Comments on: I Don’t Want Your Free LED Pen.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:32:11 +0000

@Cherleen @ My Personal Finance Journey – Awww thanks! It was because of you all that I won them! :)
@Natalie @ Mango – Hah! That’s an interesting theory actually… I happen to LOVE post offices. I’m always mailing out post cards from all my travels, or sending gifts to people via mail – I would be miserable w/out them :( Yeah you can do a lot of great stuff online, but if we cut out the more human-to-human element with mail, I have a feeling it wouldn’t be good for everybody… Hopefully they can just cut out Saturday delivery or something so they can keep operating for us! Love ’em!

By: Natalie @ Mango

Natalie @ Mango — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:35:44 +0000

An LED light pen, huh? You know, at Mango Money we’re brainstorming ideas for a great blog giveaway… Just kidding. Who wants an LED pen? Or any of the junk mail for that matter? I heard something recently that the reason the post office is doing so poorly is because all they’re really delivering these days is junk mail, and sometimes bills– but most people just pay their bills online these days. Anyone reading this: what (if anything) do you still use the postal service for? I’d be really interested to know, thanks!

By: Cherleen @ My Personal Finance Journey

Cherleen @ My Personal Finance Journey — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:32:48 +0000

Congratulations! Winning 5 trophies in one night is a record! Keep up the good work! :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:02:23 +0000

@The Financial Blogger – Haha… do you know that every time I read one of your comments now, I hear your accent come through? It’s awesome! Love that I know what you look and sound like now :)
@Elle@Odd Cents – Oh man, it gets sold over and over again all over the place here. I must have signed up to something back in the day and now it haunts all of us ;)
@Babs – Hah! Sadly that’s not the first time that’s happened. Every now and then you hear stories of babies getting credit cards, and dogs too. Then the parents go on a binge and get caught. We live in a silly place!
@Eric J. Nisall – That was a hard sentence to follow, haha…
@Edward Antrobus – Yeah, sometimes I wonder if they could be on to something though? Cuz I got that call from Chase once and thought it was spam, and 2 months later we had a refinanced loan saving me $400 a month! :)
@Jenni (Traveler for Good) – Oh now THAT’s hot!! I love sharpies!!!! But I’m actually glad they don’t offer anything we like – cuz then we’d get tempted to purchase their products! :)
@Khaleef @ KNS Financial – Hahaha… I wouldn’t mind if companies send me stuff w/ Elite Edge Money on it, that would be hot :) But yeah – you should def. blog about Cablevision, that’s jacked up man. Wonder how many people will come out saying the same thing happened to them?! Will be interesting… also if one of their reps responded ;) If they’re good, they will.

By: Khaleef @ KNS Financial

Khaleef @ KNS Financial — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:56:32 +0000

I didn’t even know that those LED pens were still being made! Cablevision sold my information, so now I’m getting a bunch of financial SPAM for my business. The only company that has both my business name and home address is Cablevision (for internet access), so I know it was them. I’ll be writing a post about it later this week.

Oh, I actually had a company send me an ink pen with my business name and home address on it. They want me to order 1,000 of them – but the sample broke in the mail! lol

By: Jenni (Traveler for Good)

Jenni (Traveler for Good) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:25:13 +0000

Why can’t they send things I’d like… maybe a logoed jump drives or mini first aid kit? I was offered a mini sharpie on a key chain yesterday. I don’t know about you, but my sharpie needs are minimal and don’t usually go on the road with me.

By: Edward Antrobus

Edward Antrobus — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:05:21 +0000

I get coupons for places I’ll never actually go to. Like the coupons that come every month for orthodontia!

I love the offers from car insurance companies. Especially the ones that say something like, “you could save $1500 on your car insurance.” Umm, that’s almost 2 years worth of premiums for me.

By: Eric J. Nisall

Eric J. Nisall — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:56:27 +0000

J–what’s even more amazing than what people will sign up for is what people will get excited about receiving when signing up!

By: Babs

Babs — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:17:45 +0000

My favorite spam was when my 17 yo son got a pre-approved application for an American Express card. He’s not old enough to legally get credit! We’re holding out till our cat gets a pre-approval, then we’ll jump on it. Attention AMEX: his name is Groucho (no middle initial) Wagner.

By: Elle@Odd Cents

Elle@Odd Cents — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:53:52 +0000

I don’t envy you J.Money. I don’t think the Caribbean has caught on to junk mail and I’m praying that it doesn’t ever happen. I would be very annoyed. How do they get your information????