I'm a dummy!

[Invigor]

so...if you buy something mail order and they send you the wrong thing, and the mailman runs away leaving you with a package you don't need here's what to do:

write "return to sender" on item and drop it off at any canada post mail center and it will magically end up back where it came from FREE OF CHARGE.

boy do I feel dumb...there are times I think living in a cave is a bad thing.

[Caelan]

Only don't do this to a business you intend to have a long term relationship with as they tend to write you off pretty quickly if you refuse packages.

Personally, I LOVE to put heavy things (usually taped-in washers) in the MBNA Mastercard application return envelopes and let them pay for that. Suckers. One of these days, I'm going to wrap a brick in kraft paper and tape the envelope to it. I wonder if they'd finally stop sending me MC applications after that one. Does anyone know if there is a weight limit applicable to prepaid business reply envelopes?

The day I have a US bank issued MC is a cold day in you-know-where. :vuur1:

[Invigor]

he sent me a mag7 instead of a workhorse7 then phoned me and asked me to refuse the package when the mailman drops it off.

[EmilyB]

Speaking of stupid credit card companies, we used to have a Citibank card, and then one day received an additional card in the name of someone else (with our account number on it). I have enough trouble spending too much money without someone doing it for me.

FedEx told me once to refuse a shipment because the duty and shipping came to $350 :icon_eek: (lights out of the US). But it was my fault since I didn't specify USPS shipping. I learned that lesson very quickly.

Do you guys have different smileys every day, pretty cool. :tempt-fat

[Caelan]

Speaking of stupid credit card companies, we used to have a Citibank card, and then one day received an additional card in the name of someone else (with our account number on it).

You should probably contact the credit reporting agencies and check that you are not a victim of identity theft. This happened to my friend's father in law. He had no idea until he applied for a car loan and was refused because his debt service ratio was too high. He had no debt, so he checked into it only to find someone had 3 credit cards in his name and had maxed them all out to the tune of 19000+. It took over a year and a couple thousand in legal bills before he finally got the CC company to clear it. I don't know if they ever caught the fraudster or not.