Kind of off topic Junk mail

Bob Vila would love this group, post #105,503
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 metspitzer
 2008-07-02 16:39:21
 Kind of off topic Junk mail
My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get her
mail.

I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
wants me to save it for her.

Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff and
marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.

I also went online and found this:
http://www.obviously.com/junkmail/

In the next month, I am going to try to stop everything I get,
unwanted, in the mail too.

I already called 1-888-5 OPT OUT

It was actually one of the few times I have been able to call, and be
helped, without having to talk to someone. :)
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 HeyBub
 2008-07-02 15:49:10
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
metspitzer wrote:
> My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get her
> mail.
>
> I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
> the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
> wants me to save it for her.
>
> Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff and
> marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.

Won't do any good. Postal regulations require the immediate disposal of
undeliverable "Standard Mail" (nee "bulk"). It doesn't get returned to the
sender. The only way to stop it is to call the sender and ask,
pretty-please, to be removed from their list.

Oh, another way is to submit a Change of Address to the post office in your
sister's name.
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 FlavorFlav
 2008-07-02 22:11:20
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
"HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> metspitzer wrote:
>> My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get
>> her mail.
>>
>> I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
>> the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
>> wants me to save it for her.
>>
>> Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff
>> and marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.
>
> Won't do any good. Postal regulations require the immediate disposal
> of undeliverable "Standard Mail" (nee "bulk"). It doesn't get returned
> to the sender. The only way to stop it is to call the sender and ask,
> pretty-please, to be removed from their list.
>
> Oh, another way is to submit a Change of Address to the post office in
> your sister's name.
>
>
>
>
>

I Return to sender all the time. Let the post office go thru the hassle.
I get rid of it w/o having to drag the recycle box to the street with so
much junk mail. I can fit more glass and plastic in there now.
Author:
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 Bob F
 2008-07-02 20:20:03
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
"FlavorFlav" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:02c20b19$0$1970$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...
> "HeyBub" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> metspitzer wrote:
>>> My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get
>>> her mail.
>>>
>>> I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
>>> the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
>>> wants me to save it for her.
>>>
>>> Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff
>>> and marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.
>>
>> Won't do any good. Postal regulations require the immediate disposal
>> of undeliverable "Standard Mail" (nee "bulk"). It doesn't get returned
>> to the sender. The only way to stop it is to call the sender and ask,
>> pretty-please, to be removed from their list.
>>
>> Oh, another way is to submit a Change of Address to the post office in
>> your sister's name.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I Return to sender all the time. Let the post office go thru the hassle.
> I get rid of it w/o having to drag the recycle box to the street with so
> much junk mail. I can fit more glass and plastic in there now.

But what do you use to heat your house now?
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 Mike Paulsen
 2008-07-02 19:19:08
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
HeyBub wrote:
> metspitzer wrote:
>> My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get her
>> mail.
>>
>> I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
>> the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
>> wants me to save it for her.
>>
>> Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff and
>> marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.
>
> Won't do any good. Postal regulations require the immediate disposal of
> undeliverable "Standard Mail" (nee "bulk"). It doesn't get returned to the
> sender. The only way to stop it is to call the sender and ask,
> pretty-please, to be removed from their list.

You don't have to ask. You can tell.

United States Postal Service Form 1500.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_Order
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 Red Green
 2008-07-02 21:08:15
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
Mike Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote in
news:6WUak.35$Y5.19@newsfe05.lga:

> HeyBub wrote:
>> metspitzer wrote:
>>> My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get
>>> her mail.
>>>
>>> I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
>>> the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
>>> wants me to save it for her.
>>>
>>> Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff
>>> and marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.
>>
>> Won't do any good. Postal regulations require the immediate disposal
>> of undeliverable "Standard Mail" (nee "bulk"). It doesn't get
>> returned to the sender. The only way to stop it is to call the sender
>> and ask, pretty-please, to be removed from their list.
>
> You don't have to ask. You can tell.
>
> United States Postal Service Form 1500.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_Order


I didn't read the whole 5 page thing but that appears to be for sexually
oriented advertisements only.
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 Mike Paulsen
 2008-07-02 21:48:52
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
Red Green wrote:
> Mike Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote:
(snip)
>> You don't have to ask. You can tell.
>>
>> United States Postal Service Form 1500.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_Order
>
>
> I didn't read the whole 5 page thing but that appears to be for sexually
> oriented advertisements only.


"...case law to allow the recipient to declare any mailpiece obscene,
for any reason whatsoever, with no requirement to state the reason(s)
for taking offense."

"Rulings have upheld the Supreme Court decision that the postal
customer's discretion is not subject to review."
Author:
Date:
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 Red Green
 2008-07-02 23:20:13
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
Mike Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote in
news:u6Xak.802$gz3.607@newsfe04.lga:

> Red Green wrote:
>> Mike Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> (snip)
>>> You don't have to ask. You can tell.
>>>
>>> United States Postal Service Form 1500.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_Order
>>
>>
>> I didn't read the whole 5 page thing but that appears to be for
>> sexually oriented advertisements only.
>
>
> "...case law to allow the recipient to declare any mailpiece obscene,
> for any reason whatsoever, with no requirement to state the reason(s)
> for taking offense."
>
> "Rulings have upheld the Supreme Court decision that the postal
> customer's discretion is not subject to review."
>


Oh yea, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's phrase "I know it when I
see it".
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 Mark Lloyd
 2008-07-03 12:38:39
 Re: Kind of off topic Junk mail
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:08:15 -0500, Red Green <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>Mike Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:6WUak.35$Y5.19@newsfe05.lga:
>
>> HeyBub wrote:
>>> metspitzer wrote:
>>>> My sister and her two kids lived with me at one time. I still get
>>>> her mail.
>>>>
>>>> I save a mound of it and take it with me when I visit her. Most of
>>>> the mail is from catalogs, but since she is a junk gift addict, she
>>>> wants me to save it for her.
>>>>
>>>> Well yesterday I said.....forget this. I took a pile of the stuff
>>>> and marked "return to sender" and put it in the mail box.
>>>
>>> Won't do any good. Postal regulations require the immediate disposal
>>> of undeliverable "Standard Mail" (nee "bulk"). It doesn't get
>>> returned to the sender. The only way to stop it is to call the sender
>>> and ask, pretty-please, to be removed from their list.
>>
>> You don't have to ask. You can tell.
>>
>> United States Postal Service Form 1500.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibitory_Order
>
>
>I didn't read the whole 5 page thing but that appears to be for sexually
>oriented advertisements only.

I'm getting a lot of political junk mail addressed to my father.
That's strange considering he died 16 years ago and NEVER got mail at
this address (it's a house I bought 10 years ago. I didn't live here
before than, and my father didn't either).
--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.laughingsquid.com

"God was invented by man for a reason, that
reason is no longer applicable."