When declare that it is a scam, she replies, "but they need our help". We argue constantly about junk mail, as well as telemarketing calls. At the moment she is buying much merchandise from "Publishers Clearing House" for items that are cheap Chinese junk, and that are already in the house. Her false hope is that we are going to win a million dollars. I have insisted that we go to counseling, threatened divorce, become exceedingly angry; nothing works! How do I get through to this woman?
I wonder if I could get her on the "no catalog list". She's wasting thousands of dollars and certainly doesn't need ANYTHING. If the catalogs stopped coming, maybe she'd forget about them and all the stuff she doesn't need, but can't live without. Hmmmm....(BTW, she has entered every PCH contest for over 65 years and has won..nothing. She states that this is our "inheritance". Well, yes it is. All those envelopes. All that garbage. Super!)
As for the mail, after it comes, it has a habit of "disappearing". Out of sight, out of mind.
The stamina of these charities is truly impressive. My mom passed away a little over a year ago and prior to that while she was living in the nursing home, I got all her mail forwarded to me - plus had all of her checks and banking info - so no charity donations for that year as well.
So, a little over two years since any of them have heard from my mom and received a penny from her. You’d think this problem would have passed by now as well, right?
Nope. Everyday there is at least half a dozen charity requests addressed to my mom. The other day I counted 15!
I’m thinking of doing another forwarding address for my mother. Do you think I’d get in trouble if I had moms mail forwarded to the most persistent and annoying charity? The one I’m thinking of has pictures of dead horses on the outside of their envelopes- so you pretty much can’t avoid the gruesome pic - unless you sort the mail with your eyes closed.
“He’s a very dignified man for sure...and I’m sure he’d love to have the chance to test drive a new car. Hopefully y’all won’t mind the ashes/dirt that his body likely is...after all he’s been dead since 1991.”
Boy oh boy that representative sure shut his mouth. Attitude changed from pushy rep to totally speechless.
My current strategy for future mailings (if/when) if needed. Seems to work due to the shock value.