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Unsolicited Credit Card Offers[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#102)
by Anonymous User on Sun Aug 27, 2006 at 01:22:52 PM PDT

People talked about stuffing junk into the business reply envelope. Back before 9/11, I used to keep a supply of very thin sheet lead. I'd cut a piece to just fit inside the business reply envelope and drop it in the mail. That would be asking for lots of trouble now. What I have done sometimes recently is to tape 39 pennies onto a card, with a note thanking them for their attention and stating that I'm paying their postage to make sure they never send me another such mailing.

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Don't know if this works[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#169)
by Anonymous User on Tue Sep 12, 2006 at 06:28:06 PM PDT

A few years ago when I was still underage, i would recieve credit card offers. One day I got fed up, and called the phone number on the form. I spoke to the person, exaggerated and asked "Can I really have a credit card?!?!? I'm only 13!!" not only did the offers from the one company stop but all of them. I was curious how they got my information in the first place.

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