stopping snail mail spam...any ideas

[Fiveohhh]

I get boat loads of cc apps and other junk every day, Is there a place i can call to get off the lists? Like the no call number for telemarketing. I fill a grocery bag up once a month full of junk smail mail and I'm kind of an enviromentalists, so its really bothersome

 

[bockchow]

you could go to the post office and ask to never get mail again. it didn't work to well for kramer but you might have better luck.

 

[seanws]

send the pre-paid return envelope back with the original envelope, and all the junk they sent you. eventually they'll get the point.

 

[pyonir]

Review the privacy policies of your current credit card providers (if you have CC's already) and submit an opt-out from them sharing your info. Any credit card offer you get, call the company and request to be removed from their mailing list...in fact do that with the things you get a lot of. Just opting out of sharing info from my CC companies has nearly killled all the snail mail spam i get.

 

[Fiveohhh]

Thanks, anyone else have any ideas?

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: seanws
send the pre-paid return envelope back with the original envelope, and all the junk they sent you. eventually they'll get the point.

I swear this actually worked for me. I still get some, but less than I used to.

 

[DrPizza]

I have a wood-stove. Forward them to me. Free heat for the winter 😀

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I have a wood-stove. Forward them to me. Free heat for the winter 😀

Ug, the fumes released from the plastics can't be good for you. I home you screen what you are burning.

 

[Sophia]

Try junkbusters.org or look around for "junk mail reduction" etc. You're looking for lists of marketing organizations you can opt-out of. Opt-out of everything you can think of that might sell your info: credit bureaus, credit card companies, your bank, your magazine subscriptions, etc. then write a buch of letters to direct marketing agencies for the same purpose.

Give that a few months, they you are left with individual opt-outs like catalogs. If someone sends you something with a pre-paid return envelope, send it back with a polite removal request.

There's some overhead in doing all that, but it's worked well for me.

Question for everyone: for what classes of mail can we use "refused--return to sender" so that the USPS will return it to the sender (and not just throw it out). Will it also work for mailings with those non-profit stamps?