Comments - My History of Mail-Art, the Scam - International Union of Mail-Artists2024-03-28T22:49:41Zhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2496677%3ABlogPost%3A1351057&xn_auth=noMy family still have contact…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13517812013-08-30T18:36:52.994ZEraser Heedhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/EraserHeed
My family still have contact with him Angie. Their ties to the church were as strong as my rebellious nature as a teenager.
My family still have contact with him Angie. Their ties to the church were as strong as my rebellious nature as a teenager. @Carina, while tasting the co…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13516902013-08-30T14:28:37.935ZEraser Heedhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/EraserHeed
@Carina, while tasting the communion wine.. ;)
@Carina, while tasting the communion wine.. ;) Great story, Niklas! You poli…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13515712013-08-30T06:45:52.673ZCarinahttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/CarinaGranlund
<p>Great story, Niklas! You polishing the silver :)</p>
<p>Great story, Niklas! You polishing the silver :)</p> Note to the text: the name Sa…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13515652013-08-30T04:53:19.987ZEraser Heedhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/EraserHeed
<p>Note to the text: the name Sandra Baervies is fictional as I wrote and Baervies spells Bärfis in swedish when pronounced (bär=berries fis=fart), Stink bug translated to english. </p>
<p>Note to the text: the name Sandra Baervies is fictional as I wrote and Baervies spells Bärfis in swedish when pronounced (bär=berries fis=fart), Stink bug translated to english. </p> Ha ha, wonderful, Viz and Val…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13516542013-08-30T04:46:37.446ZEraser Heedhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/EraserHeed
<p>Ha ha, wonderful, Viz and Val!!! This sounds more and more interesting, new ideas, new kind of mail! Just remember I asked for stickers (adhesives) and got that sent to me alongside labels from a beer company when I was like ten years old.</p>
<p>Ha ha, wonderful, Viz and Val!!! This sounds more and more interesting, new ideas, new kind of mail! Just remember I asked for stickers (adhesives) and got that sent to me alongside labels from a beer company when I was like ten years old.</p> It worked back the, Niklaas,…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13514312013-08-30T04:41:49.348ZValentine Mark Hermanhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/ValentineMarkHerman
<p>It worked back the, Niklaas, and I reckon it would work even better today as the Big Companies say they are responsive to their customers. It worked back then by buying a product (cornflakes, biscuits, etc), eating half of them, and rhen sending the other half back saying that they were stale or tasteless or something. What I always got back was much more than I sent, plus some postage stamps to cover my postage. And with these stamps I could start a new round of 'complaints'.</p>
<p>It worked back the, Niklaas, and I reckon it would work even better today as the Big Companies say they are responsive to their customers. It worked back then by buying a product (cornflakes, biscuits, etc), eating half of them, and rhen sending the other half back saying that they were stale or tasteless or something. What I always got back was much more than I sent, plus some postage stamps to cover my postage. And with these stamps I could start a new round of 'complaints'.</p> I recently read a blog by som…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13514842013-08-30T04:40:59.220Zvizma brunshttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/vizmabruns
<p>I recently read a blog by some guy who wrote 100 letters to companies, not complaining, but asking for free stuff! He listed all the companies and the ones that sent him things. He got hundreds of dollars worth of stuff! All I recall is a key-ring from BMW valued at $30. Not bad.</p>
<p>I recently read a blog by some guy who wrote 100 letters to companies, not complaining, but asking for free stuff! He listed all the companies and the ones that sent him things. He got hundreds of dollars worth of stuff! All I recall is a key-ring from BMW valued at $30. Not bad.</p> Thank You guys!
Nice scam Val…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13514832013-08-30T04:36:51.307ZEraser Heedhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/EraserHeed
<p><strong>Thank You guys!</strong></p>
<p>Nice scam Val, that is something I too would consider doing, push some buttons on the big companies and see their reactions, that one is also prescribated now after some time. I wonder if that would be possible today!</p>
<p><strong>Thank You guys!</strong></p>
<p>Nice scam Val, that is something I too would consider doing, push some buttons on the big companies and see their reactions, that one is also prescribated now after some time. I wonder if that would be possible today!</p> A fantastic tale, Niklaas!
A…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13514762013-08-30T04:29:04.009ZValentine Mark Hermanhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/ValentineMarkHerman
<p>A fantastic tale, Niklaas!</p>
<p>A wonderful scam, too.</p>
<p>As this goes back some 25 years, you must have one of the longest Mail Art pedigrees/histories of we IUOMA folk.</p>
<p>(My first Mail scam -- note not Mail Art scam -- was in 1968 when my flat mate and I had a competition to see who could get the most mail. So we did things like complain to Kellogs about their cornflakes, and got 6 large boxes back, etc. But thisis about <strong>YOUR</strong> scam, not mine.)</p>
<p>A fantastic tale, Niklaas!</p>
<p>A wonderful scam, too.</p>
<p>As this goes back some 25 years, you must have one of the longest Mail Art pedigrees/histories of we IUOMA folk.</p>
<p>(My first Mail scam -- note not Mail Art scam -- was in 1968 when my flat mate and I had a competition to see who could get the most mail. So we did things like complain to Kellogs about their cornflakes, and got 6 large boxes back, etc. But thisis about <strong>YOUR</strong> scam, not mine.)</p> Ha ha! I love this, it's bril…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2013-08-30:2496677:Comment:13516492013-08-30T04:20:56.715Zvizma brunshttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/vizmabruns
<p>Ha ha! I love this, it's brilliant, Niklas! Last? NO! Please, there must be many more to come!!</p>
<p>Ha ha! I love this, it's brilliant, Niklas! Last? NO! Please, there must be many more to come!!</p>