[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Dana1963

Wait till the snowbirds return and take all the T times then you'll have something to complain about.
I'll be returning around Nov 15

Welcome back, in case I miss you in November.

[inda50]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!

They work hard and preform a valuable service. I am not one , but the few I have known, none are wealthy. and the work is hard. They are underpaid in my opinion.

[manaboutown]

I receive only a trivial amount of junk mail anymore. Some of it is addressed to an aunt who passed away in 1994 as I was the executor of her estate. She contributed small amounts to many different charities so especially around the end of the year I receive mail addressed to her, yes also political tracts and requests for donations. It amazes me that they tracked my moves!

What I used to do for entertainment years ago was stuff postage paid envelopes from advertiser A with material from advertiser B and mail the envelopes. It became a hobby and the amount of junk mail I received dropped precipitously within a short period of time.

Years ago I read a newspaper article on a local who found a use for junk mail and encouraged advertisers to send it to him. I do not know how he did that. He compressed it somehow and burned it in a wood stove to heat his house in the winter. lol

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by JanetMM

And for every 1,000 pieces they get a toaster!

Talk about 1st world problems! Thank goodness we all live where we do. How would we handle real problems that 1/2 the world does? I include myself. I am spoiled and I know it. I will handle these inconveniences and remind myself that they ARE inconveniences and really not problems. But sometimes I do forget, so remind me when I do. 😁

Please remember, we ARE the first world, of course we have first world problems.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Postal workers spend their entire career delivering tons of paper to people, 95 percent of which is worthless trash. And, they are paid more money than the people who pick up and dispose of the trash. What a system!

We should be glad one service that hasn’t shipped jobs overseas. The people that has to sort and deliver mail are hard working and the deserve descent wage. But, like all government jobs all the money and benefits goes to management which adds nothing to value or daily service. In most cases they are they are the hindrance.

[MrFlorida]

I prefer junk mail over bills.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

I receive only a trivial amount of junk mail anymore. Some of it is addressed to an aunt who passed away in 1994 as I was the executor of her estate. She contributed small amounts to many different charities so especially around the end of the year I receive mail addressed to her, yes also political tracts and requests for donations. It amazes me that they tracked my moves!

What I used to do for entertainment years ago was stuff postage paid envelopes from advertiser A with material from advertiser B and mail the envelopes. It became a hobby and the amount of junk mail I received dropped precipitously within a short period of time.

Years ago I read a newspaper article on a local who found a use for junk mail and encouraged advertisers to send it to him. I do not know how he did that. He compressed it somehow and burned it in a wood stove to heat his house in the winter. lol

It is amazing that very often when you make a donation to a particular charity you get almost weekly requests for more donations.

Not to mention that they often sell your name to other charities.

[davem4616]

seems like every charity that we've ever given money sends us requests for more money every month...which we ignore, as we
now only give to one charity that has the least amount of overhead....

I just toss everything else....but would love to get off their mailing lists

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by davem4616

seems like every charity that we've ever given money sends us requests for more money every month...which we ignore, as we
now only give to one charity that has the least amount of overhead....

I just toss everything else....but would love to get off their mailing lists

Even more annoying is when they start sending you "free gifts" that you have no use for and do not want.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

I thought a couple times, bundle all junk mail for a month, mark it "Return to Sender".
Then maybe someone out there would get the hint.

Won't work ... only first class mail or mail marked (and paid for) "address update requested" will get returned. The rest goes in the trash by the USPS.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Package delivery, prescription delivery, bills, health insurance statements, postcards from friends, wedding invitations, magazines I subscribe to - and I use the postal service to pay bills, write to friends.

In all, a useful service and dirt-cheap. Have you priced out the cost to send a letter via the cheapest FedEx option? Or send a response to a wedding invitation? How much do you think your Good Housekeeping subscription would cost if they had to send each month's edition via UPS?

I don't mind the junk mail. Sometimes it's actually entertaining. Usually I just throw it in the trash.

You still send checks by mail? I bought 200 checks well over 10 years ago (still has previous banks before Wells Fargo name on them with same account number) and still have over 180 left. I get ZERO bills (except from Sumter Tax which are also online) in the mail. Virtually EVERYTHING is done online for MANY years. We go to mailbox maybe once every 10 or so days to clean it out unless I ordered from Amazon but even they use their own truck now. If we don't clean it out the postal folks get mad at us. I wish they knew already that I don't want to be cremated and that Leroy, who lived here before he died 4 years ago, is pushing up daisies somewhere!!


Bottom line though is that without junkmail we'd never get the 1 or 2 letters a year we get because USPS would be out of business.

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by inda50

They work hard and preform a valuable service. I am not one , but the few I have known, none are wealthy. and the work is hard. They are underpaid in my opinion.

I agree whole heartedly...

[Girlcopper]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Have you been getting daily junk mail in your mail box lately?
It's getting so bad, it isn't worth the trip to walk down the driveway.

No I don't need earing aids
No I have enough credit cards
No I don't want/need a new car
No I don't want to sell my house

Save this crap for the snow-birds

Thats what trash cans are for. Easy solution. And why would you try and shove it off on snowbirds?

[SacDQ]

The digital foot print that we create is mined and the information is sold. The results is all the junk mail we receive on a daily basis. It was always bad but has increased exponential since COVID has us all shopping on the internet.

[birdiebill]

It is so easy to just take the mail home and throw the junk mail in my trash can as I go from the garage into the house. There is no additional charge for trash if you put your junk mail in your own trash for twice a week pick-up.