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Re: SEND FIRST CLASS MAIL FOR ONLY 6 CENTS ???

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From: Marc Veeneman
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1992 13:52
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jstein@tellabs.com (Jeff Steinhauer) writes:


>	Yesterday I received a letter in the mail stating that if
>I would send $10.00 to the address listed below they would send me
>info on how send first class mail for 6 cents.

>	It also stated that its not bulk mailing, it also states
>that it "is completely honest, upright, moral, ethical and
>absolutely legal!" also "THIS IS NOT A SCAM OR A GIMMICK!" appears
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
			  Only scam, gimmick, mail has this
			  statement.  I have never put that
			  on a letter to Mom.
>on the letter with "the exclusive resale rights to the process."

>	BUT, I also noted that he accepts no personal checks, just
>cash, money orders or bank checks only. Sounds something like a
>chain letter to me.

>	Does anyone have any experience w/this or has anyone heard
>about this 6 cent first class mailings??

If this is the same idea floating around in the 1950s, it
involves merging several pieces of mail destined for one address
into a common envelope, with a lucrative commission to the fella
doing the merging.  Standard First Class postal rates apply to
the common envelope, of course.
-- 
Marc
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   Marc Veeneman  Marcal Systems Corporation  Cary, Illinois U.S.A.
             To reach the peak you have to travel uphill.
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Subject: Re: SEND FIRST CLASS MAIL FOR ONLY 6 CENTS ???
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