Unwanted Mail

So over the last few months I’ve been trying to reduce the number of unwanted catalogs and credit card solicitations I receive - it’s just such a waste of paper. I found some interesting tools to do this in the American Airline’s in-flight magazine. First I signed up with the Direct Marketing Association’s Consumer Assistance site which allowed me to opt out of mailings from the association’s members. I then signed up with the credit card companies’ opt out service. Then today I was listening to NPR’s most emailed stories and heard a story about a new service - Catalog Choice - which allows you to stop receiving some catalogs but keep others. I haven’t used it yet because it is quite specific and allows you to enter customer numbers and different versions of your name and address to make sure you’re as thorough as possible. Looking forward to my stack of mail getting a little smaller. Now all I have to do is stop the charity solicitations!