Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
All that does is wreck other people's mail when the mass of paper gets jammed in the sorting machine, and the next three letters behind them jam into them.

The BRM isn't looked at by the company who sent it. It goes to a lockbox firm somewhere, who opens it and processes the contents. It it doesn't meet their requirements for processing the credit card app or whatever it is, it goes in the trash.

Some other things not to try:

Putting foreign objects in the reply envelope and sending them. Best case scenario, nothing happens, and it goes into the trash can upon receipt at the lockbox.


Mid case scenario: the packet of liquid you put in there breaks open, leaks out into the tray, and damages other people's mail.

Worst case scenario: the envelope of foot powder you tossed in as a joke or prank breaks open in the machine, shuts down the postal facility, and you go to jail for delaying the mail, and get a nice fine to boot.

Writing nasty messages all over the outside of the return envelope: The Postal Inspectors come and pay you a visit for making terroristic threats and using the mail to make threats.

In short, toss it in the trash and be done with it.

So why would my return envelope jam a machine, any more than an ordinary piece of mail. It didn't jam on it's journey to me, so why would it jam on the journey back?

And I would never do any of the stupid crap that you listed. I have nothing against the postal service, just the ones who mail the junk.

Hey - why put wear and tear on my shredder when it's easier to do what I'm doing? I save the shredder for the junk that has my name on it, but no postage paid return envelope!