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Showing posts with label junk mail. Show all posts

12.28.2009

Less junk mail means cuts for U.S. Postal Service


"... Faced with dwindling revenue thanks to the economic recession and something called the Internet, the U.S. Postal Service is cutting back. The cuts have come primarily through attrition, according to Menlo Park Postmaster Jeff Gaskill. He said that much of the decline in revenue had come with businesses cutting back on sending mailers...."  
Source: www.almanacnews.com




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3.24.2009

Downfall of the Postal Service?

Will "DoNotMail" kill the Postal Service?


American mailboxes are inundated with junk mail. More than 100,000,000,000 pieces of junk mail are delivered each year—that’s more than 800 pieces per household. In fact, junk mail in the United States accounts for one-third of all the mail delivered in the world. Even though 44% of that mail goes to the landfill unopened, we still spend 8 months of our lives dealing with it all.
Source: www.donotmail.org


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11.24.2008

A mailman who didn't deliver


"... Hero or criminal? Steven Padgett, a mailman in North Carolina, stacked years of junk mail in his garage and buried some in his yard. Not one customer complained...."  
Source: www.startribune.com




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9.23.2008

Stamp out junk mail ...and get $1.00

GreenDimes


"... With GreenDimes, you can stop up to 90% of your junk mail - guaranteed. We work with you and the largest group of marketers and catalogs — over 4,500 and growing — to make sure you get only the mail you want. Give it a Try.. Get $1 This is so important, we're paying our first 5 million members $1 just to try the service, with no strings attached, and results guaranteed...."  
Source: www.greendimes.com




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