HA!  I'm doing that next time I get a capital one spam... I've got some old bricks laying around...

whosasailorthen wrote:

Do you think I can stick one on that old Buick that's rotting in my grandfather's back yard?

If it's rotted down to about 18 pounds, no prob.  Check for spiders, first.  Wouldn't want to send anything harmful.

In case anyone cares, this works in Canada, as well. I've been doing it for years, but I admit I've never used a brick, which, though amusing, involves preparation and work. I just shove junk mail and other garbage into the return envelopes and drop them into a mailbox. Another amusing postal trick is to sign friends and family up for free junk mail, but alter their names to amusing alternatives. Since junk mailers trade and re-sell their lists, the consequences can last for decades. My parents still receive mail addressed to "Rectal" and "Vagelda," dating back to a prank pulled over 20 years ago.

Who wants to waste 20 minutes and a buck worth of strapping tape just to have a giggle at some bulk mailer? All it will do is go to a processing center where it will go, unopened, right into the dumpster next to the receiving dock. Trust me, I have been there and done that. And $25 for postage? Big whoop. Our processor pays about $450,000 a MONTH in postage fees.