Woke up a few days ago. A blocked caller. I hate blocked callers. To be honest, I usually don’t pick up. This time I did, and boy was that a mistake.
It was kinda like this:
Ok, so maybe it didn’t happen just like that but basically what they told me was this:
Well Ma’am, they pay us to deliver the bulk mail to you, so we can’t simply stop delivering it. What you can do, however, is contact each of the distributors personally and pay to be removed from their mailing list.
Well, let me give you an idea of how long this would take. In 2 days of not checking my mail, I received the following pieces of junk: (Keep in mind that most of these have multiple pages…as I’m sure you well know!)
- Organize your home, ClosetWorld- Sent to Postal Customer
- PennySaverUSA- Sent to Postal Customer
- A Local community center pamphlet- I receive this bi-monthly at LEAST
- Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Faith Baptist Schools pamphlet
- Henry’s Farmers Market – Sent to Postal Customer
- Misc Furniture on Sale- Sent to Postal Customer
- IKEA pamphlet (I do not shop here and have not given them my address)
- Doit Center Sale junk- Sent to Postal Customer
- Longs Drugs/ CVS coupons- Sent to Postal Customer
- MoneySaver
- Rite Aid pamphlets/Coupons
- Molly Maid
- 40-page LocalValues coupons
- REDPlum coupons – Sent to Postal Customer
- Vons- Sent to Postal Customer
- Albertsons- Sent to Postal Customer
- Ralphs – Sent to Postal Customer
- Pavilions– Sent to Postal Customer
- Smart& Final- Sent to Postal Customer
- LA Private Trainers – Sent to Postal Customer
- World Wide Windows
- Hometown buffet- Sent to Postal Customer
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, two days.
Case and Point. I will be switching to a private post office box.
Tags: USPS junk
Try junkbusters.com for advice. Most direct mailers get your address from magazines. Try contacting the publisher and asking to “opt out” of their third-party marketing. Between that and a letter to the Direct Marketing Association I’ve cut out 95% of the junk mail.
They tried to pass legislation to prevent anyone from selling your address unless you specifically “opt in” but it turns out that would put tens of thousands of people out of work… So we got the “opt out” system instead.
Great advice, Chris! Thanks for stopping by the blog! I’ll definitely work on junkbusters and the DMA!
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Now I know why I don’t pick up blocked calls! You two-day mail haul sounds a lot like mine might resemble. If I’m gone as long as two weeks, it takes a full bin to deliver the held mail to me.
Nice post, thanks.
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A warning on the move to a PMB from a letter carrier. If you change your address to a PMB, the bulk mail will not forward to you unless it is specifically endorsed to do so. Unfortunately, if you choose to change your mailing address from the PMB to another address, postal regulation does not permit a customer to submit a change of address from a business location (PMB owner).
Basically, it’s a one way street. If that’s not a concern to you, be happy in knowing the end of your junk mail pile is near
Nice level of information here. There is so much data around about this subject that sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees but you have pitched this at just the right level so that the lay person can understand – thank you!