Comments on: Won’t work, nice try though

By: I just occurred to me… | Captain of a Crew of One

I just occurred to me… | Captain of a Crew of One — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:55:20 +0000

[...] a an post linking to my original proposal, Standard Mischief says that it won’t work…that the PO just throws it [...]

By: Kristie

Kristie — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:54:20 +0000

I didn’t fix the BRM label to a brick. I used a plain brown box and threw all my unwanted old paperbacks, ripped jeans, ripped socks, worn out shoes, a few outdated canned goods, an old broken cordless phone, and one ripped pocketbook in. I taped it up with clear packing tape, fixed the BRM to it, and slapped it down on the post office counter. I told them it was all set, prepaid and walked out. I weighed it on my digital bathroom scale before I left the house and it weighed almost 40 lbs! Easy way to do some quick house keeping.

By: DJK

DJK — Thu, 01 May 2008 04:05:26 +0000

I take the other crap I get from the other mass mailers….credit card apps, etc… stuff them in and send away.

When a credit card sends me an app with a return envelope and a bunch of leaflets or brochures….I just send it all right back to them in their envelope.

Tee hee hee

By: John Hardin

John Hardin — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:44:16 +0000

Sheet lead.

By: Silence DuGood

Silence DuGood — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:25:09 +0000

Last time the spirit moved me, I sent them a flier for Omaha Steaks, thus dealing with two pieces of junk mail at the same time.

By: Standard Mischief

Standard Mischief — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:56:41 +0000

So it’s got to be heavy enough to incur extra charges, but not so heavy that it gets discarded as obvious waste.

I’d also suggest scanning in and then printing the reply envelope on a bunch of clone envelopes, but that might be abuse/illegal/something bad.

By: Mikee

Mikee — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:44:34 +0000

A Georgia Tech grad student of my acquaintance used to place one slice of Kraft sliced sandwich cheese in the return envelopes to avoid being over the weight limit. His hope was that the recipient used an automated mail opener, and that the cheese might gum up the works.

He also wore a tinfoil hat on certain occasions, and yes I have photos of this, so take this anecdote for what it is worth.

By: Gregory Morris

Gregory Morris — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:39:46 +0000

“stuff it with newsprint”… well, sand would probably work too. Won’t cost as much as a brick, but its heavier than paper.

Just make dang sure it looks like sand, and not an unidentified “white powder”, or you’ll be in a heap of trouble.

By: karrde

karrde — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:36:13 +0000

I’ve heard of people emptying a drawer full of metal washers into one of them business-reply-envelopes, sealing it shut, and sending it…

Not quite a brick, but at least half a pound of steel rolling around inside the envelope.

And the post office charges by the ounce.

By: SayUncle » No on teh funny

SayUncle » No on teh funny — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:19:16 +0000

[...] Turns out, you can’t mail a brick. [...]