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Worst Postal Junk Mail?
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:51 am
It's hard to believe that advertisers still use postal junk mail.
What's the dumbest, most wasteful USPS junk mail that you're seeing in your mailbox?
I got:
Car warranties: the mailbox gets flooded whenever we buy a vehicle.
Realtors: we're not selling our house, and would never use your agency that's too far away.
Ocean cruises: don't want to be trapped in a giant floating jail.
Financial Advisors / Insurance Agents: junk mail says you're unable to get new clients with positive word-of-mouth.
What's the dumbest, most wasteful USPS junk mail that you're seeing in your mailbox?
I got:
Car warranties: the mailbox gets flooded whenever we buy a vehicle.
Realtors: we're not selling our house, and would never use your agency that's too far away.
Ocean cruises: don't want to be trapped in a giant floating jail.
Financial Advisors / Insurance Agents: junk mail says you're unable to get new clients with positive word-of-mouth.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:53 am to WB Davis
I get something from Orvis, Johnston Murphy and Viking river cruises about once a week
They are catalogs not just simple post cards
They are catalogs not just simple post cards
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:54 am to WB Davis
Everyone seems to want to sell me insurance or financial services. I guess that's the cross you bear for having a high credit score.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:55 am to WB Davis
quote:
It's hard to believe that advertisers still use postal junk mail.
Why? It’s still effective to put something tangible in their hands, especially when the alternative is email going right to spam.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 10:56 am to Gorilla Ball
quote:Viking must send these to every US resident with a heartbeat.
Viking river cruises
We constantly get these, and have never done anything to suggest we'd want to go on a cruise.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:01 am to WB Davis
quote:
Worst Postal Junk Mail?
All of it. Every single piece.
It's astonishing how much paper is wasted on junk mail that 99.9% of the people throw directly into the trash/recycle.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:02 am to WB Davis
At my office we get the same junk crap addressed to 10 like different people. Total waste of paper and money. We used to get about 4 huge catalogs from Uline...again addressed to different people here. I got sick of them so I finally called and told them we don't need a huge catalog, let alone 4. 
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:04 am to WB Davis
I have a bunch of random llcs, a few years ago I started getting these giant like 2000 page office equipment junk catalogs addressed to all of them. Took up half my recycling bin. Don’t understand how these companies don’t check addresses to consolidate down the mailings they pay for.
Otherwise just the standard flyers one drives me crazy for some reason
Otherwise just the standard flyers one drives me crazy for some reason
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:05 am to LSUMaverick
Ed McMahon Publisher’s Clearing House used to be the GOAT
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:07 am to WB Davis
It's always bad but the worst is the political mail at election time.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:08 am to WB Davis
quote:
It's hard to believe that advertisers still use postal junk mail.
What's the dumbest, most wasteful USPS junk mail that you're seeing in your mailbox?
I got:
Obviously you are not old enough to have had the pleasure of filing for Medicare at age 65. Then searching for Plans B and C coverage to supplement the basic health care.
The amount of snail mail and e-mail is unbelievable.
Oh, and your phone number will get out there, so be prepared for multiple calls a day from those looking to sell you Plans B and C.
I went through this 5 years ago and I got tons of snail mail for at least the first 2 years, along with e-mails and cold calls until if finally tailed off a bit.
Now, 5 years into Medicare and I still get stuff, but a lot less for supplemental plans.
This post was edited on 4/12/23 at 11:37 am
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:11 am to LSUMaverick
I gotta give honorable mention to ULINE, an otherwise great company that constantly sends its massive paper catalog to every address where they've ever shipped a product - and makes it nearly impossible to unsubscribe.
I've only seen this catalog inside our mailbox or in the trash; never on anybody's desk.

I've only seen this catalog inside our mailbox or in the trash; never on anybody's desk.
Posted on 4/12/23 at 11:15 am to WB Davis
Arby's coupons got me through college.
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