Junk Your Junk Mail
More than 100 million trees’ worth of junk mail arrives in American mail boxes each year, nearly 50% of which goes straight into the trash, unopened and unread. You can save some trees and (a good deal of annoyance) by:
- Contacting the credit bureaus’ centralized opt out service to put an end to all those credit card and insurance offers.
- Signing onto the Direct Marketing Association’s Mail Preference Service.
- Calling the 800 numbers on catalogs you don’t want to receive and ask to be taken off their lists.
If you don’t you have the time to do these things yourself, try a junk mail reduction service, like 41pounds, which charges $41 for 5 years. 41pounds guarantees it will reduce your junk mail by 80-95% within 4 months or refund your money.
Unfortunately, getting off current mailing lists is only half the battle against junk mail. I also recommend that you take the following steps to protect yourself from being added to future mailing lists:
- Avoid sweepstakes.
- Don’t sign up for in-store rewards cards or if you do, ask the company NOT to sell, rent or share your information with third parties.
- Restrict your online shopping to companies whose catalogs you want to receive. If you do not wish to receive catalogs, order over the phone instead.
- Request that your name NOT be added to mailing lists when you make purchases over the phone.
- Ask all companies you shop with and all organizations you support NOT to rent, sell or share your information with third parties.
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