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To: weegee
http://www.usps.com/postalinspectors/fraud/merch.htm

These rules are codified in Title 39, United States Code, Section 3009. That section of the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 incorporates these protections for American consumers and makes the mailing of unordered merchandise unfair methods of competition and unfair trade practices under the law.

If you do not wish to pay for unsolicited merchandise or make a donation to a charity sending such an item, you may do one of three things (in each case, by law, you have no obligation to the sender):

If you have not opened the package, you may mark it "Return to Sender," and the Postal Service will return it with no additional postage charged to you.

If you open the package and don't like what you find, you may throw it away.

If you open the package and like what you find, you may keep it for free. In this instance, "finders-keepers" applies unconditionally.

Furthermore, it is illegal for a company that sends you unordered merchandise to follow the mailing with a bill or dunning communication.

Seems like someone needs to hit that power company for the violation of US law.

11 posted on 01/15/2008 7:04:52 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Rattenschadenfreude: joy at a Democrat's pain, especially Hillary's pain caused by Obama.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Thanks for the citation of the code. The public DOES need to push back.


14 posted on 01/15/2008 7:08:15 AM PST by weegee (Those who surrender personal liberty to lower global temperatures will receive neither.)
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To: KarlInOhio
"Seems like someone needs to hit that power company for the violation of US law"

Around here the power company is above the law. They do what they want even when it is an obvious code violation. Their hiring practices are blatently discriminatory. The list goes on and on.

Don't like it or complain too much? Get your lights turned off.
17 posted on 01/15/2008 7:11:25 AM PST by wrench
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To: KarlInOhio

Some lawyer should consider a class action suit for all of the customers.

I have BGE as a power company. They said they got Home Depot to lower the price and charge a fee for that. Of course, they neglected to tell anyone to get the bulbs at Home Depot.


26 posted on 01/15/2008 7:49:42 AM PST by quikdrw (Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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