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NobodyInParticular

(102 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:16 PM Jan 2012

A way to save the Postal Service

A friend came up with a unique solution to prevent the impending demise of the Postal Service: Simply return all of those business reply envelops with the comment of "Thanks, but no thanks" or something similar. The recipient of the business reply mail(all too often banks making credit card offers) pays for the postage, and--the Postal Service gets revenue. I told him I would have to think about all that...

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A way to save the Postal Service (Original Post) NobodyInParticular Jan 2012 OP
I've been doing that for about 5 years because the junk mail annoyed me so much. virgogal Jan 2012 #1
What do you thing would happen NobodyInParticular Jan 2012 #3
I would hope that it would at least keep it going. I can't virgogal Jan 2012 #8
K&R JDPriestly Jan 2012 #2
My son's a postal carrier gopiscrap Jan 2012 #4
I once heard about this guy who NobodyInParticular Jan 2012 #6
it would certainly help with revenue blondie58 Jan 2012 #5
k+r limpyhobbler Jan 2012 #7
The biggest help would be to not require pension funding for TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #9

NobodyInParticular

(102 posts)
3. What do you thing would happen
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:31 PM
Jan 2012

if everybody who worries about the USPS being decimated would follow your example?

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
2. K&R
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:27 PM
Jan 2012

This is an easy way to have an impact. When I do it, I take my name and address and identifying codes off the mail I am returning. Those credit card offers are especially annoying because they tempt people to break their personal budgets and because they can encourage fraud.

gopiscrap

(24,170 posts)
4. My son's a postal carrier
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 10:53 PM
Jan 2012

been dong this for years along with ordering catalogues from all over then send them back postage return paid by the company!!!

NobodyInParticular

(102 posts)
6. I once heard about this guy who
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:26 PM
Jan 2012

went the extra mile to help the USPS: He went from door to door in his neighborhood and asked neighbors to give him or save business reply envelops. Once he had gotten a batch, he threw away the ones from businesses and organizations that he liked and mailed the rest of them back to the parties that sent them

blondie58

(2,570 posts)
5. it would certainly help with revenue
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 11:10 PM
Jan 2012

The real problem is the 5 Billion+ prepayment of retirees health benefits- something no other federal agency has to do. We are trying to pass HB1851, although there are a couple more Bills that would really destroy the post office.

A retired member of NALC branch 47. Denver Colorado

TheKentuckian

(26,252 posts)
9. The biggest help would be to not require pension funding for
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 01:53 PM
Feb 2012

employees that assumably aren't born yet. 75 years is an absurd window.

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