For Dutch consumers who wish to save 44 euro cents (30 pence) on posting a letter, there is a solution: an advertisement on the back of the envelope.
对于那些希望在寄信时能节省44欧分邮资的荷兰消费者来说,下面这条消息可能是他们最想听到的:该国一公司即将推出一种背面印有广告的特殊信封,人们在使用这种特殊信封寄信时无需再支付任何费用。
Dutch advertising company gratis-post.nl will begin offering consumers a pack of five envelopes with free stamps next month that they can use for standard letters up to 20 grams.
开展此项服务的这家荷兰广告公司名为gratis-post.nl,他们将会在下个月把这种已经贴有免费邮票的信封提供给消费者,这些信封以5个为一组被装在专门的口袋内,人们可以用它们来邮寄每件重量最多达20克的标准信函。
The envelopes carry advertisements on the back, and the person requesting them also has to agree to receive advertising by mail or email from the participating companies, a company spokesman said.
那家公司的一位发言人表示,这些信封的背面均印有广告,此外,申请使用它们的消费者还必须做出承诺,确认自己愿意通过传统邮件或电子邮件的方式来接收参与此项活动的各家公司寄来的广告。
The company says the offer is unique in Europe.
按照该公司的说法,他们此举目前在整个欧洲尚属首例。
(国际在线独家资讯 张咏 未经允许请勿转载)