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Posted by Sandy E on October 1, 2009, 3:50 pm
Howdy!
Belinda, the people who use/buy the mailing lists usually don't
know how the names were collected or from what source. That's why I like
to change names on some forms, see where it ends up.
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Yesterday, Automotive News for Rag Mop at my home address. <G>
Last week: Quilter & Quilter's Newsletter sent 3 renewals, to my home
address, post office and to my son who never officially picked up quilting.
My favorite: real estate ads for Snadra Ellisor. I didn't start that!
Wishing you better times ahead,
Ragmop/Sandy - this past week or local post office set out a recycling bin
inside one wing: FINALLY!
I'm thinking the USPS could make a bundle on recycling, if they
just try it ... and they need the money!
On 10/1/09 12:00 PM, in article von9c5pmp5232qui9689ib6nchqo71287a@4ax.com,
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> On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:41:48 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Zachary Smith"
>
>> It's not all that mysterious. Businesses sell your information
>> (whatever they have or can get) and there's an entire industry based
>> on that. Mailing lists are big money; ten years ago they were worth $.
>> 75 to $1.00 PER NAME for targeted lists, and that was just the RENTAL
>> price. I used to promise customers that their info would never be
>> sold, leased, or divulged except by court order, and I kept that
>> promise (and never got into any legal trouble anyway, so...) A lot of
>> small businesses are doing the same thing today.
>>
>> Doc
>
> To add to the fun, it is not just businesses that sell addresses. Due to
> unemployment reasons, I made use of the local food bank. The food bank
> misspelled my last name. I am now getting all kinds of junk mail with that
> same
> misspelling. The churches involved in making money selling these address
> lists
> might be making some money, but the junk mail distributors are not. At least
> not from here. If I am so broke I am using a food bank, then I don't have
> money
> for purchase of any extras.
>
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Posted by Allison on September 24, 2009, 10:11 am
It's good to know that there's a way of stopping them. I've just been
putting them thru the shredder, but it's true that they could be
intercepted along the way so better not to get them in the first place.
Allison
Tia Mary wrote:
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> 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
>
> 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. There should
> be a phone number included -- likely in even smaller print, to call. I
> did this and the checks stopped coming. Of 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! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (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 http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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Posted by Michelle C. on September 25, 2009, 2:58 pm
Tia Mary wrote:
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> 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
>
> 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. There should
> be a phone number included -- likely in even smaller print, to call. I
> did this and the checks stopped coming. Of 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! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
>
> PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (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 http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
Thanks! Next time I get some I'll try it.
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
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Posted by M Enneking on September 24, 2009, 8:59 am
I work in a bank, and find these are a pain for us too. There is no way we
can call to verify if there are funds available, so we are taking a chance
if we cash one. Because the fees are so high (these are considered cash
advances) people who want to cash these are usually in some kind of bind,
and are not happy when we have to refuse them.
Linda
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> 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
>
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Posted by Taria on September 24, 2009, 9:34 am
Polly, If you just give the CC company a call and ask they
will quit sending the checks. It just takes a couple of
minutes and it really works.
Taria
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> 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
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