• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    It costs a company money to process mail at their place if business. Not like, crazy amounts but someone has to open the box, see what’s in it and figure out why it’s there. It’s probably going to cost them at least $2-$3 in time.

    It’s far from an effective way to cost them money, but it’s $2 more than throwing a book away at your house.

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      2 days ago

      Exactly They have to recieve, store, open, process and pay for the disposal of the items. Its nothing if 10 people do it, 10,000 people mailing back a box full of books becomes a logistical headache very quickly.