Assume you have some junkmail you wish to dispose of which has you name and address printed on it but you don't have a shredder available. If it was an A4 size application form, how many times would your tear it in two before putting it in the bin?
2006-09-14 01:06:14 · 19 answers · asked by Sarah1975 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I'd fold it in half first and then tear it four times. However, most of those junk mail form things are already folded in three or four to fit in the prepared envelope in which case I would simply tear it four times. If the pieces are getting thick for the fourth tear just overlap the edges slightly. Don't line the edges up and you'll only have to tear through at one time as thick as you did for the previous tear.
The pieces end up quite small and if anyone sees trash which is well ripped like that, they'll surely look for easier targets. If you are used to tearing stuff up this is very quick to do.
2006-09-14 08:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Tammi J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
about 3 or 4
2006-09-14 01:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by links305 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can U burn it in the sink?
It'll B safer than tearing it up straight in2 the bin.
Do a lil at a time, U have a tap 2 switch on should it start looking a bit iffy.
It's what I would do If I didn't have a shredder.
2006-09-14 01:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have a shredder now, but when we didn't I cut them up a lot with the scissors. You want to make it too hard to piece together. Obviously someone can't tape one together and send if off to get the credit card, but they can get your personal information off of it and use that to try and get other cards. Most people are too lazy to sit and put together something that is in many, many pieces. My husband has made it a policy to shred everything that has our name and address on it. That's probably a little extreme, but I guess it can't hurt.
2006-09-14 01:16:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always tore mine in half. But do realize that druggies will take all those pieces of paper and sit and put them back together so they can use them to get your personal information. the drug makes them able to sit and concentrate and put this back together. They are also driven by the desire for more drugs. So I would purchase a shredder that cuts it into little bits both ways if you wanted to be absolutely sure.
2006-09-14 02:05:00 · answer #5 · answered by susan9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I write "no" in CAPs and "remove from mail listing" on the application. I then take all the papers that I received with the application including the envelope addressed to me and put it in the prepaid return envelope and send it back to them. My satisfaction is knowing it cost them extra money for postage when I return it. Just think if everyone did it, it would double there postage costs.
2006-09-14 01:23:11 · answer #6 · answered by retired_afmil 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never shred or tear anything. I don't even own a shredder. If someone wants my identity they can have it.
2006-09-14 01:17:28 · answer #7 · answered by danadeville 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda hard to assume you don't have a shredder when you have one, but I'll try.... next time this comes up.
2006-09-14 01:14:02 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never. Considering those companies now have a phone number so it can be called in, I find the offending portions and burn them
2006-09-14 01:10:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is funny, because I've done that for years. I usually tear it twice: down the middle, then across.
2006-09-14 01:15:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋