Junk Mail

[Medusa]

Do what I do: I make vision boards of things that I want to attract into my life and I cut out the large words and pictures and paste them on my vision boards. I especially love the ones from insurance companies that say "Mary, here is that second chance you've been waiting for". I love that one! It can be annoying, though, so I get ya but I save the rest and use it to get the fire going in my fireplace in winter.

[KnightOwl]

I'm with Medusa. All that junk mail makes for good fire starter. We do not have a fireplace, but we do have leaves, limbs, and an occasional tree that falls over the fence from the non-caring #%$@ neighbor's wilderness that has to be removed one way or the other. Chuck the unwanted in a rice bag, storage crate, or trash can and be generous when you stoke the latest fire on the back corner of the acre.

Just sayin .....

[Hellow]

It's rather pointless to send anything back to them. The company that receives the mail you send back to them will more than likely just discard it and send you more.

We keep our junk mail and use it for firestarter in the winter.

[Cataholic]

The fire starter idea is a good one!

[pomtzu]

The fire starter idea is a good one!

I guess if you want to start a fire!

Haven't used my fireplace in years and years, and don't plan on it either. It just sits there and looks pretty - just one more thing that my ex wanted in the house and I didn't. Too bad he couldn't have taken it with him.

[happylabs]

The fire starter idea is a good one!

No fireplace here.

[Vette]

It's rather pointless to send anything back to them. The company that receives the mail you send back to them will more than likely just discard it and send you more.

We keep our junk mail and use it for firestarter in the winter.

Yeah i agree.

will only confirm that your address is active an that you check it. right up a spammers alley.

i just tend to ignore whatever junkmail i get,, or use some of them for writing shopping lists or for notes if theres any blank areas on the envelopes

[Lady's Human]

Yeah i agree.

will only confirm that your address is active an that you check it. right up a spammers alley.

i just tend to ignore whatever junkmail i get,, or use some of them for writing shopping lists or for notes if theres any blank areas on the envelopes

It doesn't really work like that. Mailing lists gets bought and sold constantly, and the return envelope doesn't show where it came from, unless you know how to read the barcodes.

[lizbud]

The person I learned this from was a fellow by the name of something Rooney on tv , can't remember his first name now. I just remember he was pretty funny when explainig junk mail.

That was probably Andy Rooney on CBS 60 Minutes.

I have done the return thing a few times, but since I now have a shredder,
I just get rid of it that way. All the other unwanted posters & grocery fliers
I get every week, I carry it directly from my mail slot to the trash can.

[Vette]

It doesn't really work like that. Mailing lists gets bought and sold constantly, and the return envelope doesn't show where it came from, unless you know how to read the barcodes.

So that explains how some them gets peoples addresses. LOL

[Asiel]

That was probably Andy Rooney on CBS 60 Minutes.

I have done the return thing a few times, but since I now have a shredder,
I just get rid of it that way. All the other unwanted posters & grocery fliers
I get every week, I carry it directly from my mail slot to the trash can.

Andy Rooney it was, I think he's hilarious but he does come up with good ones at times. And the returning worked so well with us that I won't bother wearing out my shredder because of junk mail. Flyers and newspapers all go to recycling on pick up day.