Harold and Susan Vordos wrote:
Of late we've been bombarded by junk mail from Capital 1. In this case,
they include a pre-paid return envelope. My understanding is that they must
pay 37 cents for the return of each one they receive, so we've been sending
them back, individually, but all mailed at the same time, once per week,
with only our name and address---by tearing it off the application form
(credit card, which we rarely use) giving them the opportunity to remove us
from their mailing list. If they don't, we'll continue tossing the junk
into the recycling bin (we live in paper country) and watching them spend
the investor's money on mailings that are doing nothing more than alienating
potential customers. Like you, I'm totally annoyed with these folks.
The wasting of natural resources is disgusting.

You'd think that receiving a half dozen returns per week from the same two
individuals would provide a message----and maybe it has. For the past
week, we've received nothing. They've either decided it costs too much to
annoy us, or they're between cycles. Time will tell.

Harold

A while back I made a big mistake with Capital One. I needed a Visa card
so I could use BidPay, but I only have a MasterCard. One of the more
reputable credit card companies turned me down (I later learnt that they
were more fussy than most) so I opened a Capital One letter which
promised they'd accept me and filled out the form. A week or so later I
received their terms and conditions and decided against getting a
Capital One Visa card. Their terms and conditions were full of little
clauses which allowed them to charge extra fees. So I chucked the
agreement away, and now I get about three times the amount of Capital
One junk mail I used to get!

Chris