Comments on: What Do You Think: Financially Sticking It To A Company

By: Abigail

Abigail — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:45:23 +0000

It’s not only wrong — vote with your dollar not with sneaky habits — but it’s kind of pointless. All this does is raise costs for the company, which passes it on to consumers. So these people are essentially just hurting other consumers.
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By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:55:01 +0000

I just feel like I’m hearing more about this stuff. I get how consumers feel more empowered, which is great on a lot of levels, but as a business owner myself, I feel like someone being outright mean to me seems counterproductive.

By: used cell phone

used cell phone — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:41:13 +0000

what i want to say is if a company is sending u junk mails then sort the mail over your recycling bin and get your name off junk mail lists.

By: mb

mb — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:51:44 +0000

Um, taping that prepaid postage label on a new package is not perfectly legal. It’s either theft or fraud. Your friend should be careful! I always mark junk mail return to sender and tell them to remove the address from their lists. If they will not, I file a prohibitory mailing order (who is the US postal service to say that LA Fitness add isn’t sexually titillating to you?). Beyond that, it’s fairly hard to waste a company’s money (and I am one to mail packages from work or at least I was back when Americans had jobs). Perhaps you can make tiny purchases on the credit card that charges the highest merchant fee as a percent of the total (American Express). You can buy things and return them, which results in longer lines, destroyed merchandise that can’t be resold as new…it’s all passive aggressive.

By: Whitney

Whitney — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:10:24 +0000

I don’t think it’s ethical to mail something like that back to a company. It may be legal, but that doesn’t make it right. The intent is clearly to pay for something much lighter. They have the right to solicit you (most of the time) and you have every right to avoid such solicitation (including a phone call to get off their list, getting on the no-contact list, or my favorite method, simply tossing it in the trash. Really, how hard is that?

By: Tina@ www.commoncent

Tina@ www.commoncent — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:25 +0000

I believe a "lesson" is only learned if it is clear what the lesson is. I'm not sure that any big company will learn a lesson from having their links clicked, and mailing packages seems like an outright mean prank. Pretty sure that two wrongs still don't make a right! I try to teach my kids not to be mean to another kid just because the other kid is mean first, in my opinion adopting some of these "stick it to em" practices would make me a hypocrite. Just my two cents!
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By: Kayla K at Kayla K's Thrifty Ways

Kayla K at Kayla K's Thrifty Ways — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:58:37 +0000

I don't have enough time and energy to be mean to companies. Just sort the mail over your recycling bin and get your name off junk mail lists. I don't feel like companies are mean to me, just a little annoying. .-= Kayla K at Kayla K's Thrifty Ways´s last blog ..Frugal (Re)Fashion =-.