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- Alphateam, on 04/24/2008, -25/+450I used to get all excited to do this with credit card offers etc. One day I got one for some poor sick/hungry kids in Africa. I loaded it up and my wife was like "Don't do that to the poor African kids" I'm like "Oh who cares they sent me junk mail". 10 seconds later I tripped and fell down the stairs. Karma it a bitch.
- ynggrsshppr, on 04/24/2008, -5/+281The Straight Dope on Mailing Bricks Using Business Reply Envelopes:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_356.html - Rotzooi, on 04/24/2008, -12/+232Q: 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. We at Dear Bulk Mailer are pro-family, pro-jobs, and pro-America. - alk509, on 04/24/2008, -2/+179It's not ***** genius. Here's rule 9.4.6 from the USPS's Domestic Mail Manual:
"9.4.6 Intentions of the Permit Holder
BRM [Business Reply Mail] may not be used for any purpose other than that intended by the permit holder, even when postage is affixed. IN CASES WHERE A BRM CARD OR LETTER IS USED IMPROPERLY AS A LABEL, THE USPS TREATS THE ITEM AS WASTE."
Go read it yourself (scroll down until you see rule 9.4.6): http://pe.usps.gov/text/dmm300/507.htm - dave122, on 04/24/2008, -3/+168the post office just throws it away. buried as false.
- inactive, on 04/24/2008, -10/+173I feel so stupid now. I usually just throw the postage paid envelope back in the mail empty when I could have been slowly getting rid of the crap I no longer want in my house.
- bossm4n, on 04/24/2008, -12/+166I think this is how Theodore Kaczynski got his start. I've sent junk mail envelopes back with shredded credit apps before, but this is genius.
- GiJoeBob, on 04/24/2008, -30/+174Every once in a great while, the planets align and a work of inspired genius is given to us. This is truly one of those nuggets of wisdom bestowed upon us by the good Lord above.
This is a win of Biblical proportions. - BRapscallion, on 04/24/2008, -11/+142I've been meaning to get rid of my old weight set. A special delivery, indeed!
- IphtashuFitz, on 04/24/2008, -1/+97You can but it won't do what you think. USPS rules let them throw things like this away without delivering it for this specific reason. This is basically a urban legend. See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_356.html for details.
- Browzer, on 04/24/2008, -2/+92This whole story needs to be BURIED AS INACCURATE.
The Post Office will NOT deliver some huge, heavy thing just because it has a "Postage Paid" sticker on it. We've gone over this many, many times. - inactive, on 04/24/2008, -23/+112epic indeed!..time to get busy...digger"s attack!....
- lucidguru, on 04/24/2008, -23/+111I was never aware that you could could tape those things to a box... Awesome!
- debuggercll, on 04/24/2008, -2/+78I actually found it to be erotic.
- kingmanic, on 04/24/2008, -5/+73"The internets, is there anything you can't do?"
Get Geeks laid. - drachemorder, on 04/24/2008, -1/+68That's why you need to limit your responses to what will fit in the envelope. No bricks, but Ron Paul campaign flyers, pictures of Rick Astley, or photocopies of one's butt would do just fine. They can't tell that's not legitimate mail until they open it, and by that time they've already been mooned or rickrolled or Ron Pauled.
- Jalh, on 04/24/2008, -9/+71they are doing to build another building to increase the spam !
- lastdalek, on 04/24/2008, -2/+51Can this be done for political ads?
- displacednomad, on 04/24/2008, -23/+69We've fought against some dubious numbers (09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0), helped a third tier candidate become first tier (only to still be dismissed by the media), spread the word against a particular cult (CO$), and RickRolld Shea Stadium. Next up, fighting land spam (my code word for physically delivered spam).
The internets, is there anything you can't do? - IphtashuFitz, on 04/24/2008, -2/+44Unfortunately it's also untrue. The USPS will simply throw out any materials when a business reply card is "improperly used as a label", such as affixed to a brick. A better approach is to fill a business reply envelope with something heavy like scrap pieces of metal. See http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_356.html for more details.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 04/24/2008, -1/+42I want to know how to get all the polititcians in CA who want to force me to live green to pay attention to the 30+ pounds of junk mail I alone get a year... and it's effects on forrests, CO2 emmisions, and fossil fuel use.
- Tgg161, on 04/24/2008, -3/+44The idea is ancient, not as clever as people think, ineffective, and possibly illegal.
1. Lots of people have done this. The Straight Dope column (linked above) was written in 1984 and says it wasn't a new idea even then.
2. The Post Office throws the item away instead of attempting to deliver it. The company you're trying to get back at never sees it and doesn't have to pay any delivery fees..
3. You could be charged with improperly using postage (which you'd think wouldn't be a big deal, but the government has a way of overreacting for mail-related crimes). - inactive, on 04/24/2008, -5/+44almost as good as P-P-P-PowerBook
http://www.easynetworknyc.com/powerbook/pdfhtml.ph ... - exscind, on 04/24/2008, -5/+43craigslist.com
- inactive, on 04/24/2008, -1/+38Ironic.
- pero69, on 04/24/2008, -3/+40mirror:
better yet - original
http://dearbulkmailer.com/ - Fracture98, on 04/24/2008, -1/+35Someone with a clue! It doesn't get past your local (and probably very nice) mail carrier. They often do the preliminary sorting for the mail they pick up, and it hits the garbage can right there.
- halleyscomet, on 04/24/2008, -2/+33I have all this old, broken computer hardware in the house. I wonder if MBNA would like a broken Soundbalster card...
- mywhitenoise, on 04/24/2008, -2/+33I want to digg this article, I really do...but "Epic" and "Pwnage" wont let me.
- IphtashuFitz, on 04/24/2008, -0/+30My guess is that if you did this on a regular basis you'd likely end up getting a knock on the door from the US Postal Inspection Service (and yes, they could arrest you) for defrauding the USPS. You're basically committing a theft of service, and they don't take that sort of thing lightly.
- Ebulating, on 04/24/2008, -1/+31I do believe you have single-handedly invented a new sexual fetish, not an easy thing to do nowadays.
- geoff1210, on 04/24/2008, -1/+31ok, buried as inaccurate. Bricks don't work.
try this.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ju ... - trogdor282, on 04/24/2008, -2/+31I want it!! Wait, is it the kind that makes you into a beefcake, or the kind that sits in your basement with boxes piled on it? Cuz I already have that one.
- krahzee, on 04/24/2008, -4/+32Except electable........
- muleskinner, on 04/24/2008, -5/+32god I wish I could digg that twice
- macwac, on 04/24/2008, -4/+30So much for earth day... :P
- TheKingInYellow, on 04/24/2008, -4/+30yeh, i guess you could send one of those in the mail.
- nbcaffeine, on 04/24/2008, -3/+28Ugh, USPS published documentation. If you ever have a sleeping problem, just try to read those. Better than nyquil.
- luciferin, on 04/24/2008, -3/+28You mean since you've been thrown in Gitmo?
- no1nos, on 04/24/2008, -0/+25This doesn't work, postal workers are not supposed to mail items affixed to these cards. It actually just creates more work for postal workers, because they have to dispose of all the junk people shove in a mailbox, and they don't get the postage revenue from the reply card when they throw it away.
- oderdigg, on 04/24/2008, -4/+28They took our jobs !!!
- Arramol, on 04/24/2008, -6/+30Personally, I find filling out the credit card application in Arabic and sprinkling it with a liberal dose of unidentifiable white powder to be an effective deterrent to future correspondence.
- HarryBauzonia, on 04/24/2008, -5/+28Why in the hell are you sifting through three-year-old digg posts?
Get out of the basement ya' vampire. - eschito, on 04/24/2008, -0/+23Junk the Junk
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=ju ... - speedyrev, on 04/24/2008, -2/+24I worked for a company that got large washers taped inside the business reply envelopes. It just needs to fit inside. The business had to pay.
- Elliuotatar, on 04/24/2008, -0/+22If you can't mail them a brick, then just drop the mailer in the mail with nothing in it, costing them money, or put a nice sheet of paper in there with a big red "***** YOU" written on it. Don't be stupid and make threats though, or mail substances like poo, that can get you put in jail.
- inactive, on 04/24/2008, -7/+27people are digging you down but you're right on. every one on digg thinks they are making some kind of difference in the world with that *****, but they aren't.
- theaceoffire, on 04/24/2008, -2/+22^_^ Enjoy prison.
Sending poison/bombs/etc is still a felony, even if they deserve it. - spilk, on 04/24/2008, -0/+20I used to work for the USPS, and it is indeed considered federal government employment. Federal background checks and such are required. But you are correct, they are completed self-funded without taxpayer dollars feeding into them.
- Digger1218, on 04/24/2008, -12/+31Popular mechanics says that you're stupid
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/militar ... -
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