Half of the mail in my mailbox

You know those credit card offers that come in the mail EVERY DAY. You can do something about it… instead of throwing them in the trash, mail them back. Now, don’t include the letter that has your name on it, but mail back all of the advertising material, the fake credit card and anything else that’s nearby. I sometimes mail back the underwear ads from the Sunday paper.

This accomplishes three things:
1) The credit card company has to pay for the postage, so there’s less money in their budget for future mailings
2) It sends the trash back to their state so it doesn’t go in your landfill
3) The post office makes more money off the credit card companies – and they could use the income

Plus, it’s fun to see what kinds of things you can find to put in those postage-paid envelopes!

Of course, you can also mail them back and ask them to take you off their mailing list, but that doesn't always work... and there will be more.