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Anybody out there have young kids?The wife got me roped into doing this sticker club chain letter thing, since she couldn't think of people to send this to. I need to get ahold of a few names and addresses of kids that might be interested in participating (age 3 or older, I guess -- anybody who'd be interested in getting stickers in the mail, I guess). Basically, you send a name on the list a little pack of stickers, and then send the letter you receive from me onto 6 other folks, moving your kid's name in the spot. In the long run, your kid will end up getting 36 packs of stickers if everybody participates. Anyway, if you're interested in participating, e-mail me (jake - utterlyboring - c0m) with the name of your kid and your mailing address. Posted by Jake on 07/08/04 @ 10:10 AM
Posted in Jake | 15 Comments | Permalink Send to digg, facebook, twitter or reddit 15 Commentsmom said on 07/08/04 @ 01:10 PM:the ole' sticker club was sent to us; however our kids never got their stickers after spending lots of time and effort getting our stickers to other kids. good luck! (it would have been pretty cool) Aaron said on 07/09/04 @ 02:54 AM: Yeh, "if everyone participates" being the key words. We were involved with something like this earlier this year, but never heard back from anyone :( Mirth said on 07/09/04 @ 10:03 AM: Isn't this just the same as the chain letters that propose you send dish towels? or Money? In theory the person on the top of the chain will get alot of said item yes, but the people at the bottom get screwed in the long run. Jesse Thompson said on 07/09/04 @ 11:59 PM: I've passed along that Bill Gates email about three different times and still have yet to receive that $1,000, or $350, or dinner in Paris, I can't remember what it was ;) Lauren said on 09/02/04 @ 03:50 PM: Could someone please explain this idea more thuroughly? it sounds interesting but i dont fully understand it yvonne said on 02/23/05 @ 08:03 PM: can anyone send me a copy of this letter via email . we got the letter from a good friend and i think i threw it away so i need a new letter. thanks tw said on 10/20/05 @ 12:51 PM: Does anyone besides me see a problem with giving out your child's name and home address to total strangers? I have a real issue with this. I have a 13 year old daugther. I have always taught her never to give out her name and address to strangers via any media source. Even if they claim to know her or her family, unless the give the password. Yet with this chain letter her address could be given to 36 people, most are strangers. You hear all the time about grown ups posing as children to trick their victims on the internet. I don't want to be a wet blanket but am concerned about the lack of security of such a thing. mymble said on 12/13/05 @ 03:06 PM: We just got one of these in the mail. I doubt there's a security issue, since it's friends of friends, but I just have a problem in principle with sending out chain letters AND with supporting pyramid schemes. How about encouraging your kid to actually have correspondence with someone instead? For the person who wanted it, here was the text: Dear ___, Welcome to the sticker club! Please send one packet of stickers to the person listed in the number one spot. Move my name to the first spot and place your name in the second spot. Then send this letter to six of your friends. If you cannot do this within SIX days, please let mymom know because it would not be fair to those who have participated. Within two weeks, you should have received 36 packets of stickers. It's a lot of fun and exciting to see where your stickers come from! And it's always nice to get mail. Good luck and thank you for joining the sticker club! Your friend, _________ Jen said on 11/16/06 @ 04:02 PM: All chain letters are actually illegal (gambling through the US post office). Even the sticker club. lmw said on 06/16/08 @ 03:50 PM: A friend sent me this letter. I can tell you now I panicked the last 2 of the six days (If I can get him to believe Jen's comment, I'm saved) Day six is tommorrow, and I still need two people. Michael Littman said on 12/15/08 @ 07:45 PM: Please don't perpetuate pyramid schemes---even if you "win" and get your 36 stickers, it means 36 kids "downstream" are stuck recruiting 1296 other kids for them to win. It would be better to join a sticker club where the kids actually exchange stickers instead of having them all flow up the pyramid. Michael Littman said on 12/15/08 @ 07:45 PM: Please don't perpetuate pyramid schemes---even if you "win" and get your 36 stickers, it means 36 kids "downstream" are stuck recruiting 1296 other kids for them to win. It would be better to join a sticker club where the kids actually exchange stickers instead of having them all flow up the pyramid. Nameless One said on 08/21/09 @ 09:37 PM: I have a problem with the number "6" of the sticker club. "Send this letter to "6" of your friends..." "If you cannot do this within "6" days... " You will recieve "36" packets of stickers.." Think about it, if you believe in God....I mean really....You have to get 6 people. Photocopy 6 letters. Get 6 envelopes. 6 stamps. Do this in 6 days. You get 36 stamps (another 6). Why are there so many 6's?? What an odd number. Why not get 7 friends. Mail to 7 friends in 7 days??!! etc...This just sounds strange to me and I do not want to put my child at risk for anything unholy or dangerous!! Please spread the good word. Beware of the sticker club!! Sounds to me like a chain letter of 666. I question if it's some devilish plot to get the names and addresses of our children. Michael Littman said on 08/22/09 @ 12:58 PM: While I agree that it's a bad idea to participate in such a scheme, I don't see anything supernatural or dangerous about it. It's just incredibly unfair to the people at the bottom of the pyramid. April said on 10/27/09 @ 11:39 AM: I'd really like to know if anyone ever got all 36 stickers in return. I've done it and only got 2 packets of stickers back. It seems that most parents are too lazy to participate and/or too paranoia to send out their child's address to their own friends! They came up with all kinds of excuses so they don't have to be bordered with making copies and putting letters in envelops and mailing them. They put their own comfort before their kid's little happiness of getting mail! The letter states clearly that "if you can't do this, please let my parent know because it won't be fair to the child who participated" because the kid/parent who went through the trouble of making copy and mailing it to you not to mention costs of envelops and stamps! At least have courtesy of letting them know so they don't have to wait forever. Post a comment |
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