Once Upon A Time, so I am told. . .
@GardenGerty (169453)
United States
April 9, 2016 9:53am CST
I have mentioned junk mail and sending it in to companies in some other discussions of mine. I have a friend with a wicked sense of humor.
Long before the internet, we were discussing all these free credit card offers and loan offers that come in the mail. She says that this is what she used to do:
She said she would open the offers up, and of course there were self addressed return envelopes. She would return the paperwork, with a version of this statement:
"Your offer came just in time. I will take the full amount My car broke down on the highway and I cannot pay the towing and I lost my job last Wednesday. My husband just ran off with his girlfriend and my poor old mamma needs surgery."
She claimed that the offers quit almost immediately when she responded this way.
She was always quite outrageous, so I think she may have actually done this.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
9 Apr 16
Sounds like how a friend answere d telemarketer. They asked to speak to her husband. She told them to let her know when they found that lying, cheating son of a b*****. The telemarketer apologized for bothering this woman. As an aside, they are a happily married couple.
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@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
10 Apr 16
Probably these days there is some way to tell about this stuff, but I loved the thought of doing it.
@RasmaSandra (97954)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr 16
@GardenGerty that is so funny. I too hated those offers now I am happy when the offers come they land in my spam box.
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@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
9 Apr 16
I send them in to a company that collects the data.
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@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
9 Apr 16
I have a place that collects them and is supposed to pay me once I have enough points. This lady was bold and funny.
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@crystalvisions (440)
• United Kingdom
10 Apr 16
What a great idea! I have my own ideas with crank phone calls but I must be lucky as I dont get actual junk paper mail.
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@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
11 Apr 16
I have caller ID for the phone calls and I refuse to even pick it up if I do not know the number.
@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
9 Apr 16
I am sure you are right. It is fun for me to know someone who did this.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
9 Apr 16
Now that is one way to get them to stop.
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@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
9 Apr 16
You would hope so.. I love her sense of humor.
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@snowy22315 (208823)
• United States
9 Apr 16
HAHA. I am continually getting "offers" from Capital One..this is a company that I am very leery of getting involved with. I hate the whole you are pre approved,,but stil have to apply, junk.
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
9 Apr 16
That is really funny and a great way to get them to stop! 
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
9 Apr 16
Very funny.
It does say something so true about these offers we get too.
It does say something so true about these offers we get too.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (169453)
• United States
9 Apr 16
Yes it does. I get tired of them coming in.
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@Marilynda1225 (91064)
• United States
9 Apr 16
That sounds like a good way to stop those annoying mail offers. I hate when my mailbox is clogged with junk and I have to recycle it all
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Apr 16
I had read a long time ago about tearing up offers and putting them in the prepaid envelopes and actually did that.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
9 Apr 16
LOL that is pretty funny that she would do that. I just throw the junk mail in the burn pile and when burn it all once a week or so. I would worry that if I did what your friend did that they would sign me up and then I would be stuck with a credit card when I was just joking around.
@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 Apr 16
that's pretty funny. I know another who stuffs all the junk mail in those, since they pay postage on weight later, so makes them as heavy as they can
