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Buck Bailey

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Does anyone else here get a ridiculous amount of them?

I get 1-2/3-4 of them every day! it's just become way out of hand. All they have done is ruin it for the legit good ones.

Now that said, I LUV animals but ... just the other day I received one from a donkey/mule, rescue/farm down in Texas.
The suggested amount was 50/100/150 .

If I gave to all these solicitations, hell I wouldn't have any left for me!
 
Nope. once in a blue moon, I will send something to an animal rescue if there’s been some sort of weather disaster in my region and they are asking for help, but that’s it.
 
Nope, we have donated to our volunteer fire dept here..very much needed. I tried sending money years go
after see military person with no arms or legs. Until the news broke out what a farce that was. So, I have a "I will call you policy vs you call me."
 
We get them from organizations that we typically donate to... MD Anderson, St. Jude, ASPCA, and a couple of local food banks.
 
You can block a number of email addresses via settings or something. Check your email provider site or google them on how to do it. But they may pop up with different email return addresses. Always check the return address to be sure it really is from the organization they say they are.
I give to select few charities. My problem is political groups. I get many from Trump and Republican requests every week. I get mail even from Kamala. I spend many minutes daily with the delete button on those and ads.
 
Buck Bailey said:
How do I stop the onslaught??
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Personally, I don't want to stop the onslaught. When I get a request for a charity, it usually comes with free return-address labels, which I need. They send them to make people feel obligated to donate. I have a nice supply of them. I just throw everything else away.
I often receive pre-paid funeral offers (they know how old you are & they market pre-paid funerals to everyone over 70). They include a postage-paid envelope for my check. Instead of a check, I stuff the envelope with other junk mail advertising to weigh the envelope down so they have to pay more postage.
Or pre-paid long-term care insurance plans - complete with their "statistics" of the likelihood of my needing long-term care - strokes, heart attacks, diseases, etc. I don't get those any more after I sent this note in the return envelope: (feel free to use it) :giggle:

Hi, folks:​

Thank you so much for sending me the information about buying long-term care insurance. It was very thoughtful of you to remind me that I could suddenly become permanently bedridden at any time. Your genuine concern for my health & finances has touched me deeply. In this fast-paced, indifferent world, it is refreshing to see people who really care about others.
To show my sincere appreciation, I have enclosed some valuable discount coupons for your benefit. I save these coupons for kind, thoughtful, caring, wonderful people like you. Since I believe that kindness should always be rewarded, I will continue to bestow such gifts upon you each time you are thoughtful enough to mail me more information.
I look forward to hearing from you in the future.

PS: It was very thoughtful & generous of you to provide me with a postage-paid envelope & pay the substantial return postage – especially when the envelope was weighed down with that thick stack of valuable coupons I was thoughtful enough to enclose.
 
Tony Nathanson said:
Personally, I don't want to stop the onslaught. When I get a request for a charity, it usually comes with free return-address labels, which I need. They send them to make people feel obligated to donate. I have a nice supply of them. I just throw everything else away.
I often receive pre-paid funeral offers (they know how old you are & they market pre-paid funerals to everyone over 70). They include a postage-paid envelope for my check. Instead of a check, I stuff the envelope with other junk mail advertising to weigh the envelope down so they have to pay more postage.
Or pre-paid long-term care insurance plans - complete with their "statistics" of the likelihood of my needing long-term care - strokes, heart attacks, diseases, etc. I don't get those any more after I sent this note in the return envelope: (feel free to use it) :giggle:

Hi, folks:​

Thank you so much for sending me the information about buying long-term care insurance. It was very thoughtful of you to remind me that I could suddenly become permanently bedridden at any time. Your genuine concern for my health & finances has touched me deeply. In this fast-paced, indifferent world, it is refreshing to see people who really care about others.
To show my sincere appreciation, I have enclosed some valuable discount coupons for your benefit. I save these coupons for kind, thoughtful, caring, wonderful people like you. Since I believe that kindness should always be rewarded, I will continue to bestow such gifts upon you each time you are thoughtful enough to mail me more information.
I look forward to hearing from you in the future.

PS: It was very thoughtful & generous of you to provide me with a postage-paid envelope & pay the substantial return postage – especially when the envelope was weighed down with that thick stack of valuable coupons I was thoughtful enough to enclose.
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You must have a lot of time on your hands to bother with stuff like this.
 
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