Chain letters
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Topic: Chain letters
Posted By: busymum
Subject: Chain letters
Date 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-------------  |
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:57am
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date 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. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:41am
| I dont like any form of them, and have never participated it any, even online. |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 11:57am
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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. |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date 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. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:07pm
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So Deb and Kellz, why don't you like them? ------------- |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:08pm
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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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:31pm
Thats why I dont like them. Havent had the 'old-fashioned' post version since I was a kid tho, only the crap email ones. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Two Blondinis wrote:Posted By: my2angels
Date 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. |
Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 1:53pm
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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. ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: KH25
Date 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  ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 4:09pm
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LOL Kelly I have received that one way too many times too. I hate all email ones too and just hit delete. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date 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 |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:30pm
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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. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date 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. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: busymum
Date 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  ------------- |
Posted By: my2angels
Date 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! |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 9:19am
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I am jsut too lazy to be botherered with them. I hate them clogging up my email account too. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 2:04pm
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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 ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: Kellz
Date 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. |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 4:47pm
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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? ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |