Wow! I've been Pre-Selected!

[trof]

I don't know what for yet.
On the front of the envelope it says "You've been Pre-Selected".
I haven't opened it yet
I'm just enjoying the anticipation right now.

What does that mean?
It must be better than just 'Selected', right?
I mean, if you're PRE selected, doesn't that mean that you can get into line in front of all the others who have been only 'Selected'?

I sure hope so.
I like to be in the front of the line.

[RebelOne]

1. You have been pre-selected for a credit card with high interest rates. n/t

[trof]

2. Damn. Are you a fortune teller? A seer of the future?

You're exactly right.
This is uncanny.
Wow.

Discover card.
I already have one.
Why do they want me to have two?
I just don't understand.

[RebelOne]

8. I get those mails all the time.

I just shred them and return the pieces in their post-paid envelope.

[Kablooie]

3. It's from the IRS. You're being audited.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Do NOT open it.

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It's your pre-draft notice from our new Pre-Selective Service.
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If you're a "Fortunate Son", just ignore it. Big mistake and all, old chap.
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[progressoid]

5. Pre-Selected is soooo much better than just plain old selected.

[trof]

14. Well see? That's what I thought.

It's nice to be special.

[HopeHoops]

6. I like to let those sit around for a while to savor the mystrery - like until recycling day.

Then the unopened envelope makes a nice little journey with the empty cereal boxes and toilet paper tubes to that great paper shredder in the sky.

[lastlib]

9. you're a thief.....

They give you a postage-paid envelope because they want it back. If you don't return it, you're stealing their envelope and the postage they paid for.

Being a Democrat and pathologically honest, I ALWAYS return the postage-paid envelope. Of course, I also include the rest of the crap that came with it--finely shredded (all they have to do is put it back together--some assembly required. )--and maybe a spare lead fishing weight or two to make sure they get their money's worth on the postage they're paying.....

[HopeHoops]

10. Actually, they only pay the postage IF you return it. I only do that with nasty stuff.

Most of the basic junk mail just goes in for recycling. And careful, shipping lead can be considered "hazardous materials".

[lastlib]

11. I know, I just use that as an excuse!

[trof]

12. Oh gosh. Am I in trouble now?

I didn't know I was SUPPOSED to return the envelope.
I better get on it.
Thanks.

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Is that the opposite

of retro-actively?

[trof]

13. I don't think so.

It seems to me that being retro-actively selected would be that they selected you AFTER they ahd already PRE-selected, AND selected the one they really want.
THEN they see there are still a few slots open, so you get 'retro-actively' selected.

I think it's a slap in the face and a black mark on your record.
It's like being the fat kid and always being chosen last for baseball.
"Aw jeez...OK, I'll take the fat kid."

[Art_from_Ark]

15. I was pre-selected for a credit card once

It was such a SUPER deal! I would immediately be given a $1000 credit line-- no questions asked! All I had to do was agree to pay the $400 in fees and service charges, which would be deducted from my credit line, when the first bill came. If I chose not to pay the entire bill at once, then I would only be charged 29.9% APY interest for the balance, retroactive to the posting date! And if I wasn't able to pay any of the bill on time, then I would also get charged a "nominal" late fee of "only" $35-- which would also be deducted from my credit line.

It was such a great deal, I don't know why I tore the letter to pieces and threw it in the fireplace!

[Major Nikon]

16. Anything that comes presorted and doesn't list the name of the company gets deep sixed

I threw away a credit card one time, so I've learned to feel for what's inside before I chuck it, but for those most part it works well.