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Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offers...

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:56:01 GMT

Obviously from my username that I'm a mailman in California. All last week and yesterday I have been delivering higher than usual CapOne cards (I can feel the envelopes to know what's inside after 20 years of delivering LOL).

I noticed I have been delivering alot of AmEx's Blue, Barlcay 2X Rewards and some Chase pre-offers on my route.

If you guys or gals have any questions about how often I deliver what (in regards to credit cards) I can answer...what I will NOT answer my customer's info, specific location such as street names, etc. LOL!

Oh yeah...come January I'll be delivering 16 to 24 oz credit card statements

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

Dalmus — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:17:57 GMT

I worked at a print & mail company for many years... I know exactly what you mean by getting to know what was inside an envelope without seeing it! I used to be able to tell whether an envelope was under 1, 2 or 3 oz with about a 95% accuracy, too. lol

I couldn't imagine making so many purchases in one month on one card that I had more than two statement pages!

I'd be tempted to go for another Cap1 card since they seem to be sending a bunch out, except I promised myself I would garden. That, and I had to force a manual review for my last CLI. Not worth the hassle when I have enough to keep track of as it is!

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:32:29 GMT

I thought cards typically came in an unmarked envelope (meaning while one could probably feel a card in the envelope, the exact issuer is a mystery without opening it)? At least my CSP replacement did, anyway.

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:59:45 GMT

Can you deliver in other parts of the country? We need a responsible mailman like you.

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

designated_knitter — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 19:56:55 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Obviously from my username that I'm a mailman in California. All last week and yesterday I have been delivering higher than usual CapOne cards (I can feel the envelopes to know what's inside after 20 years of delivering LOL).

I noticed I have been delivering alot of AmEx's Blue, Barlcay 2X Rewards and some Chase pre-offers on my route.

If you guys or gals have any questions about how often I deliver what (in regards to credit cards) I can answer...what I will NOT answer my customer's info, specific location such as street names, etc. LOL!

Oh yeah...come January I'll be delivering 16 to 24 oz credit card statements

I'm thinking the increase in Cap1 cards is because of the new chip cards being sent out -- I got 2 this week. So it may not reflect an increase in new credit accounts... just new cards.

Cap 1 doesn't make any attempt to hide their credit card mailers. I think they figure the process you have to use to activate the card makes it secure enough.

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

UncleB — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:51:29 GMT

@Dalmus wrote:
I couldn't imagine making so many purchases in one month on one card that I had more than two statement pages!

Back in the day (90s) when Amex still did 'country-club billing' for their charge cards (with the squares on each page, some with actual receipt copies) I can remember having bills so lengthy they would come in a letter-size envelope (8.5 x 11). It was too many pages to even fold.

Talk about killing some trees!

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Anonymous — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:55:07 GMT

That's awesome. Very funny post.

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:32:36 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Can you deliver in other parts of the country? We need a responsible mailman like you.

LOL Thanks for the thought! :-)

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:34:43 GMT

I kinda figured

@designated_knitter wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
Obviously from my username that I'm a mailman in California. All last week and yesterday I have been delivering higher than usual CapOne cards (I can feel the envelopes to know what's inside after 20 years of delivering LOL).

I noticed I have been delivering alot of AmEx's Blue, Barlcay 2X Rewards and some Chase pre-offers on my route.

If you guys or gals have any questions about how often I deliver what (in regards to credit cards) I can answer...what I will NOT answer my customer's info, specific location such as street names, etc. LOL!

Oh yeah...come January I'll be delivering 16 to 24 oz credit card statements
I'm thinking the increase in Cap1 cards is because of the new chip cards being sent out -- I got 2 this week. So it may not reflect an increase in new credit accounts... just new cards.

Cap 1 doesn't make any attempt to hide their credit card mailers. I think they figure the process you have to use to activate the card makes it secure enough.

I kinda figured.

Chase sends out plain envelopes without ANY names/logos just PO Box in Coppel, Texas ;-)

Re: Delivering mail all week....alot of Capital One cards arriving, many Barclay & AmEx BCE offe

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:35:42 GMT

@UncleB wrote:
@Dalmus wrote:
I couldn't imagine making so many purchases in one month on one card that I had more than two statement pages!

Back in the day (90s) when Amex still did 'country-club billing' for their charge cards (with the squares on each page, some with actual receipt copies) I can remember having bills so lengthy they would come in a letter-size envelope (8.5 x 11). It was too many pages to even fold.

Talk about killing some trees!

Gosh! I remember that when I first started delivering mail! LOL