OHbaby! Forums : Chain letters https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:01:02 +0000 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:47:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=11029 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Chain letters : I don&#039;t like them either....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220339&title=chain-letters#220339 Author: Mazzy
Subject: 11029
Posted: 27 September 2007 at 4:47pm

I don't like them either. Got the sticker one the other day, thought it was ridiculous because DD wasn't even one at the time - she has no idea about mail and I honestly didn't want a whole bunch of stickers anyway...dunno, maybe I'm just mean! Threw it away but told the person who gave it to me that I wasn't doing it.

I had to think about why I don't like them...I think because they put such an obligation on you to send something/buy something/do something, and there is often the guilt sentence at the end to 'encourage' you to do it. Plus, I really can't bring myself to pass them on, to me it seems like you're asking your friends for something (ie: buy my kids stickers!). Generally, I'd rather spend my time and money doing random nice things for people I know need it...if that makes sense? ]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:47:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220339&title=chain-letters#220339 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I dont like them cos of the fact...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220242&title=chain-letters#220242 Author: Kellz
Subject: 11029
Posted: 27 September 2007 at 2:10pm

I dont like them cos of the fact they say say there will be some sort of bad consequence to u or someone if u dont do what it says.]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:10:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220242&title=chain-letters#220242 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I hate chain mail, And i think...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220236&title=chain-letters#220236 Author: AlyAyde
Subject: 11029
Posted: 27 September 2007 at 2:04pm

I hate chain mail, And i think the sticker one is so wrong targeting kids. My kids received the sticker one 3 or 4 times from various people. The first time we got it i posted stickers to the two children that were already on the list so they wouldnt really miss out but phoned the parent i knew and said what i had done. The other times i just binned them. Grrrr]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:04:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220236&title=chain-letters#220236 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I am jsut too lazy to be botherered...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220057&title=chain-letters#220057 Author: 11111
Subject: 11029
Posted: 27 September 2007 at 9:19am

I am jsut too lazy to be botherered with them.  I hate them clogging up my email account too.

]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:19:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=220057&title=chain-letters#220057 <![CDATA[Chain letters : Yeah I mean Kobe loved getting...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219997&title=chain-letters#219997 Author: my2angels
Subject: 11029
Posted: 27 September 2007 at 7:56am

Yeah I mean Kobe loved getting his own letters and the people i sent it to (mainly family memebers) all made sure they sent it to people they knew would do it and I know my neice only got a couple back so i went and brought her some stickers which cost me all of $2 and posted them to her and she was stoked. I think the joy they got from even receiving a couple of letters/stickers back was totally worth the hassle. Well except I found stickers all over the house for weeks after which is why i put them away!]]> Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:56:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219997&title=chain-letters#219997 <![CDATA[Chain letters : Don&#039;t feel bad Janine! I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219865&title=chain-letters#219865 Author: busymum
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:24pm

Don't feel bad Janine! I don't have a problem with it. I only have problems with ones that propose to bring bad luck on anyone to doesn't comply blah blah what a load of cr*p ]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:24:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219865&title=chain-letters#219865 <![CDATA[Chain letters : Ok, so i think i&#039;m the culprit...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219826&title=chain-letters#219826 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:08pm

Ok, so i think i'm the culprit here.. lol

In reality, i hate chain letters, i hate email ones i hate posted ones i never forward any of them, just hit delete. I share all of the same ideas of anyone else.

BUT...

I never actually considered the sticker one to be chain mail.. i suppose it is, however i do think it's pretty neat for what you put in and with that type of thing it's dependant on who you send it out to (we only sent to people who we knew would probably embrace it for what it was.. something fun for the kids), I do find it hard though with the idea of the sticker club one for the kids as it's not the people you send it to that you have to worry about it's whether the people they in turn send it to are gonna go through with it. so guess with that type of thing it's up to your friends you send it to, to pick others who they think will embrace that whole idea too.

It's hard. But i must say, I think the idea of stickers through the mail.. even if it's just 1 pack.. I think that's worth it enough for us to do it.

Edited by mum2paris]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:08:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219826&title=chain-letters#219826 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I loathe chain letters, including...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219723&title=chain-letters#219723 Author: pepsi
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:30pm

I loathe chain letters, including the soppy story ones and warnings which tell you to forward it to all your friends (i.e. women getting kidnapped at the mall etc).. What especially annoys me is about the "warning" e-mails is that they have been around for years and years and often are American in origin, sometimes edited to include NZ details...

Totally gay. ]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:30:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219723&title=chain-letters#219723 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I don&#039;t mind the email ones...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219599&title=chain-letters#219599 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 4:21pm

I don't mind the email ones if they have something funny in them. I hate the text ones saying you will get $20 if you send it to so many people]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:21:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219599&title=chain-letters#219599 <![CDATA[Chain letters : LOL Kelly I have received that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219585&title=chain-letters#219585 Author: Kels
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 4:09pm

LOL Kelly I have received that one way too  many times too. I hate all email ones too and just hit delete.

]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:09:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219585&title=chain-letters#219585 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I got the sticker one recently...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219524&title=chain-letters#219524 Author: KH25
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 2:20pm

I got the sticker one recently through the post. Couldn't be bothered doing it though and chucked it out! And I hate the email ones - like that stupid luck of the irish one that I must have received about 55 million times ]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:20:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219524&title=chain-letters#219524 <![CDATA[Chain letters : It&#039;s a waste of a bit of...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219500&title=chain-letters#219500 Author: Peace
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:53pm

It's a waste of a bit of tree and 1 less minute sitting at my computer pressing delete. Chain mail of any kind should be banned.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:53:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219500&title=chain-letters#219500 <![CDATA[Chain letters : i dont like the email ones but...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219496&title=chain-letters#219496 Author: my2angels
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:49pm

i dont like the email ones but have done the sticker one before and it was cool except kobe got way to many stickers. we used them for his reward sticker chart and still have a shoe box full of them.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:49:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219496&title=chain-letters#219496 <![CDATA[Chain letters : Two Blondinis wrote:I don&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219479&title=chain-letters#219479 Author: aimeejoy
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:31pm

Originally posted by Two Blondinis Two Blondinis wrote:

I don't like them, I think they play on people's fears that something terrible will happen if they don't send the letter on to 20 people yadda yadda


Thats why I dont like them. Havent had the 'old-fashioned' post version since I was a kid tho, only the crap email ones.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:31:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219479&title=chain-letters#219479 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I&#039;ve never recieved one on...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219461&title=chain-letters#219461 Author: Two Blondinis
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:08pm

I've never recieved one on the post but I get them all the time through email, I just delete them and block the sender if I don't know them.

I don't like them, I think they play on people's fears that something terrible will happen if they don't send the letter on to 20 people yadda yadda]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:08:22 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219461&title=chain-letters#219461 <![CDATA[Chain letters : So Deb and Kellz, why don&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219458&title=chain-letters#219458 Author: busymum
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:07pm

So Deb and Kellz, why don't you like them?]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:07:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219458&title=chain-letters#219458 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I remember my mum being really...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219445&title=chain-letters#219445 Author: Rachael21
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 12:24pm

I remember my mum being really anti them and so i would hide and copy them out to send them on. In theory they seem like a smart idea but people never follow through. I hate the ones that say if you don't pass this on you will have bad luck forever.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:24:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219445&title=chain-letters#219445 <![CDATA[Chain letters : i partici[pated in a sticker one...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219436&title=chain-letters#219436 Author: lizzle
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 11:57am

i partici[pated in a sticker one for my kids and they got zip. was alittle disappointed for them, but they don't care really.

as for email ones - i ignore. i wouldn't bother calling to say no thank you. usually i plan to answer then just forget until a month later when i delete it.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:57:53 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219436&title=chain-letters#219436 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I dont like any form of them,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219406&title=chain-letters#219406 Author: Kellz
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:41am

I dont like any form of them, and have never participated it any, even online.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:41:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219406&title=chain-letters#219406 <![CDATA[Chain letters : i hate all chain mail, and now...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219384&title=chain-letters#219384 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:59am

i hate all chain mail, and now they are targeting them to kids too - ie the sticker one - and i think that is really stink.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:59:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219384&title=chain-letters#219384 <![CDATA[Chain letters : I have had a couple of good ones,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219383&title=chain-letters#219383 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:57am

I have had a couple of good ones, where you pass on recipes or books.

My grandmother is very anti as she received one saying something will happen to someone who is travelling, and at the time my uncle was in Oz.

I hate email ones, they're annoying junk and clog up my in box.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:57:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219383&title=chain-letters#219383 <![CDATA[Chain letters : Just wondering what everyone&#039;s...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219376&title=chain-letters#219376 Author: busymum
Subject: 11029
Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:53am

Just wondering what everyone's views are on chain letters? We recently received one (as a couple of you know ) and one of the people we forwarded it to has just called me (the mum did) to say that because it's a chain letter, they're not interested. I know the old fashioned chain letters used to say things like "if you don't do xyz your head will be chopped off" or something along those lines, but I can't see what is objectionable these days? My mum used to be anti these when I was younger but only after a certain time, so I thought it was just that we didn't use to get the expected return lol]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 08:53:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11029&PID=219376&title=chain-letters#219376