Two pieces of junk mail today. One from Circuit City attempting to intrigue me with all the wonderful junk I could get if only I had their Visa Rewards credit card. Alas, I remain Circuit City Visa Rewards credit cardless.
The other is a might intriguing. It is joint junk mail from AARP and Home Depot! Home Depot has entered into an exciting partnership with AARP, in which as a member of AARP, I get a MEMBER ONLY SAVINGS OF 10% ON ALL PURCHASES UP TO $2000 NOW THROUGH JULY 31, 2005! Envy Me! I guess the $2000 limit is to ensure all us AARPers won’t go blow our entire retirement checks on big ol’ gas grills and paints at Home Depot. It is a coupon for me to take to Home Depot. It is void if i sell, copy or transfer it. And here I was gonna offer to make copies for every Doper that wanted one. 
This has been one of the suckiest junk mail weeks ever for me.
And all I got today was a receipt from my last donation to the local public radio station. No junk mail.
I demand an investigation!!!
GT
Today’s junk haul was equally bleak - Some company wants us to take out a home warranty thing. Yeah, right. And there was another credit card offer. And a medical bill. And the boat insurance bill. All pretty junky as far as I’m concerned.
This whole mail week has been junky. I only proposed this derby because I was sure I could win. What a rip-off!!
My lightest day yet…
Day Six Haul:
One (1) offer from First Hallmark Mortgage Corp. to refinance our mortgage. I’ve given it a thorough read, and found that it’s actually quite a good deal. Now if only we didn’t rent. :rolleyes:
Thursday total: 1 item
Final total for the week: 18 items
Bah. I though for sure I’d catch Hal today, but I got only one piece of junk mail. A Capital One credit card offer.
Actually, I’ve noticed that the Capital One card offers seem to come with refrigerator magnets (this being the third offer I’ve received in the past few weeks). I save the magnets, and stick on my 18-month-old’s art over the logo. That’s my second helpful hint of the week to all you faithful Junk Mail Derby readers! Look out, Martha.
Really, Hal, we didn’t need the proof. (Took me a couple passes to notice that it was a link.) Your collection is lovely.
GT
No doubt about it, Hal Briston is the undisputed Junkiest Doper of the week of July 10-16, 2005 and the proud winner of the $2.17 Prize Package Bonanze, if Urban Chic decides to send it to him. We trust that he’ll post a photo of his winnings just to rub our collective noses in it!
Special Unique Mail Category Award has to go to LilyoftheValley for her presorted bulk rate fake terrorist bomb.
As for the rest of you whose junk mail volume fell off this week because of this contest, you’re most welcome!
Should my junk mail volume pick up this next week, I will be happy to forward it all on to you. And, yes, I do know your address. BWAAAHAAHAAHAAHAA!!! 
One grand prize (valued at over $2.17!) to be sent to Hal Briston and one special bonus prize (yet to be determined) to be sent to LilyoftheValley.
Congratulations winners! Please contact the prize committee (email address in my profile) with your mailing information. I’m off on vacation starting Wednesday, so to avoid delays, please send your info by tomorrow afternoon.
Thanks!
Woohooo!!
I’d like to thank the good folks at Visa and Mastercard…John, our mailman…Thomas Kinkade…the Academy…and of course, FCM for coming up with this ingenious little experiment, and UrbanChic for so generously offering up the loot! (Ironically enough, I was just looking around for a USB-to-PS2 converter earlier today :))
Details are on their way…thanks again!
I just emailed UrbanChic because I’m so excited about the mysterious possibilities of a “yet to be determined” prize!
I will post an update for all of you out there who are also on the edges of your seats.
Thanks for making the junk mail entertaining last week, FCM!
And naturally, since the contest is over, I got FOUR credit card offers in the mail today!
We should try this again some time.
Woohoo! In my mail today, I found seven – count 'em – seven various credit card offers, two catalogs, a “20% off at Bed Bath & Beyond” flyer,…and the prize package!
In addition to the two CD-RW’s and the three USB-to-PS2 converters (one of which has already been put into service), there was also a bottle of Allsop Gel Cleaner (anti-static screen cleaning goop). It A) does a very nice job, and B) has an unintentionally hillarious warning cartoon on the bottle (in answer to your question, no, UC, it doesn’t :)).
Tons of thanks to FCM and UrbanChic!
And let it never be said that Hal don’t spread the wealth…FCM, feel free to kick off the second contest week whenever you like, and I’ll be happy to be the Prize Committee for that one.
I think Amazon Floozy Goddess drew that cartoon. It’s the only explanation. And it’s the inside of that guy’s mouth that makes it so damn funny, I think.
By the way, I haven’t gotten one. single. piece. of junk mail since this contest started. I may have lost, but I think I’m a winner in a larger sense. 
It’s here! It’s here!
Just bumping the thread to say that I received my swell prize from UrbanChic.
I got my very own copy of Who Moved My Soap? : The CEO’s Guide to Surviving in Prison! Now I must admit that when I opened it, I laughed my butt off at the cheesiness of it and started plotting what contest I could offer it as a prize for. However, when I looked it up on the web, I discovered that it actually got 4.5 stars at Amazon and a number of good reviews elsewhere (except for the people who complain that it trivializes prison rape). So I’m actually going to read it!
Thanks again for both the contest and the prize.
