Stop Catalogs in Mailbox

Holiday season is approaching fast. Malls and stores throughout USA are showing the start of another shopping spree! And with the holiday season come lots and lots of catalogs to your mailbox. Some people enjoy it but many of you may not! Want some relief from those 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; 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 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). To learn more, visit NRDC's site simplesteps.org.

There are other options, if you wish. You may choose to send 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 you. 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.