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From: Al on 26 Mar 2010 17:35
There was this very official brown envelope in my mail today that was
addressed to me or current resident. On the face of the envelope, in red
letters, it was stated "DO NOT DISCARD." On the left side it announced,
"URGENT NOTICE: DATED MATERIAL ENCLOSED - TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY.
It looked somewhat governmental. I opened it to find That it said I had
been selected, by Beltone, to test out a new hearing aid. Enclosed was
something entitled a $800 Gift Card from Beltone. The flyer said I could
"Redeem" the gift card "at your nearest Beltone location." Call now for an
appointment. On the back of the "gift card," which was glued onto the
flyer, it stated that it was valid towards th purchase of a Reach or Touch
hearing aid system (two instruments). $400 maximum off single instrument.
(based on msrp.) Boy, some gift card!

Well, I'm not about to go flying to my nearest Beltone location, but I would
like to put a stop to this kind of junk mail coming to me. Anyone have any
ideas? I registered on the Do Not Call list. Is there anything like a Do
Not Mail list? Frankly, I'm being bombarded with spam, junk mail, and
telemarketers. I don't like wasting time on that sleazy stuff.
Al

From: Rod Speed on 26 Mar 2010 20:45
Al wrote:

> There was this very official brown envelope in my mail today that was addressed to me or current resident. On the
> face of the envelope, in red letters, it was stated "DO NOT DISCARD." On the left side it announced, "URGENT NOTICE:
> DATED MATERIAL ENCLOSED - TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY.

That contradiction should have been a dead giveaway.

> It looked somewhat governmental. I opened it to find
> That it said I had been selected, by Beltone, to test out a new
> hearing aid. Enclosed was something entitled a $800 Gift Card from
> Beltone. The flyer said I could "Redeem" the gift card "at your
> nearest Beltone location." Call now for an appointment. On the back
> of the "gift card," which was glued onto the flyer, it stated that it
> was valid towards th purchase of a Reach or Touch hearing aid system
> (two instruments). $400 maximum off single instrument. (based on
> msrp.) Boy, some gift card!

> Well, I'm not about to go flying to my nearest Beltone location, but I would like to put a stop to this kind of junk
> mail coming to me. Anyone have any ideas?

Remove the letterbox.

Tie a savage dog to the letterbox. Dont feed it.

> I registered on the Do Not Call list. Is there anything like a Do Not Mail list?

Nope.

> Frankly, I'm being bombarded with spam, junk mail, and telemarketers. I don't like wasting time on that sleazy stuff.


From: Michael Black on 26 Mar 2010 23:14
On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Al wrote:

> There was this very official brown envelope in my mail today that was
> addressed to me or current resident. On the face of the envelope, in red
> letters, it was stated "DO NOT DISCARD." On the left side it announced,
> "URGENT NOTICE: DATED MATERIAL ENCLOSED - TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY. It
> looked somewhat governmental. I opened it to find That it said I had been
> selected, by Beltone, to test out a new hearing aid. Enclosed was something
> entitled a $800 Gift Card from Beltone. The flyer said I could "Redeem" the
> gift card "at your nearest Beltone location." Call now for an appointment.
> On the back of the "gift card," which was glued onto the flyer, it stated
> that it was valid towards th purchase of a Reach or Touch hearing aid system
> (two instruments). $400 maximum off single instrument. (based on msrp.)
> Boy, some gift card!
>
> Well, I'm not about to go flying to my nearest Beltone location, but I would
> like to put a stop to this kind of junk mail coming to me. Anyone have any
> ideas? I registered on the Do Not Call list. Is there anything like a Do
> Not Mail list? Frankly, I'm being bombarded with spam, junk mail, and
> telemarketers. I don't like wasting time on that sleazy stuff.
> Al
>
There was something on the radio, so I guess it was NPR, about the
impending end of Saturday mail delivery in the US (something that
disappeared here in Canada in the early seventies). They pointed out
that a very large percentage of mail nowadays is junk mail, and that's
what's keeping the mail system going. The less junk mail there is, the
less they can sustain the system for the relatively small non-junk mail.

Michael

From: Clincher on 27 Mar 2010 10:31

"Al" <albertr(a)joimail.com> wrote in message
news:vbmdnSwfrcA1tTDWnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d(a)earthlink.com...
> There was this very official brown envelope in my mail today that was
> addressed to me or current resident. On the face of the envelope, in red
> letters, it was stated "DO NOT DISCARD." On the left side it announced,
> "URGENT NOTICE: DATED MATERIAL ENCLOSED - TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY.
> It looked somewhat governmental. I opened it to find That it said I had
> been selected, by Beltone, to test out a new hearing aid. Enclosed was
> something entitled a $800 Gift Card from Beltone. The flyer said I could
> "Redeem" the gift card "at your nearest Beltone location." Call now for
> an appointment. On the back of the "gift card," which was glued onto the
> flyer, it stated that it was valid towards th purchase of a Reach or Touch
> hearing aid system (two instruments). $400 maximum off single instrument.
> (based on msrp.) Boy, some gift card!
>
> Well, I'm not about to go flying to my nearest Beltone location, but I
> would like to put a stop to this kind of junk mail coming to me. Anyone
> have any ideas? I registered on the Do Not Call list. Is there anything
> like a Do Not Mail list? Frankly, I'm being bombarded with spam, junk
> mail, and telemarketers. I don't like wasting time on that sleazy stuff.
> Al

Look up "USPS Prohibitory Order" or "PS 1500". And opt out of credit
prescreening if you haven't already (won't stop gift card offers but targets
credit offers.). Details at the FTC's website.





From: Clincher on 27 Mar 2010 10:39

"Michael Black" <et472(a)ncf.ca> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.64.1003262313030.14883(a)darkstar.example.net...
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Al wrote:
>
>> There was this very official brown envelope in my mail today that was
>> addressed to me or current resident. On the face of the envelope, in red
>> letters, it was stated "DO NOT DISCARD." On the left side it announced,
>> "URGENT NOTICE: DATED MATERIAL ENCLOSED - TO BE OPENED BY ADDRESSEE ONLY.
>> It looked somewhat governmental. I opened it to find That it said I had
>> been selected, by Beltone, to test out a new hearing aid. Enclosed was
>> something entitled a $800 Gift Card from Beltone. The flyer said I could
>> "Redeem" the gift card "at your nearest Beltone location." Call now for
>> an appointment. On the back of the "gift card," which was glued onto the
>> flyer, it stated that it was valid towards th purchase of a Reach or
>> Touch hearing aid system (two instruments). $400 maximum off single
>> instrument. (based on msrp.) Boy, some gift card!
>>
>> Well, I'm not about to go flying to my nearest Beltone location, but I
>> would like to put a stop to this kind of junk mail coming to me. Anyone
>> have any ideas? I registered on the Do Not Call list. Is there anything
>> like a Do Not Mail list? Frankly, I'm being bombarded with spam, junk
>> mail, and telemarketers. I don't like wasting time on that sleazy stuff.
>> Al
> There was something on the radio, so I guess it was NPR, about the
> impending end of Saturday mail delivery in the US (something that
> disappeared here in Canada in the early seventies). They pointed out
> that a very large percentage of mail nowadays is junk mail, and that's
> what's keeping the mail system going. The less junk mail there is, the
> less they can sustain the system for the relatively small non-junk mail.

The sooner USPS is gone, the better.

I already do all my bills, taxes, etc. online. It's only a few holdouts
(mostly government stuff like licensing) that force me to keep and check a
mailbox and eliminating USPS will force them to move to the 21st century.

Those who need their netflixes delivered to their rural addresses will just
have pay the true cost of that delivery and not force the rest of us to
subsidize them with our time and money disposing of junkmail.



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