very confusing.

Thu Jun 14 02:39:24 UTC 2012

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On Jun 13, 2012, at 9:01 PM, Joe Greco <jgreco at 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