, and that's
>> why they need to increase postage again!
>> Send this to a friend or two or three...or fifty...

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