 obeydarklord
Male, 18-29, Western US
 1364 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 8:23:45 PM
well 8bit, is it really that hard to grasp?
i used to do this back when the post office was relevant |
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 pyrochem
Male, 18-29, Western US
59 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:14:43 PM
My mom had her wallet stolen many years ago. The crook was nice enough to mail back the wallet and cards after removing all of the cash. He used this method to return it (it was mailed locally). So it does work, or at least it used to... |
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 NitroJunkie
Male, 70 & Over, Africa
766 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:48:36 AM
I like to use e-mail, so yeah... |
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 Garu
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
564 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:23:59 AM
Take a firecracker and baby powder, cut open the the firecracker and sprinkle alittle power in envelope with alittle baby powder and it will get there first class. |
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 8BitHero
Male, 18-29, Europe
5417 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:28:44 AM
I... don't get it. |
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 collinh
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
21 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:03:29 AM
It definitely works if you're just mailing something across town... but if the return address (i.e. the "destination") was in a town hundreds of miles away and the feaux destination (your address) was in the town where the letter was found to have no stamp I think they would catch on because how would the letter have made it to that station with no stamp. |
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venice08
Male, 18-29, Europe
109 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 2:01:31 AM
See here McSchwoopyams.....that be a felony if the right a-hole got wind of thee |
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 Pinkminx22
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
712 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 1:50:03 AM
dang, I usually buy the forever stamps wich would still be good in 5 years even if postage goes up in price, however they are like 20 bucks for a single book..and for me 20 bucks for stamps is kind of expensive..but I like to keep a book in my purse in case I need a stamp LOL |
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 Lauryn
Female, 18-29, Australia
440 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 1:02:09 AM
I dont know about over in the US but you could probably get away with this here, I used to work in a PO for a while and they say your surposed to check each letter that comes in.. for re-used stamps ect, but honestly who can be bothered to look at every god damned one?
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bridog6996
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
562 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:49:30 AM
People still send letters? |
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 HumboldtPie
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
310 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:34:03 AM
@0Sigma0
Adds up if your a spam-bot... |
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 0Sigma0
Female, 30-39, Eastern US
515 Posts
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011 12:03:52 AM
OMG you'll have an extra FORTY-FOUR CENTS to blow! |
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HumboldtPie
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
310 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:56:17 PM
I'm hungry
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 VictoryRider
Male, 40-49, Eastern US
9370 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:38:26 PM
What is this mail think you refer to? |
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 XenonXavior
Male, 18-29, Canada
49 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:34:48 PM
I've had this idea in the past. It's called mail fraud. I don't recommend it. |
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 dumbassbufet
Male, 13-17, Canada
75 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:45:13 PM
here's another way to do this.
1. log on to G-Mail
2. click new message
3. click send message |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:03:41 PM
This would have worked many years ago. |
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 human_exile
Male, 13-17, Midwest US
881 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:01:48 PM
"why don't you just walk over and deliver it yourself?"
why not save the paper/time and just call them |
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 lukeforv123
Male, 18-29, Western US
891 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:48:16 PM
No doubt it would work if you're sending it to the same zip code. Not like you can do this sending a letter from LA to NY |
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godthaab
Male, 18-29, Canada
214 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:30:55 PM
This is from a book called "Steal This Book" by Abby Hoffman, a 60s cult classic. |
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 ruthless1990
Female, 18-29, Europe
2987 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:20:13 PM
they just keep the letter and send a notice to either the postal address or the return address (depending who the post office its with is nearest)saying "not enough funds, please pay £X funds plus a £1 fine" which you then have to go and pay at said post office, and then either pick up that card or re-pay for it to be sent.
trust me on this one. never under fund a letter, not worth the hassle. always check. |
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 TR-Wolf
Male, 18-29, Europe
1565 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:50:11 PM
They rarely "return to sender" these days. They just don't send them and incinerate them as lost letters. |
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 RuralNinja
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
521 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:13:25 PM
This might still work,but only if you're sending this within the same zip code. And if you're sending it in the same zip code, why don't you just walk over and deliver it yourself? |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:54:47 AM
This will only work if the letter is local. Why ?
See those first 3 numbers of your zipcode, Yeah those are distribution center numbers, the next 2 are the local post office number. The distribution center knows which letters are sent from which location, thus if you attempt to send a letter, like this, outside your zip code it won't work, they'll detect that the letter was sent from your location and return it with a big red stamp "Wrong address" and "No Postage".
Also, Before you think of doing this, even locally, it is a federal crime "Mail Fraud". So unless you like spending time in a federal penitentiary it's really not worth saving 42 cents. |
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 Zach82
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
316 Posts
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:40:59 AM
Y'know, the guv'ment doesn't mess around when it comes to mail fraud. |
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