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March 28, 2010 at 2:14 am #690926
WSdreamerMemberunless you have a lot of kids. glad to hear people are filling them out!
March 29, 2010 at 11:38 pm #690927
SueParticipantSo first I get a card telling me that I will be getting the census. Then I get the actual census (which I mailed back the next morning). Then I got a letter reminding me that it’s a law that I must return the census (that I already returned). Then yesterday I opened a fortune cookie and on the back of my fortune it says “Put down your chopsticks and get involved in Census 2010!” (wish I was joking) They’re getting a bit crazy with this census, don’t ya think?
March 30, 2010 at 5:18 am #690928
alki_2008ParticipantIs there anyone that has NOT received the reminder postcard? I believe they’re sending the reminders to everybody. They’re not keeping track of who did or didn’t send back the census form to determine who gets the postcard. That’s why the postcard has that line about ‘if you’ve already sent your census, then disregard this reminder’ (or something similar to that effect).
The reminder postcard so soon after the census was in-home helps to ensure people think about the census form that they should’ve received…ie, before they throw it out.
March 30, 2010 at 5:38 am #690929
JanSParticipantAlki_2008….I totally understand that, but, geez, how many trees were destroyed for something that essentially got thrown out. In Seattle, hopefully, we all recycled, but there are some places in the good ol’ US of A that really don’t pay attention to recycling. It all just seems like a waste of paper (I don’t mean the census form itself – we need to do that)…the letter a week before – “It’s coming, it’s coming”, and then a postcard, too. Will there be more, I wonder….sigh…
and those that aren’t gonna pay attention and return it weren’t going to no matter what, probably. They will get a visit, I’m guessing.
March 30, 2010 at 3:17 pm #690930
alki_2008ParticipantJanS – I’m assuming the idea is that the cost of sending the postcards is less than the cost of sending workers out to make home visits later. Besides the monetary cost, there’s also the gas exhaust (if we want to think of costs in a “green” sense).
I’m just glad they used postcards, instead of enveloped letters…postcards have less postage cost and are completely recyclable.
There are plenty of studies in the marketing realm that discuss the efficacy of using postcard reminders. Presumably, such studies were the impetus for the pre- and post- reminders that we all received. Of course, statistics can say anything. :-p
March 30, 2010 at 6:01 pm #690931
dawsonctParticipantPlease refer to post #13 for an explanation for the reminder mailings.
Or watch this:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/gary-locke-pt–2
March 30, 2010 at 6:04 pm #690932
JoBParticipanti think the person who thought up stuffing fortune cookies should get a creativity bonus:)
March 30, 2010 at 6:19 pm #690933
SueParticipantJoB, plus it’s one way to determine how stale the fortune cookies are – if I’m still getting 2010 census fortunes in, say, 2012. :)
March 30, 2010 at 11:42 pm #690934
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