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sigvid (sigvid@primenet.com) wrote:
: However, some years back, I discovered a way to save the postage and
: bother of sending back the reply card. I got a CD in the mail because I
: forgot to return the card. I called BMG or Columbia (whomever I was with
: at the time), they said to just take a big black marker and write,
: "REFUSED - RETURN TO SENDER" on the UNOPENED package (opening it is
: verboten, you can't return it postage-free if you do). Apparently, you are
: not obligated to accept any piece of mail, letter or package. You just
: write those 4 magic words on it, and back it goes to the sender.

: So from then on, that's how I handled it. And the beauty of it is, the
: only people who really get screwed, is the Post Office (OK, the cd club
: gets a minor screwing because they have to restock it) because they have
: to ship the thing twice but only get paid once for postage by the club. I

No, that's not true.  The club has to pay for return postage.  In the
corner of the mailing package, it will say "return postage guaranteed."
That means the sender will pay postage for a refused item.  If the CD
clubs sent stuff out without that little message "return postage
guaranteed" you wouldn't be able to just mark refused on it.  The post
office wouldn't return it.

So you were raising the costs for the rest of us by doing that.

Maria