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E-COM: The time the USPS spent $40M subsidizing junk (e)mail

https://buttondown.com/blog/the-e-com-story

#HackerNews #E-COM #USPS #JunkMail #$40M #Subsidy #ECommerce

Today's #mail (or #post, if you're of a British persuasion...) included a seminar invitation/sales flyer addressed to one of the previous owners of our house.

We've only lived here for 20 years, now.

I admire their persistence, though it seems uneconomic.

#persistence #economic #uneconomic #ad #brochure #flyer #JunkMail

Good morning. ☕☕☕

6 February 2025

I regularly donate to a few select charities and causes. As a result, I'm inundated with junk mail requests for donations. Most of these go directly into my shredder since I don't respond to mail requests. The few causes that I support are ones I either sought out or stumbled across. Interestingly, some donation requests come with money, so now they're sending me money. I have a dollar bill and a small collection of nickels that certain organizations have sent me. Perhaps they do this so I have to open the envelope and remove the nickels before shredding it. I really, really hate junk mail.

"Christmas cards ... are technically only junk mail from people you know." - Patricia Marx

"Unsolicited advice is the junk mail of life." - Bernard Williams

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #morning #sunset #inverted #junkmail

@ashleykolodziej Tell me about it! Getting #GlobeDirect to stop is like pulling teeth.
I've never been able to get #Comcast to stop. They've sent me at least 19 mailings so far this year. This is one reason their rates are so high, they waste tons of money on mailings.
#JunkMail #ConsumerActivism