I wish I had seen this last month. I would have sent my busted toaster oven to some schmuck junk mail spammer.
Let's see, I think I have one of those old 1975 Sony Beta VCR machines that weigh about 40 lbs. ...............................................


I just looked on the Canada Post website. The max weight is 66 lbs for a personal parcel. To send a 66 lb. box would cost the spammer 25 bucks plus GST.

 

I phoned the Shoppers DrugMart near me and asked if they would accept a box with such an envelope taped to it. He said no. Those envelopes will only be accepted as a letter, so I guess I'll just have to continue stuffing them with pizza flyers.

BTW, the guy did have a good laugh about it and thought it would be a really neat idea, but officially, he couldn't accept it.

PS. I am waiting for a response from Canada Post for their official decision on this.

 

Provided it fits inside one of the red postal drop boxes, you should be good to go. No point in standing in line at the postal outlet.

If Canada Post doesn't want to charge the spammer, then they're stuck dealing with your burnt toaster or old VCR (provided you can get them to fit inside the box)

 

Sledge hammer.

 

Damn, I hope Canada Post allows this - I need to empty my central vac canister...

 

That's hilarious....it's close to what I do when I receive telemarketers phoning at dinnertime. I say to them "How about you give me your phone number and I will call you at an inconvient time and see how you like it?" I haven't used it lots because people don't usually get it.

Nice find!

 

Got a reply back from Canada Post by email. A generic form letter telling me to go look at their website.
I'm going to pack all my flyers into a box that will still fit into a mailbox and send it off. I'll probably stuff an old shoe in there as well.

 

^
your really getting into this

i would love to see their faces when they open up their box and see a old shoe

 

Came across this today... maybe worth a shot

You can block junk snail mail (aka hard copy spam) in Canada by

writing to:
Canadian Direct Marketing Association
Do Not Mail Service
1 Concorde Gate Suite 607
Don Mills ON M3C 3N6
CANADA
Tel: (416) 391 2362
fax: (416) 441 4062
or in the United States:

Direct Marketing Association
Mail Preference Service
P.O. Box 9008
Farmingdale NY 11735
9008
U.S.A.
Tel: (212) 768 7277

 

nice one shelley!

http://www.the-cma.org/

Top right corner is a link to submit your info online.

edit- you can't block non-addressed junk mail, but you can block regular junk mail with your address/name on it. They'll also block calls and faxes from members of their organization.