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    I only carry one card, however since the return envelope is postage paid I like to send them "valuable" coupons to local establishments. That way if they are ever in my area I can save them some money
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    Originally posted by greenskeeper View Post
    I only carry one card, however since the return envelope is postage paid I like to send them "valuable" coupons to local establishments. That way if they are ever in my area I can save them some money
    Hopefully, those local establishments accept credit cards.

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      I used to attach those return postage paid envelopes to a brick or rock and send that back to them. Didn't always work, but when it did, I'm sure they were happy to get such a useful item.

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      • #4
        It was eight or nine years ago that I remitted a request to receive no unasked for credit card offers. It has worked very well.

        https://www.optoutprescreen.com (Today I found this opt-out service, though I don't recall if that is the same way I did it.)
        "There is some ontological doubt as to whether it may even be possible in principle to nail down these things in the universe we're given to study." --text msg from my kid

        "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." --Frederick Douglass

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        • #5
          Originally posted by greenskeeper View Post
          I only carry one card, however since the return envelope is postage paid I like to send them "valuable" coupons to local establishments. That way if they are ever in my area I can save them some money
          Well, I mean, they paid for the postage (mighty nice of them!), so I see offering them a coupon for a few bucks off at the local pizza joint to be a very friendly gesture in return.

          But then again, what else would I use to start fires in my outdoor fire pit? Junk mail goes up in a flash! -And I also don't have to haul it to the dump.
          History will judge the complicit.

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