Cheapskates can make the return address the same as the outgoing address and it should be delivered without a stamp (unless its just swallowed into a post office black hole). My husband's ex-step mother (boy, that gets tricky) has done this.
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I must be on too many mailing lists. I have no idea where they got > my name in most cases, except one was from ASPCA and I did donate to > get the animals out of New Orleans after Katrina. So that one I > understand, but the rest, no. You mean if your friends put your > return address on a letter they are sending w/no postage, it > eventually will come back to you? Do they put the same address on > the outgoing part? That's brilliant! > > > > > -- In [email protected], "James" <ttlsccr@> wrote: > > > > Here's what you do. Send the labels to everyone you know, then > they > > can mail you stuff with no postage. It might take 40 years or so > to > > get back to you though. Me, I paper myself with them before going > > out barhopping, for that added layer of security. > > > > Actually, I've never gotten any of these. We got some cheap-ass > > charities around here. > > > > --- In [email protected], "Nate Allen" > > <nate.allen@> wrote: > > > > > > How many labels can a person really use though? They always seem > to > > send > > > 50-100 labels, and I only send about 2 snail-mail envelopes per > > month... > > > Nine times out of ten I don't even use their labels to send them > a > > new > > > donation! It's all either on line or in person. > > > > > > If there were some more productive use for the 5000 labels per > year > > I get, > > > I'd be a lot happier about it. > > > > > > On 11/29/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% > > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > > > "Aaron Weintraub" > > > > <aaron.weintraub@> wrote: > > > > I used to refrain from using them if I didn't support the cause > > > > because I thought it was unethical or something. But now I'm > like, > > > > screw it, they sent them to me, no one else can use them > > (obviously), > > > > so instead of me giving them my money, I'll take something for > > free > > > > from them! Fine, I'll be THEIR charitable cause! It's not like I > > > > ASKED for the damn labels. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have learned in my life that 'marketing' is a strange > beast. I > > > > tend to be > > > > > a more of a technical person, so I don't understand why an > > > > organization > > > > > would spend money on product for a freebie for the chance that > > > > someone else > > > > > might send money.... but that's why I'm not in marketing. > > > > > > > > > > At any rate, I use the free address labels all the time and > do > > not > > > > feel > > > > > guilty about it at all. I donate to whom I chose to donate > to - > > > > ADL, EFF, > > > > > etc. > > > > > > > > > > Don't worry, the organization has a marketing budget that > takes > > > > things like > > > > > this into account... now as to whether that marketing budget > is > > too > > > > large is > > > > > a different topic of discussion... and one I'm not qualified > on > > to > > > > rule > > > > > either way. I'd guess that they have done studies for cost out > > > > (mailing > > > > > labels) vs cost in for each kind of promo and have seen that > > this > > > > one gives > > > > > them a good ROI. > > > > > > > > > > aw > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
