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gregorylee

gregorylee

I'd rather be napping!!
Walking back from the mailbox, I have to think to myself in amazement, the lengths that these credit card companies go to just so you will open their mail before you throw it away. Is there some contest amongst the credit card companies for who gets more of their applications thrown away inside the house vs outside? They don't honestly think that there is some poor schlub opening his mail like "Fuck, I opened it, now I am commited to sending in this credit card application" do they?

Please do not discard.... uh... gone...

Imprtant dated material enclosed... well... see ya

One of my favorites, from a mortgage company

Over payment info enclosed... yeah right... plunk

The funny part about this one was that they sent it to my house (it was addressed to my dad).



ok, I'm done bitching for now.
 
Not really Junk Mail, but ever since the 8th grade I've been recieving many, many letters from assorted colleges. At first they all had my graduating year as 2006. Which is not even close. Mine is really 2008, but I should be graduating in 2007.

Now ever since I took that PSAT, I've been getting even more. Like an average of 2-3 a day. They have my correct year, 2008, now. They also know what I want to major in. Which I'm assuming came from the info I gave on my PSAT,

Does anyone think it would be wise to respond to some of these?

I mean, most seem like a generic letter. With my name in the header. But some are coming from some big schools. Toledo, Dayton, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, among others. Most in the state of Ohio.
 
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Teddy, that's just normal. Schools want you to know about them. I never considered it junk mail -- I always enjoyed reading about the different schools (unless it was from, say, Elksnout Polytechnic or Go Jesus U.). And of course they're going to be generic letters. They can't send out a personal letter to everyone.
 
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You're only a sophomore, I wouldn't really start worrying about it till the middle of your junior year, although, there is nothing wrong with getting ahead of the game. You might want to respond and request information pertaining to the universities school of your choice...

I will admit, when noticing that TG05 replied to this thread, the first thought through my mind was "he isn't even old enough to have a credit card!?".

Back to your regularly scheduled mindlessness....
 
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gregorylee said:
Walking back from the mailbox, I have to think to myself in amazement, the lengths that these credit card companies go to just so you will open their mail before you throw it away. Is there some contest amongst the credit card companies for who gets more of their applications thrown away inside the house vs outside? They don't honestly think that there is some poor schlub opening his mail like "Fuck, I opened it, now I am commited to sending in this credit card application" do they?

Please do not discard.... uh... gone...

Imprtant dated material enclosed... well... see ya

One of my favorites, from a mortgage company

Over payment info enclosed... yeah right... plunk

The funny part about this one was that they sent it to my house (it was addressed to my dad).



ok, I'm done bitching for now.
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You should use the return envelopes to send them things like used coffee filters or used Q-tips.

One time I had 5 different credit card offers in hand. I half filled them out, smeared important information, and put them all in the wrong envelopes and mailed them out.

I returned one filled out with the name Terry Porter, SSN 140-31-0024 and placed a Buckeye Leaf sticker over their company logo.
 
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tibor75 said:
So instead of 10 memberships, I can now buy 14! Eh, I have about that many aliases....
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Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery :wink:

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On a side note, the odd thing is, I know who sold my father and myself down the river on the junk mail with his name and my address.

a couple of years ago, they had a thing at lowes. If you spend $200 or something like that on insulation (owens corning) you get a $50 gift card. It was for an addition for my brothers house. It was one of those deals "one per household" so we sent one to my dads house, one to mine, and one to my brothers. Ever since then I have gotten junk mail for my dad at my house.... Bastards!
 
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