@[email protected] to No Stupid Questions • 24 hours agoWould not adding a stamp and return address on a letter give you free postagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareWould not adding a stamp and return address on a letter give you free postage@[email protected] to No Stupid Questions • 24 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
So I put the recipient address on the letter but don’t put a return address and don’t put on a stamp What would happen
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•23 hours agoOld idea that I fail to find a reference for. It has appeared in some TV shows as a plot. It likely has a cool name… Last I recall, the “return address” gets a note to pay the postage to get the letter if it seems someone is being clever. Within one town and once? Likely free postage. A noticed pattern? Maybe a visit from Postal Inspector.
minus-square@Lost_My_Mindlink8•22 hours agoIt’s also a federal crime. So if you keep doing it, you’d get jail time.
minus-square@BuckWyldelink2•19 hours agoJust make sure to also raid the White House. Then you’ll get a pardon.
minus-squareFilthyHandslinkfedilinkEnglish7•23 hours agoIt was definitely mentioned in Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman.
Old idea that I fail to find a reference for. It has appeared in some TV shows as a plot. It likely has a cool name…
Last I recall, the “return address” gets a note to pay the postage to get the letter if it seems someone is being clever.
Within one town and once? Likely free postage.
A noticed pattern? Maybe a visit from Postal Inspector.
It’s also a federal crime. So if you keep doing it, you’d get jail time.
Just make sure to also raid the White House. Then you’ll get a pardon.
It was definitely mentioned in Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman.