Stop Catalogs in Mailbox
Holiday season is coming and with that comes lots and lots of catalogs to your mailbox. Want some relief from the more than 18 billion catalogs that overload U.S. mailboxes each year? Here are some tips for what to do:
The best way isn't to call the companies; you're better off sending a request by mail. Web sites like Junkbusters.com provide template letters for free that you can print out and sign.
The Abacus Alliance, a database used by mail-order catalogs, will remove you from it's listings upon request (abacusalliance.com). The Direct Marketing Association, too, will add your name to a "delete" list for direct marketers (free by mail; $5 online at dmaconsumers.org).
As last option you may pay the pros to do this job for yopu. For $20, StoptheJunkMail.com lets pick which catalogs you want to keep receiving; it then contacts the others repeatedly until you're removed from their lists. for good.
posted by Igloo @ 1:54 AM
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There's a new FREE online service that lets you cancel unwanted catalogs. Catalogchoice.org lets you select the catalogs you don't want to receive and within 10 weeks, your mailbox will be empty of unwanted catalogs. This service is sponsored by The Ecology Center and endorsed by NRDC. To learn more, visit NRDC's site simplesteps.org
I started using this service on 2/24/08. I have still continued to receive most of the catalogs I declined. According the the Catalogchoice.org website, most of the companies had not confirmed receipt the the request for opt out. I just finished trying again. I am also trying GreenDimes.com.
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