Can I also send you a dollar and get back four stamps for return postage?
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#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's a huge sample bias there. Cool idea, but 'startup' in the name was a bit confusing at first.
You all over think everything on this forum. I guess that's part of the beauty of it and likely how some people get stuck doing nothing.
What, I'm over thinking things because a bunch of SF techy folks preferred the world startup to company?
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#113The nit picking in these comments seems, for once, to actually be in good spirit, but this is a really fun idea! I would love to do this with startup / event t-shirts so I could (eventually) clean out my drawers...too bad sizing clothes is a little more complicated than stickers.
I'll take your smalls ;)
One advantage to being a small built female at these events, t-shirts in my size are always left.
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#114In case anyone was curious, mailing cash is legal according to this Snopes Article - www.snopes.com/legal/postal/sendcash.asp Can't find a current USPS FAQ, though.
I can't be the only person who remembers taping a penny to a Columbia House mailer.
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#115Why not ask for 50 cents or a new stamp in the envelope? Including a stamp is easier in an envelope, and it should make prepping a return envelope simpler. Require "forever" stamps to protect yourself from a postal price hike.
Because when the scheme crashes, they'll keep the money. Like somebody else has said already, they're purists :-)
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#116Why not ask for 50 cents or a new stamp in the envelope? Including a stamp is easier in an envelope, and it should make prepping a return envelope simpler. Require "forever" stamps to protect yourself from a postal price hike.
Keep the forever-stamps for a couple of years and return everything using a postal meter. Forever-stamp arbitrage should be full of all kinds of win.
I believe this was a plot on "The League".
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#117I bet a lot of companies would just give you their stickers, simply to take advantage of your distribution network. It would be funny if this became a legitimate business idea (while the trend is alive).
We've actually already had a couple reach out, but we've turned them down because we want to see how long we can sustain this by "crowdsourcing" stickers (i.e. being a ponzi scheme).
He also lied. So keep that in mind while thinking of being true to the original, and just keep it going! :-)
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#118Why not ask for 50 cents or a new stamp in the envelope? Including a stamp is easier in an envelope, and it should make prepping a return envelope simpler. Require "forever" stamps to protect yourself from a postal price hike.
Keep the forever-stamps for a couple of years and return everything using a postal meter. Forever-stamp arbitrage should be full of all kinds of win.
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#120Self sustaining version: Send us 3 stickers and postage. Get 2 unique stickers back. You get all the profits of the excess postage (assuming bulk rate) plus the extra sticker can go to a bin / advertising page of ALL THE STICKERS.
Then it wouldn't be a Ponzi scheme though. The whole point is that you depend on future investments (receipt of cards) to satisfy current investors.