Endless Paradigm

Quote:You know those obnoxious "refinance your home" or credit card offers that you get in the mail? This is called direct marketing, where marketers use a reduced bulk postal rate to send entire forests of paper mail to you.

So this is something you can do in response.

Find a shoebox, or a storage bin, or any cardboard box you have laying around. Fill it up with bricks, big blocks of iron, or maybe cement. Tape the box up with everyday packaging tape. Use a junkmail's postage-paid envelope and tape it neatly to the top cover of the box. NEATLY. And mail it off. Envelope revenge!

A few days later, your package shows up at the junk mailer's location, and they have to pay for every cent of delivery. Once the cost outweighs the benefit, they will stop sending out direct mail marketing material. And that is my goal.


Step one: Get the "No Postage Necessary" envelope out of the junk mail.

Step two: Put a brick (or anything) in a box.

Step three: Tape the "No Postage Necessary" envelope neatly to the box


Step four: Put it into those blue mail boxes, the parcel dump at the post office, or in your mail box.

Quote:Q: How much does this cost the recipient?
A: Junk mailers PAY about twenty cents an ounce. That means an eight pound package COSTS THEM about $25. And all of the proceeds go directly to the United States Postal Service.

Q: Can you do this with email sPa/\/\?
A: Sure can! http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/spam/

Q: Does this actually work?
A: Someone used my company's buisness-reply from inside the magazine, and taped it to a box. That's how I know this works

Q: What is the weight limit?
A: I've heard rumors that it is 13 ounces, but the box that was sent to the magazine I work for was twenty two pounds.

Q: Is this legal?
A: Just don't send hazardous materials (ie batteries), or things considered unhealthy (ie dirty underwear). Seriously, no dirty underwear.

Q: Are you sure I can't mail underwear?
A: Well if you do, mail me a picture. Like these: thongs

Q: Does this cost anything?
A: No. What's wrong with you

Q: Does this help American families?
A: Yes. The United States postal Service employs nearly two million people. These numbers are going down drasticly because of increased e-mail use. This junk mail program signifigantly increases USPS income generation, which allows the government to employ more people. Wee at Dear Bulk Mailer are pro-family, pro-jobs, and pro-America.

Q: Is this myspace?
A: No. double you tee eff?

Q: Does this work in the UK?
A: I don't know, maybe one of my UK buddies can tell me!

Q: Do the bar codes track you?
A: No. In fact, if you put the envelopes side by side, most of them have the same barcode. They just tell the Post Office machines what type of postage they should have.

Q: How do you choose which junk mailer to send these packages to?
A: Any -- and every -- junk mailer that gives you a postage-paid envelope.

Q: Where do I get free boxes?
A: Be creative. Shoeboxes, boxes you buy things in... Even paper works if you tape it up neatly. Just make sure everything is nice and neat, and doesn't resemble some sort of unibomber contraption, and you'll be fine.

Q: Can I use this to get free postage to recipients other than junk mailers?
A: No. That is illegal, and you're stupid.

Q: Can I send drugs?
A: No, stupid!

Q: How do I show pictures of what I sent?
A: Here! http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/fo...um.php?f=5

Q: Can I send....
A: DO NOT SEND ANYTHING HARMFUL OR ILLEGAL. This is supposed to be fun and entertaining, and you should not hurt anyone in the slightest. For instance, hurting a sPa/\/\ company in the wallet is good...hurting a person in their mailing room is very, very bad.

Definitely useful stuff here. Never know if you will need this info!

I found the questions he's been asked to be the funniest part XD


source: http://officeofstrategicinfluence.com/bulkmailer/

lol

send a box full of lead to them

Quote:Q: Are you sure I can't mail underwear?
A: Well if you do, mail me a picture. Like these: thongs

i was dying when i read that!

i may have to do this! pics will follow!!!

now to explore that site

great find Hellgiver

ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]lol

send a box full of lead to them

That will probably cost you (to buy the lead) almost as much as it costs them.

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ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]lol

send a box full of lead to them

That will probably cost you (to buy the lead) almost as much as it costs them.

wee shall see

lol, I seriously need to try that :D

ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]

Assassinator Wrote: [ -> ]

ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]lol

send a box full of lead to them

That will probably cost you (to buy the lead) almost as much as it costs them.

wee shall see

* PSPkiller 's Pikey radar is detecting a potential spate of roofing lead theft in the near future.

ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]

Assassinator Wrote: [ -> ]

ProperBritish Wrote: [ -> ]lol

send a box full of lead to them

That will probably cost you (to buy the lead) almost as much as it costs them.

wee shall see

Ok, because I'm bored, I decided to check this out...

http://www.lme.com/lead.asp

About $1800/tonne, so $1.8/kilogram.  And that's spot market prices (for wholesale buys directly from the refineries), buying small quantities from local shops will be much more expensive.

AH HA HA.
Not sure if it works in NZ, but if I can find a way to carry this trick out on some pocky junk mailing companies... oh yes. They shall enjoy recieving a bunch of rocks, I'm sure.