Re: very confusing.

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

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On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco () ns sol net> wrote:

> > A trick to do on mail (USPS) spammers is take the prepaid mailing =
> > envelope they often include and tape it to a brick wrapped in brown =
> > paper and drop it off at the post office. They have to pay the shipping. =
> > If enough people do it, they go out of business.
>
> That's simply false; local postmasters have had the discretion to discard
> your bricks for years, AND THEY DO.

Yes... Bricks don't work any more. You have to get more creative.

http://www.dogdoo.com offers a selection of products ideally suited for this purpose.
 
> > In this case, do anything you can to waste his time and resources. Call =
> > up and act interested in his services and have them go through their =
> > sales pitch as many times as you can.  Ask for them to mail you =
> > literature. Have them write up proposals and quotes. Then when the last =
> > step left is to actually commit to their service tell them you were just =
> > pulling their chain, and why. If you eat up enough of their time they =
> > end up attending to too few real paying customers and they go out of =
> > business.
>
> But that, on the other hand ...

Not mutually exclusive.

Owen