Tasks / Damaged Mail
Obtain a US postal "damaged mail bag" by sending a damaged and/or inappropriate piece of mail to yourself, a friend, a neighbor, or a coworker. Submit a scan or photograph of the mail in the "damaged" bag to complete the task. What is damaged, anyway?
1 players
15 points
Level 1
Requires BART Psychogeographical Association OR EquivalenZ
Created by Gadget
4 completed :: 2 in progress
Interested in collaborating on this: (no one yet!)
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Here's the piece that inspired this task. Note the envelope covered in (my) hair. I can't wait to see what others come up with.
i appreciate the postmaster's personal concern. eta: i used an RSVP postcard for a work event, knowing that as i sort the mail, i would be seeing it first. i folded the postcard in several places and ripped off two corners; i thought that might be...
Shoot I didnt have to do anything to complete this task...my Maxim magazine came in with the cover slightly torn and wrinkled.
Two attempts. The first time I ripped off the end of the envelope and I left a small cardboard piece in it with a note talking about what I've enclosed. Of course, I didn't enclose anything else. I figured it'd fall out and the USPS would determin...
Definitions of damage... pre-damaged mail marked damaged... (also, does inappropriate mail garner a damaged bag?)
what if you mail a ripped envelope marked "Please note: not damaged." And/Or what if you mailed it to a stranger/friend with the Post Office's "gee, sorry about that, but do you even know how much mail there is?" note (only pic I could find is here). What happens when damaged mail is delivered to the wrong address? Actually, how many times could the same (unopened, natch) piece of mail be forwarded to the recipient's "new address"?