Comments on: minimalize your junk mail

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:14:22 +0000

*just laughs*
And here I thought I was the only one odd enough to do this.

I usually call the Bestelltelefon (ordering telephone, I live in Switzerland) and ask them to quit. Occasionally I get the, “We do our mailings through a separate company and I can’t do anything here, wah-wah,” but a request to talk to the manager usually changes that.

By: dave peters

dave peters — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:09:22 +0000

thank you, thank you, thank you….
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By: Teri

Teri — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 13:43:44 +0000

Is it bad that I write “deceased” on junk mail and send it back. it seems to work pretty well.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:09:44 +0000

Thanks for the links.
Hopefully I’ll start seeing results soon!

By: EB

EB — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:14:00 +0000

My favorite thing to do, and it’s QUITE effective, is “return to sender”. Just write it on and throw it in the blue mailbox. The mail from them stops coming.

By: jforest

jforest — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:47:47 +0000

Great information, Thanks for the impetus to get this done! I meant to do it years ago, and somehow never got around to it!

Thanks again!

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:33:23 +0000

I just did the optoutprescreen.com thing. Thank you! Those offers probably comprise 50% of my junk mail.

I live in a building of condo units. One of them kindly keeps the recycle bin OUTSIDE the door, and most of my junk mail goes in there without ever coming in the house. Highly recommended. Sometimes I even flip through catalogs I might or might not like, so that if I don’t they can go in the bin.

By: Mara

Mara — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:37:20 +0000

thank you so much for this post. i have utilized it and it is already showing results.

By: Chris B.

Chris B. — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:09:24 +0000

In Britain, I reduced my junk mail by phoning the order line of companies who had sent me unsolicited catalogues and asking (1) asking to be taken off their database – they were always happy to oblige – and (2) asking where they had got my details from in the first place. Most, but not all, order lines could tell me that too. Eventually, one gave me a single number to call for a central clearing service and that killed off most of my remaining junk mail in one go.