envelopes

I Refuse To Bow To The Altar Of Holy Envelopes

I Refuse To Bow To The Altar Of Holy Envelopes

Lani is doing what it takes to guard as much as possible against identity-swiping mail thieves. Time Warner Cable sends Lani return envelopes with unprotected holes to show the address, but this is one customer who refuses to play the game, modifying the envelopes until they’re secure enough to send: [More]

Lick An Envelope, Taste Some Bacon

Lick An Envelope, Taste Some Bacon

The entrepreneur-humanitarians behind Bacon Salt, Bacon Pop, and Baconnaise have introduced two new products. J & D’s has expanded their bacon flavoring empire to bacon-flavored microwave popcorn and another product that is neither food nor seasoning—snail-mail envelopes.

Are Blu-ray Netflix Customers Paying Extra Because The Discs Keep Cracking?

Are Blu-ray Netflix Customers Paying Extra Because The Discs Keep Cracking?

Do you rent Blu-ray discs from Netflix? Have you had any show up with a crack on the outer edge that makes the disc unplayable? Victor just wrote to us that he’s received several Blu-ray discs lately that are damaged, and he’s wondering if it’s just him or part of a wider problem.

Acer's Secret Business Model Somehow Involves Envelopes

Acer's Secret Business Model Somehow Involves Envelopes

To date I’ve received one batch of five flat pacs [and] one batch of seventeen flat pacs. Each flat pac has three restoration discs (for a total of 66 discs), none of the flat pacs I’ve received has contained the promised system disc.

Your Bill For Using Zero Gallons Of Water: $92.65

Your Bill For Using Zero Gallons Of Water: $92.65

Among the “improvements” that have come with the rate increase has been new and improved water bills with return envelopes. I’m attaching a picture of the bill and the envelope. Look at it closely and think of what would happen if I put the bill in the return envelope, stamp it and send it off. I’ll give you a hint, I’d waste a stamp and it’d come right back to me!

Make Envelopes Out Of Recycled Paper

Make Envelopes Out Of Recycled Paper

If you are like us, you have tried to make an envelope because you were out of envelopes but you wanted to mail something and the mailbox was much closer than the store.

Apple Sends Reader 27 Warranties

Apple Sends Reader 27 Warranties

Apple is sending Michael AppleCare warranties as fast as they’re churning out iPods. So far, he has received 27 warranties.

So i was wondering if anyone has run into the same apple care protection plan problem I did. Recently, I’ve been receiving certificates for items I didn’t even purchase, and just today, I received 27 of them in the mail. I called up Apple and they also thought it was pretty interesting. They said they’re going to look into it, so it’s now a matter of waiting.

Either there’s a bug in the Apple, or Michael is buying way too many Apple products in a misguided attempt to buoy AAPL’s stock price. Probably the former.

Tear This Document To Shreds To See Your Wells Fargo Extended Protection Plan

Tear This Document To Shreds To See Your Wells Fargo Extended Protection Plan

Over at This Is Broken, reader Mike wrote in with a scan of an insert in his latest credit card bill from Wells Fargo. “One of those side-tear envelopes where you tear off one side and slide the contents out. The other three sides remain sealed, to ensure that the text printed on the inside of the envelope cover is unreadable.”