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> yup, i would think a letter from your state AG would get their attention.
> go for it.
> tho i'm sure the gators will be really disappointed they wont have a tasty
> lunch, oh well.
> idiots often need a heads up from those higher up than them.
> j.
> "Polly Esther" wrote ...
> Oh my goodness, Jeanne, how I love you.
> I'd guess a tiny bit of Swansdown cake flour from your recipe for
> refrigerator cookies would send them into a real snit. NOT going to do
> that
> but I really do need to get their attention.
> I read the fine print. I can still read fine print. There's an
> incredible charge for using the checks. Wouldn't even *think* of doing
> that. . . but it is, as you say, extremely Stupid for them to send them
> out.
> Even retired, I still have friends in low places and high. Wonder if a
> snappy letter from our state's Attorney General would get their attention?
> Polly
> "J*" wrote ...
>> surely that is not only illegal but also extremely stupid?
>> my first thot was when you're busy making that pumpkin butterscotch
>> bread,
>> some of the flour accidently get into the return envelope.
>> then tell the gators to get ready for some fun and games as the powers
>> that
>> be surround your house.
>> then i thot better of it, maybe its not the best thing to do, even if it
>> is
>> a good idea.
>> scare the bejeezus outta them.
>> actually how about calling their 0800# and tell them what you think about
>> what they are doing.
>> can you also tell them you will cancel your credit card if it ever
>> happens
>> again?
>> i dont know what else might get the point across to them that it is a
>> really
>> stupid thing to do.
>> how about calling the better business bureau or consumer protection
>> office
>> or whatever other consumer protection place there. must be something like
>> that on a national level to protect consumers.
>> j.
>> "Polly Esther" wrote ...
>> And another 'in the mail' aggravation. I keep receiving blank checks
>> from
>> my credit card company. The checks have my name, address and some bar
>> code
>> that surely relates to my credit card number printed on them.
>> What if 'down the lane Bubba smoking unidentified green leafy
>> substances' happens to receive them instead of me?
>> Time after time, I cut holes in the checks, return them to the credit
>> card company and beg them to cease and desist. To no avail. Is there a
>> non-violent solution? Polly
>>> I just received two magazine renewal notices from a company called
>>> Publishers Periodical Service, one is Sew News (never ordered and
>>> don't want) for $49.95 and Quiltmaker, which I do subscribe to (paid
>>> through J/F 2010) and they are asking $19.95 renewal, but I can renew
>>> online with the actual magazine for $17.95. Just a heads up to warn
>>> folks to pay close attention to your magazine renewals.
>>> In the past I haven't scrutinized these very close, I think now I will
>>> put these on my calendar.
>>> Laura in Chesapeake, VA
>

>
> "Polly Esther" wrote ... And another 'in the mail' aggravation. I
> keep receiving blank checks from my credit card company. The checks
> have my name, address and some bar code that surely relates to my
> credit card number printed on them. What if 'down the lane Bubba
> smoking unidentified green leafy substances' happens to receive them
> instead of me? Time after time, I cut holes in the checks, return
> them to the credit card company and beg them to cease and desist. To
> no avail. Is there a non-violent solution? Polly
>
>

>And another 'in the mail' aggravation. I keep receiving blank checks
>from my credit card company. The checks have my name, address and some
>bar code that surely relates to my credit card number printed on them.
> What if 'down the lane Bubba smoking unidentified green leafy
>substances' happens to receive them instead of me?
> Time after time, I cut holes in the checks, return them to the
>credit card company and beg them to cease and desist. To no avail. Is
>there a non-violent solution? Polly

> And another 'in the mail' aggravation. I keep receiving blank checks
> from my credit card company. The checks have my name, address and some
> bar code that surely relates to my credit card number printed on them.
> What if 'down the lane Bubba smoking unidentified green leafy
> substances' happens to receive them instead of me?
> Time after time, I cut holes in the checks, return them to the credit
> card company and beg them to cease and desist. To no avail. Is there a
> non-violent solution? Polly

want the checks before she finally accepted I was serious! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)

> Polly Esther wrote:
> > And another 'in the mail' aggravation. =A0I keep receiving blank checks
> > from my credit card company. =A0The checks have my name, address and so=

> > bar code that surely relates to my credit card number printed on them.
> > =A0 =A0What if 'down the lane Bubba smoking unidentified green leafy
> > substances' happens to receive them instead of me?
> > =A0 =A0Time after time, I cut holes in the checks, return them to the c=

> > card company and beg them to cease and desist. =A0To no avail. =A0Is th=

> > non-violent solution? =A0Polly
> =A0 =A0 Written somewhere on the papers that are included with the checks
> there is, in VERY TINY print, the notice that if you don't want to
> receive the checks any more, you can call and cancel them. =A0There shoul=

> be a phone number included -- likely in even smaller print, to call. =A0I
> did this and the checks stopped coming. =A0Of course, it took me at least
> half a dozen times of telling the person I spoke with that I did not
> want the checks before she finally accepted I was serious! =A0CiaoMeow >^=

> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< =A0 (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> their whiskers!
> Visit my Photo albums at =A0http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary