>
> >
> >   Steve Rubenstein, a writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, has

proposed

> >   "Three Little Words" based on his brief experience in a
> >   telemarketing operation that would stop the nuisance for all time.
> >
> >   The three little words are "Hold on, please." Saying this while

putting

> >   down your phone and walking off instead of hanging up immediately
> >   would make each telemarketing call so time consuming those boiler

rooms

> >   would grind to a halt. When you eventually hear the phone company's
> >   beep, beep, beep tone, you know it's time to go back and hang up your
> >   handset, which has efficiently completed its task When you get ads

with

> >   your phone or electricity or gas bill, include them with the payment.
> >   Let them throw the stuff away.
> >
> >   KEEP READING
> >
> >   Think globally; act locally.
> >
> >   When you get those pre-approved letters in the mail for everything
> >   from credit cards to 2nd mortgages and junk like that, most of them
> >   come with postage paid return envelopes, right? Well, why not get rid

of

> >   some of your other junk mail and put it in these cool little

envelopes!

> >   Send an ad for your local chimney cleaner to American Express, or a
> >pizza
> >   coupon to Citibank. [Or a request for a donation!]
> >   If you didn't get anything else that day, then just send them their
> >   application back! Just make sure your name isn't on anything you
> >   send them. You can send it back empty if you want, just to keep 'em
> >   guessing!
> >   Eventually, the banks and credit card companies will begin getting
> >   all their junk back in the mail. Let's let them know what it's like to
> >   get junk mail, and best of all...
> >
> >   THEY'RE paying for it! Twice! Let's support our postal service.
> >   They say e-mail is cutting into their business and that's why they

need

> >   to keep increasing postage.
> >
> >   We can help!
> >
> >   Pass this along to all your friends and maybe we could get enough
> >   business for the post office that they will not have to raise rates in
> >2004
> >
> >   What revenge!!
> >
> >   How sweet.

What brilliant ideas, I think I'll start.  I hate junk mail I also hate the adverts etc. in magazines !!!

I all ready stop talking on the phone and leave it but why no go futher and put them on hold with a bit of classical music how they like it!!

How brilliant!!! I'm rumaging in my bin as I type. I get really angry with junk mail and junlk phone calls :D REVENGE :D

why don't you go here and stop junk mail and telephone calls in one

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/

it's a gov angency check it out it has stopped all mine