Stuff for the Spirit

This list was current at time of publication.  However, suppliers sometimes change their policy.  Most offer free circulars, you pay only the postage costs.  Suppliers are listed below:
A & M Sales co., 3241 Hayne Ave., Chicago, IL  60618;
Cavazos Advertising, 1952 S. King Rd., San Jose, CA 95122,
Ace Products, Box 333, Shreveport, LA  71103;
Atlanta Press, 1600 Hawthorne Dr., Chesapeake, VA  23325;
Progressive Publications, Box 3770, Clear Lake Highlands, CA  95422;
A & H Sales Co., Box 579, Cambridge, MD  21613;
Astro Sales Co., Box 8901, Houston, TX  77009;
Badburd Sales Co., 2559 Josephine St., Lynwood, CA  90262;
Burco Sales Co., 39 Wyoming Ave., Ardmore, PA  19003;
Barbies Shop, 347 Malden, Newport News, VA  22202;
Chicago Mail Mart, 8408 Buffalo Ave, Chicago, IL  60617,
Lew Card, Box 392, Vrea, CA  92621;
Jack Clamp, Box 144, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY  10706;
Cooleys Enterprises, Box 161, Signal Mtn., TN  37337;
Danzig Enterprises, Box 142, Kensington Sta., Brooklyn, NY  11218;
Dawde Enterprises, 9254 Manning Ave., Stillwater, MN  55082;
Gradco Publications, Box 23436, Milwaukee, WI  53223;
Ray Holder, Box 91, O’Keen, AR  72449;
Midwest Mail Sales, Box 44RS, Shawano, WI  54166,
Martels, Box 607, Median, ND  58134;
Royal Sales Co., Box 17515, El Paso, TX  79914;
Sandcos Publications, Box 3414, 9th St., Ceres, CA  95307;
Success Publishers, Box 68, Webb City, MO  64870.; Gradco Publications, Box 23436, Milwaukee, WI

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Earn Money at Home

A good income or way to earn money at home can be a reality for anyone owning a rubber stamp.  The only additional items needed are envelopes, postage stamps, and a few commission circulars to earn money at home.  The rubber stamp is the only one of the above items you need to pay for.  The envelopes, postage stamps and circulars can be obtained FREE.

Many small operators are earning a comfortable living as commission mailers.  The “tricks of the trade” are rather involved, but I’ll give you all the basic information you’ll need to start a profitable business.  Hundreds of supply houses are constantly looking for people to mail their circulars for them.  In most cases, these people will send you all the circulars you need - for FREE.  However, they need to know that you are in business or they cannot send circulars to you.

Start your commission mailing business by running this short, classified ad in as many adsheets and magazines as your investment will allow:  “Commission circulars mailed free.  Must pay me 50% or more.  Send postage paid:  (Your name and address).”  The above ad will bring plenty of free imprint circulars to you.  As they come in, insert one of the circulars from each batch into a notebook and list the source of the item and the address - to avoid confusion when filling future orders.

While you are waiting for your first package of circulars to arrive, place the following small ad in as many adsheets as you can afford, offering a big mail for free:  “Free Big Mail!  Return this ad with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.  (Your name and address).”  The above ad will bring free stamps and envelopes to you.  The people who answer this type of ad are interested in seeing what you have to offer and are usually excellent prospects.  In the beginning you will probably mail no more than 100 envelopes per month.  As your income grows, you can expand your monthly mailings.  Some commission mailers mail thousands of pieces per month. mail for free:  “Free Big Mail!  Return this ad with a self-per month.  As your income grows, you can expand your monthly mailings.

Sweepstake Fraud

You go to your mailbox today and find an official document from an Awards
Committee claiming that you’ve JUST WON $5,000! All you have to do is run
in the house and call them to claim your prize! What joy! You can’t believe
it! You were wondering how you would pay the rent this month and now all
your troubles are over. You call all your friends and relatives to tell them
you’ve just won a sweepstakes. Everyone is happy for you and willing to help
you spend your money correctly (to their benefit, of course.)

Now comes the rain on your parade. You call the 900-number to claim your
prize. Who cares if the fine print says the call costs 98c per minute. You’ve
just won $5,000. What’s 98c to you?

After being kept on hold for quite awhile you find out you’ve won $5,000
worth of COUPONS! What? You thought it was money you won? Whoops - sorry, you
just paid 98c per minute (or about $9.80) for a bunch of worthless coupons
you could have probably cut out of your Sunday paper. It’s a rip-off pure and
simple!

The TV show 60 Minutes had a special segment about these companies. The
rip-off sweepstakes company gets MILLIONS of dollars per day with their
900 phone lines just from people like you. They put you on hold so they can
make MORE money from you. It has been reported that some operators will sit
by the phone, timing you on their watch to see how long you’ll hang on. The
longer you hold on and run up your phone bill - the more “stupid” they claim
you are.

Yes folks! These types of companies are run by heartless, cruel and horrible
individuals that sit back and laugh at the very people lining their pockets
with money! The government cannot shut them down because they are giving you
$5,000. Its your problem that you thought it was “money” instead of”coupons.”
(This is an example of those “Legitimate Scams” I have been warning you about
in other Victoria’s Reports.) Always remember that if you REALLY win money in
a sweepstakes it is unlawful to charge you even 1c to claim it! In addition,
if you win any contest whatsoever, a real prize committee will visit you
personally or call you themselves at their own expense.

Honest sweepstakes are set up to entice people to try the products the
company is selling who is running the sweepstakes. Publishers Clearing
House is probably one of the best well-known sweepstakes around. We all get
them in our mailbox every January and February. They are popular because
people order magazines just to enter the sweepstakes. The sweepstakes
itself is very honest. However, a lady who used to work for them told me
that if a sweepstakes form is returned WITHOUT an order, it is normally
discarded. Only a small majority are entered into the sweepstakes - or just
enough to keep the federal agents off their back. Of course, if you order
though - you have nothing to worry about. You have a whole one chance in
17 million to win a prize!

Personally, if you enjoy entering sweepstakes, I would suggest that you
contact Nick Taylor, 4215 Winnetka N #219, Minneapolis MN 55428. Nick
publishes a newsletter called “The Best Sweepstakes Newsletter”. It is filled with complete instructions for entering sweepstakes which give you
a greater chance of winning. The newsletter even holds it’s own contests
and drawings _ so you should be able to win something sooner or later!
Subscriptions are $17.50 per year, but Nick will send you a sample copy
to whet your appetite for $2.50. (Be sure to mention that you read about
him in Victoria’s Report No. 138.)

Remember folks, that nobody is going to give you something free when they
call you on the phone or send you a letter telling you that you have won a
prize. But there are people that fall for these scams over and over again
without thinking. The problem lies in the fact that these companies fill
people with a bunch of hype and play on them emotionally. Everybody wants
to have enough money to pay their bills, take a fabulous vacation, relax in
their yacht, pay the children’s way through college, work the hours they
want to work, tell the boss to “take that job and shove it” and buy a new
car and home for their family. Can you think of anyone that would turn down
a proposition like this?

Human beings love the idea of getting something for nothing. For some reason
it makes them feel like they are special and respected for all the hard work
they have done all their life. People who have continually strived for
something in life, only to have the door shut in their face are potential
customers for scams and rip-off artists. These cruel people are only after
the money you have worked so hard to make - so protect yourself now!

In 1938 a federal law was passed known as the Wage Earner Plan.  It is administered by the same branch of our courts that handle bankruptcy.  You must be a wage-earner to use the law - that is the primary requirement.
The Wage Earner Plan does not in itself ‘wipe out’ debts, but a little-known proviso of your filing requires that your creditors must appear to verify your indebtedness to them.  Statistics indicate that 40% fail to appear, in which case, those debts are indeed ‘wiped out’.

In some cases 100% of the creditors fail to appear, which enables you to wipe out ALL your debts without bankruptcy.
If some of the creditors do appear, then the court allows you to spread your payments out over a three year period in smaller amounts so that you can afford to pay.

Wipe out Debt, No Bankruptcy

Once you file under the Wage Earner Plan, you stop bill collectors, lawsuits, judgements, assignments, seized bank accounts, and other actions against you.  And to top it off, your credit rating is, in many cases, improved because you made an honest effort to work with the lending firms.  Additionally, if the seller used deceptive trade practices to induce your purchase, your debt may be wiped out under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.  Under the Homestead Act, your residence can be exempted from levy to the extent determined by local law.  Check at your local courthouse.er amounts that you can afford to pay.
Once you file under the Wage Earner Plan, you stop bill collectors, your purchase, your debt may be wiped out under the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Earn Money at Home 

Everyone that starts out learning the mail order business is normally
introduced to Commission Circulars very early in the game. You have probably
seen ads claiming “how you can make money - sometimes as much as $5,000 - for
every page you copy”.

Just by making copies of pages, I can make money? Sure - but that’s not all
what it takes.

Commission Circulars are ads that are already typeset and photocopy-ready.
All you have to do is stamp or type YOUR name and address in the “order from”
box. Then, all you need to do is make copies or print and mail these
circulars.

It’s a very simple process and serves an excellent purpose for many people.
Commission Circulars allow a person to make money without handling the
product. Orders normally will come directly from the customer to YOU. You
keep 50% or more of the money and send the rest, with the customer’s order
to the dealer. The dealer will process the customer’s order and ship it
directly to them. Your only function is to take your money out of envelopes
and re-mail the rest of the order and money to the dealer who is the prime
source of the product. Some people base their business on Commission
Circulars alone. Some people really love separating copies, stamping their
name with a rubber stamp, collating and stuffing envelopes and mailing them
at the post office. Some businesses get their families involved because
children can help in most phases of this business process. It’s really a fun
hobby for some people.

However, what happens if you are not right for Commission Circulars? What if
you are just getting started in the mail order business and don’t mail more
than 10 letters per week? What if you don’t know anybody to send the
circulars to? Some people will tell you to buy a mailing list _ but can you
really afford to spend $290.00 for first-class postage to mail to 1,000
people at this time? Besides, 1,000 people probably wouldn’t bring in more
than 2 or 3 orders. If you are only getting $2 or $3 commission from the
circular _ you’d go broke quick!

You need to ask yourself several questions before ordering Commission
Circulars. First and foremost, you need to determine how much you are mailing
per month. If your postage costs are less than $200 every 30 days, it
probably won’t pay you to order Commission Circulars. However, if the
Commission Circular can become a part of your mailing without causing you an
extra postage expense, you might consider them.

Commission circulars bring in good profits only when they are mailed to a lot
of people _ 1,000 won’t cut it. Big mail dealers who process tons of mail per
week and mail to thousands every month benefit the most from Commission
Circulars. They have the volume it takes to participate in this type of
business and will generate enough orders to make them pay for themselves.

There are a number of ways though for the new beginner to take part in
Commission Circular mailings and receive a response that is sufficient.

One way is to take part in Co-Op Printing deals. Read and study the mail
order publications and you will find several good co-op printing deals.
This is where you send a circular to a printer. He or she will print a
certain number of copies. Your ad will be printed on 1-side and the printer’s
ad will be printed on the other. They will send all the copies back to you
and you are responsible for mailing them. This immediately cuts your printing
costs in half! A lot of people use this method if they do monthly bulk
mailings or mail a lot. (Just be sure the ad the printer puts on the back of
your ad is something that doesn’t compete with items you are selling).

If you don’t do a lot of mailings and/or you don’t want the hassle of
stuffing and mailing a lot of envelopes, you can advertise your circular
in a mail order publication. At a standard rate of $25 per 1,000 _ you can
get your circular printed and mailed without any additional work on your
part.

This is the least expensive way to take part in Commission Circulars because
you save on postage, envelopes, mailing list of names, folding, stapling and
the time spent carting everything to the post office. Purchase a few Big
Mails and keep up to date on publications and prices.

The third way of getting your Commission Circulars out is by printing them
yourself and having someone else mail them for you. Most bulk mailers (people
who process large volumes of mail) will normally include your 8 1/2×11
circulars in with their own mail for 2c to 4c each. You benefit from the
mailers own mailing list plus you are saved the time of mailing and
processing them.

If you have a office copier or other printing equipment that will make copies
from a camera-ready master, you’re in business. Just print as many copies as
you want, box them up and send to the mailer you select.

Commission Circulars are really a great way to help others promote their
products and bring in an income also for you. I myself participate in 3
different commission programs, however I co-publish publications. The only
difference between them and Commission Circulars is the fact that they are
publications. You make money on any advertising ordered through you as well
as subscriptions. Advertising, printing and mailing are the 3 MOST sought
after products in mail order. So naturally, I take part in the promotion of
advertising.

Before participating in any Commission Circular or Co-Publishing effort,
you should always take the time to inspect the product you are promoting.
If it’s low in cost, order it before promoting it. This way you will be able
to answer questions if potential customers call or write you about it.

If the product is more than you can afford or you don’t want to buy it _ ask
the dealer to send you a brochure or other information. You need to be aware
of any product or service you are promoting because it is a direct reflection
on YOUR company. Your company name is on the circular and people will think
you are the Prime Source.

Think about it this way. Suppose a shoe salesperson came to the door without
any shoes to show you. They had no brochures, no information about their
product and no knowledge of what shoes were available. Would you make a
purchase simply from a price list? Probably not! And your customer probably
won’t either. If they do happen to take the time to request more information
get it for them. Don’t toss their letter in the trash and not answer it
because you don’t know the answer. You could be throwing away a $100 order.
Wouldn’t it be worth the 29c investment?

Direct Mail Mailing Tips
If you do decide to mail your own circulars yourself because you want to be
sure they are mailed _ here are some tips to cut costs:

1.  Be sure ALL the circulars are printed on BOTH sides of the paper.
This way _ you can get 8 circulars (4 sheets of paper printed on both
sides) in a standard business-size envelope for 29c.

2.  Never, never, never put only one sheet of paper in an envelope and mail
it. The person receiving it will be confused and you will automatically
be recognized as a newcomer who loves to waste money!

3.  If you choose to include a cover letter with your direct mail, put a
coupon or bonus offer at the bottom of the letter to encourage the
customer to look through your offers and consider them.

4.  Fold your circulars in a “Z-fold” when placing them in the envelope
itself. This way, as soon as the envelope is opened the customer does
not have to unfold it. Your best offer or “eye-catcher” is looking
directly at them.

5.  When printing circulars on the back of other circulars, turn one of them
upside down. This way, the order coupon for the flyers are not
back-to-back and customers can place two orders from one circular.

6.  Place similar or complementing offers in each envelope. Don’t put a
hodge-podge of all kinds of different items as this will tend to confuse
the customer. A good combination is: (a) Mailing List, (b) Stamp Program,
(c) Printing or Typesetting, (d) Money-Making Program.

Continually try different ideas to market your products properly. Work on it.
Make a game out of it. Eventually you will hit upon the right combination
that will literally stuff your mailbox with orders!

re saved the time of mailing and
processing them.

If you have a office copier or other printing