junk mail

3 Ways to Ban Spam and Stop Junk

Posted November 20, 2009 - 08:42 by Stacy Johnson

Technology, Consumer Affairs

Junk mail kills trees; Spam and unsolicited phone calls kill your day. Here's the best way to get rid of all three!

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Capital One: What’s In Your Envelope?

Posted July 11, 2008 - 03:07 by Linsey Knerl

Personal Finance, Consumer Affairs

Just when I thought credit card companies couldn’t get any more wasteful, I received the mother of all credit card offers in the mail. Excited by what I thought was something worthwhile in a rather thick envelope, I got duped. And the contents weren’t even worth reusing…..

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Junk Mail revenge part 2 - It's WAR!

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Consumer Affairs

war!

In my last article about the dreaded junk mail, I showed you how to make some easy money from a ValPak coupon. Hopefully, a few of you have already taken advantage of that. Well, now it's time for the next stage of my anti junk mail campaign. This one is a lot of fun, and if enough of us do it the junk mailers will be out of pocket by many thousands of dollars.

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Junk Mail revenge part 1 - Make fast cash reselling junk mail.

Posted 2 years ago by Paul Michael

Filed Under: Life Hacks, Deals and Coupons

If you're anything like me, you hate opening your mailbox to see a whole pile of junk mail waiting for you. Credit Card offers (more on those in part 2 of this series ), fake checks from mortgage firms, endless reams of useless coupons and, of course, the trusty 1lb envelope of garbage from ValPak. But a friend recently told me of a hidden gem inside the ValPak envelope. A gem that's worth at least $20.

The voucher that's like Wonka's golden ticket.
Inside ValPak envelopes (depending on your zip code) is a voucher from Northwest Airlines. It looks something like the picture below (I apologize for the poor quality, it's the best pic I could find anywhere on the web).

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