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Old 03-13-2008, 11:10 AM
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Old 03-13-2008, 12:49 PM
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Good Lord, Yes!

Over half the mail every day is junk, and goes right into the recycling. I wish Jimmy Carter would quit mailing me asking for money, and the WWF, and ClearWire, and the catalogs! I have taken to calling catalog companies every time I receive one and telling them to take me off their list because I only shop online. This has worked for some companies and not for others. Every Oct-Dec my mailbox is stuffed FULL of catalogs from companies I'd never order from. These also go straight to the recycling bin.

I wish these companies would stop spending $$$$ on printing umpteen million catalogs and do something better with the money they save -- pay their people better, or stop 'needing' to outsource their call centers, or whatever.


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Old 03-13-2008, 01:07 PM
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I just spent time this afternoon going through the junk mail in the recycling bin to find usable scraps of paper blank on one side. We take them to a charity which uses them for phone messages, then recycles. In about one month's time, we've accumulated half a paper box of scrap; the rest goes directly to recycling.

I, too, call catalog senders to get taken off the list. The ones that haven't listened and send two of each are Hitchcock Shoes (never ordered from them) and CampMore (ordered once online, now all these paper catalogs!).

Some junk mail I compost. I'd handle more of it that way if we had a shredder.

I do resent all this JUNK. Top on my annoying list is the newsprint sale circulars for the grocery stores.
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Old 04-18-2008, 08:46 AM
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I hate it when mailing lists won't let you unsubscribe. I change my email address every few years which helps keep spam to a minimum.
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Old 04-22-2008, 07:15 PM
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i would definitely support that. i can only imagine how much mail i have thrown away.
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Old 05-03-2008, 10:11 AM
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Yep I would totally support a do not mail list..most days the entire mailbox is emptied straight to the recycle bin. (lots of bills and such are received online)
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Old 05-06-2008, 08:17 AM
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I agree. I think my wife gets a catalog from Chadwicks every week. She ordered something from them once, like two years ago.
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