Advertisements used to be plain simple facts. But in the last five years I have learned how to hate every one of them!
1. Whatever arrives in my mail box is unopened and thrown in the trash.
2. If it is designed to be from a company I may know and use, and the words "IMPORTANT" or "URGENT" or anything like it, I may open it to see who it is really from. That way I will remember the source and refuse to do any business with them for the rest of my life!
Today I received a car warranty notice to sell one that replaces what was expired. (I already refused this in the past year from several telephone calls.) This is a bold print across the middle of the envelope:
REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION - TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL ENCLOSED
WARNING: $2,000 FINE, 5 YEARS IMPRISONMENT, OR BOTH FOR ANY PERSON INTERFERING OR OBSTRUCTING WITH DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER U.S. MAIL TTT.18 U.S.CODE
(There is no return address.)
The definition of this language is "Worthless waste of time and money from which I should avoid any business with this company; Unsafe in the trash-can unless burned to ashes first."