[Dantilla]

I hate credit card offers.

A few years ago I bought a fixer-upper house, and was not supposed to recieve any mail there. Saw the mailman one day put something in the box. Went to retrieve it, and here was a pre-approved credit card application, with my name on it, congratulating me on purchasing my new home. I suppose they scour county records of real estate transactions, and figure a new home owner wants new window coverings, furniture, yada yada.

Worst part is the ability to change the name or address before sending it back.

If I hadn't seen the mailman that day, who knows how long it would have sat in an unlocked mailbox, waiting to be taken.

Ever since then, first thing I do if I buy a fixer is to remove the mailbox. I don't put it up again until the house is sold.