Helping Stop US Postal Service Junk Mail. "No thanks you throw it away!"

[Kennedale01]

Glad to hear that many people utilize the return envelopes. I usually send them back photocopied magazine articles (what else am I going to do at work?!?); maybe the minimum-wage-earner at the other end will have something to read, LOL. Many people erroneously believe in the ol' brick in a box trick, but according to Post Office Domestic Mail Manual code 8.4.6, "In cases where a BRM card or letter is used improperly as a label, the USPS treats the item as waste."

[aROARahVyePer]

Yeah, there is so much paper wastage with mail.  I hate all the ads and junk mail.

[dovermoreno]

This plan is soooo crazy....it JUST MIGHT WORK !!

[Braehawk]

Sounds like a good idea to me

[mybigimagination]

Not a bad idea! LOL

[777Marlene]

what pisses me off the most is election time(like ...now)...cause then i start getting junk mail from greasy politicians, i've gotten at least 38 pounds of the crap in the last week.......i dont know what trying to send it back would do in their case....im not even sure it would be legal....i could go to jail over junk mail, anyway , they use that real heavy card stock and paying postage on that would cost me more than the s.o.b. is going to steal, i use reg. junk as collage paper in my artwork

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@777Marlene yep i know what you mean i get alot of stuff like that too... i think if you write return to sender on it legally they have to send it back.. I know you can't do that with "saturation mailing" That is like resedentual stuff

[lifewithbeenie]

very good idea. kind of reminds me of the deal my dad use to give telemarketers that called during dinner hour. he'd get their #'s & call them back during inappropriate hours. haha

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@lifewithbeenie hehe i love telemarketers.. those are fun calls..

[OceanTownPictures]

But, then you are giving the workers for the company (people like you and me) a harder job to do. If they are sending you credit card apps, then you have good credit and that's something to be proud of. Just say'n. . . .-Steve-

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@OceanTownPictures well true, but if you think of it in the grand scheme of things it would be more feasable for them to sned out 1 letter every 3 to 6 months not every week. The average American household receives unsolicited junk mail equivalent to 1.5 trees every year, which comes out to more than 100 million trees for all U.S. households combined – the equivalent of deforesting the U.S. Rocky Mountain National Park every four months. <--found it online.. sounds about right though.

[OceanTownPictures]

@BrainEatingZomb1e Didn't think about the trees and all the waist. I would guess these companies are not recycling the returned mail either. Yes, in the grand scheme of things, you are absolutely right! Americans are wasteful. So, how can we stop these companies from doing this? As one of the little guys, I feel powerless. -Steve-

[Katfellow]

Good idea. lol

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@Uberdude9020 not sure but its worth a try!

[Noyjeetut]

Nice job sticking it to the man, man!

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@Noyjeetut yep yep haha

[criticnic]

haha this is a great idea man, can't believe I never thought of this lol.

[DoubleODude]

That is the best idea ever. I think I'll start tommorow.

[StarKris137]

It's like being harassed by mail. This is a really good idea. Do you include the envelope they sent it to you in too?

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@StarKris137 yes :) just fold it over:) haha

[DavesVideos313]

NX2, WHY IS THIS IN B&W???...

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@DavesVideos313 Just trying something different.

[JnAStudios]

lol I've done that before I gotta start doing it again!

[chrisbogdan]

"Eventually they'll get the hit and they'll stop sending me letters...."

I wouldn't be so sure about that LOL...

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@chrisbogdan well what you can do is put something in there heavy like a piece of thin metal i like to use broken cymbal parts cause they make the envelope heavy.. they are billed by the postage and by the weight. Trust me they will remove your name if you do it enough. Mastercard don't send me anything anymore because i ducked taped the envelope and put 2 pieces of scrap metal taped-together in 2 letters from them along with what they sent me.. and boom i was taken off the list.

[chrisbogdan]

@BrainEatingZomb1e Well... I suppose THAT would work... LOL

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@chrisbogdan hehe yep one of my co-workers told me he got a old shoe box and put bricks in it and taped the envelope to the top and sent it back.. lol thats alittle extreeme hehe but i guess if it works it works..haha

[09porcupine]

This is an excellent idea! I get so much house spam... I am totally gonna send it back to them!

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@09porcupine always a fun way to get payback haha :)

[mettanc]

i use to do that.....i was so busy filling out the damn forms. i just said screw it, i will just but it in the recycle. total waste.

michael

[Ishkiia]

I do that too!!! I open the junk mail and use their return envelopes and stuff junk from another one in it .... lol.  I have done that for 20 years I think

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@Ishkiia lol great minds think alike..

[cheesestr4wz]

LOL Hey, put some of the ones that Don't have envelopes in there too! Cute!

[blackcat2enterprises]

Pretty cool. I will have to try that. I do get a lot of offers for credit cards which annoys and amuses me because I do not do credit cards and probably never will. :) Checking po box tomorrow so will see what I can send back. I am sure there will be something. :)

- Heidi

[805ROADKING]

I bet the Mailmen are gonna love this video!!

[BrainEatingZomb1e]

@805ROADKING lol yep.. hope they don't see it.

[BrittanyNicole1990]

great info! i didn't think of that. thanks so much