RANT: Junk mail
 

Arrrrghhh...Is there anything you can do to reduce or eliminate junk mail. I am so tired of sorting, shredding, ripping this garbage to pieces. :rant: Freaking credit card offers up the ying yang. Where's all the environmentalists. Don't they know how many trees are killed so I can rip this stuff up.

OK I'm done now.

Yeah...tell me about it. I get my recycle bin filled up faster than my trash bin! What's worst is that I get lots of junk flyer toss in my front porch every single day...there ought to be a law against that! Isn't that like leaving trash in someone's land?

Do you have a fire wall installed.. Zone alarm has one you can try for trail run and i help me cut down on un want junk mail...

I don't care so much about the flyers, pick them up and ditch them. But all these pre approved credit offers, anything for that matter with your name on it. All you hear about is identity theft and they just keep sending this stuff. I can't be bothered going through it and ripping, shredding everyday. Reason for the rant. Guess what I did on this lovely rainy Sunday.

I used www.incredimail.com.
Quite happy with it and its free!
It has a junk and unapproved section allowing you to Block and Bounce the e-mail back to the sender.
Any e-mails that you Block ,will in future not appear on your INBOX but will go straight to your DELETED items.
BTW,it also great notifiers.Its pretty cool.

She isn't talking about e-mail......she is talking about postal service mail, you remember that...the old paper stuff that comes in the box near your house....

:)

L,
Some of us guys are dying to hear...:rofl:


I can tell anyone that's curious, the fun time following
complete ID theft. I would not wish it on anyone.

BR,md

You can call...

1-888-567-8688 [1-888-5-OPTOUT]

Credit bureaus sell banks lists of consumers who meet certain pre-screened credit criteria. These lists result in 5 billion credit offers mailed out annually, or an average of 8 per household per month. Under a law known as the Fair Credit Reporting Act, you have the right to opt-out of receiving these offers.

Just my friendly consumer notice for the day.

this one might also work?

Hey Uncle Geezer - all of a sudden you know how to quote partials...Uhhh I think they call that selective memory...:jk: BTW - I spent my day shredding mail..

Thanks for the info guys, as far as the 8 per month, I think I get 8 a day...I'll give it a shot

check out these 2 sites
http://www.obviously.com/junkmail/
http://www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailinglist

Here's something you can try and it worked for me. Open the junk mail, and on the reply slip (the part with your name and address that you'd mail back) write: "No such person. Remove from mailing list immediately!" Then stuff everything they sent, including the original envelope, into the postage-paid reply envelope and mail it back. Believe me, they won't want to keep paying the postage for this so they'll take you off the list in a hurry. Doing this put an end to 75% of my junk mail in about three months.

This is one i agree with. Other than that shred shred shred. Lots of fun.

Exactly what he said..... AND if you have lots of Junk Mail faxes, reply by faxing 20+ black papers with a sticky note on each one that says:
"REMOVE XXX-XXX-XXXX." (your fax number) They'll get the hint.

As somebody mentioned earlier, you can stop the pre-approved credit card offers by

1. Call 1-888-5-OPTOUT.
2. Select option 2 to skip a message about an internet email (described below).
3. Select option 2 to opt out of mailings permanently. Be careful, because option 1 only opts you out for two years.
4. Follow the prompts to enter your phone number, name, zip code, address, and social security number.

The service states that your request will be processed within 5 business days, and a "Notice of Election" form will be mailed to you.

They also have a web site equivalent to do online. Can't find it right now.

EDIT: found it https://www.optoutprescreen.com/ Make sure you select permanent opt-out.

My shredder and my garbage man thank you!

JUNK MAIL IN SO CAL
 

I am working on a junk mail project and would like to talk to anyone who is passionate about postal junk mail and is doing something actively to stop it. YOu can reach me at [email protected].

LOL!:bustingup :rofl:

What project?

Get a shredder, you don't want to take a chance.

I hate both hard and email junk mail!

If you happen to subscribe to LifeLock (identity theft protection service), they have a component that cuts down junk mail. Since I signed up with them last year, my snail junk mail has dropped dramatically.

Also, don't forget companies sell your address to others. You order something from one, and 50 others end up with your address, to mail you catalogs for similar items.