_______________________________________ | | | --| Mailing Without Stamps Part 1 |-- | | | | Hell, twenty-two cents is too much! | | | | _| Produced by: Riff Raff |_ | | | + | | | | Acid Reign | | | | | | | | Used Against: U.S. Mail | | |_______________________________________| _____________________________________________________________________________ A Short Introduction to the Free-Mailing Process _____________________________________________________________________________ The other day, I had to write a few thousand "Thank You" letters, for all the gifts given me on my birthday to all of my zillion relatives. So, like any SMART person, I just ran these all off through AppleWorks, with a form letter. Not all that personal, but it's better than nothing, which is what they would have gotten had I not owned a computer. Yet, when I went to the post office to mail these letters, and noticed that every stamp carried a twenty-two cent price tag, I realized that mailing all these would cost more than I wished to spend. So, I began to discover new mailing methods... _____________________________________________________________________________ Company and Corporation Cheats _____________________________________________________________________________ The first thing I decided to do was to return home, disgusted with the national government. On my way inside, I stumbled across a flyer which I had received in the mail for a Laser 128 computer - it was labeled... Bulk Rate U.S. Postage PAID Portland, OR Permit No. 1990 Well, I thought, since they already PAID, they wouldn't be charged for my comparatively miniscule sum of lettering; it would seem useless for me to pay also; the post office received a rather large sum from the company to cover their postage rates, probably enough to pay for MY postage, too... So, I decided to let my fingers to the walking. I opened to the yellow pages, and scanned some buisnesses in my area, marking down the largest ones. I called up my "select" buisnesses, and asked for some further information on such things as their present sale, some of their policies, or anything that I could get in the mail. In a few weeks, I got 9 or 10 "Bulk Rate" letters, a proverbial nest of possibility! Next, I went down to a local store, which makes custom stamps, in your name, or saying whatever you would like. I talked to the employee, and told him what I wanted printed on my stamp. I ordered it to look as follows... __________________ | | | BULK RATE | | U.S. Postage | | PAID | | Permit No. 100 | | Detroit, MI | |__________________| This sample was made from a "Car-rt Sort" pamphalet which announced a sale presently going on at Towne and Country Interiors. (I also found that "Non-Profit Org." stamps work just as well.) Then, I purchased an ink pad, and when the form stamp was finished, I was all set. I went through all my letters, put the ink stamp in the upper right corner, and dropped them in the mailbox right across the street from T&C Interiors. Everything worked just fine, the letters all reached their destinations intact, and I ended up with a $0.50 stamp which I can use over and over again... Have Phun... _____________________________________________________________________________ - FreeMailing - is a TradeMark of DeadMan Operations and Activities, Inc. (K)opyWrong 1986 All Rights Phucked _____________________________________________________________________________