Monday, April 28, 2008

Want to Stop Junk Mail?

STOP JUNK MAIL FOREVER

Junk mail is a triple threat: It tries your patience, jeopardizes your identity and spoils the environment. But without too much effort, you can give yourself peace of mind – and an uncluttered mailbox.

Register with the Direct Marketing Association (http://www.dmachoice.org/) to remove your name from its national mailing list. The service is free if you register online, or $1 by mail.

Reject pre-approved offers from credit card companies by visiting http://www.optoutprescreen.com/ or calling 888-567-8688.

Sign up free at http://www.catalogchoice.org/, and the site will do the grunt work to get you off mailing lists for catalogs you don’t want.

Pay a $20 annual fee and Green-Dimes (http://www.greendimes.com/) will remove your name from catalog and other direct-mail lists, plus plant up to ten trees!

For $41.00, http://www.41pounds.org/ – named for the weight in junk mail the average adult receives each year – will contact several dozen direct-mail companies on your behalf. In addition, $15.00 of your fee goes to your choice among the group’s nonprofit affiliates.

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