Minor Downer
Well, so much for my attempt to re-label business reply envelopes and use them for personal correspondence. I apparently never got the memo regarding DMM 507.8.4.4.
The postal service could have at least reimbursed me my 82 cents worth of stamps.
Comments
nice try!
Posted by: patrick caldwell | June 3, 2008 09:39 AM
Typical green/liberal, demand the government pay for your own mistakes.
Posted by: vee8 | June 5, 2008 08:41 PM
No, I did not march into the post office and "demand" my 82 cents back, but I do reserve the right to vent in my own blog, especially when I feel as if my attempts to do the right thing--in this case, relabel a perfectly functional business reply envelope to send a personal correspondence--are thwarted by some silly regulation.
Posted by: Jeremy Miller | June 5, 2008 09:48 PM
Funny. I see no problem doing this with mail such as credit card solicitations. I take all those offers, write "NO!" on them, and send them back to the CC companies. Let them pay for their own rejections.
Cheers!
Ryan
Posted by: Ryan | June 6, 2008 09:17 AM
Ryan,
I go back and forth on this one--It is a balance of time, energy, and values. The quickest thing to do, over course, is to dump the mail into the recycle bin. As far as eliminating the junk mail in the first place, I am not sure which is more effective--Calling the soliciting company or sending back their mail as you described. Calling takes more time, but mailing back the offer serves to keep that piece of junk mail in the postal system and may not be as effective in stopping them from sending you their garbage in the first place. Its a tough call.
Posted by: jeremy miller | June 6, 2008 02:33 PM