Catalog Choice is designed to help marketers and consumers reduce unwanted catalog mailings. What can we do about all those catalogs that get mailed to the guy who used to work in the office next to me?
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It is the goal of Catalog Choice to reduce the number of unwanted catalogs mailed to your home and make it easy to lighten your footprint on the environment.
Here is a recent article in North Texas’ Star-Telegram, by Alyson Ward. It depicts how harassing direct mail and catalogs tend to be and offers promising solutions! There are many ways to prevent the pile up in your mailbox, some simple, some a bit more time consuming, but all aimed at giving you your life back.
Phoenix Arizona East Valley City News
July 31 , 2007 by Editor
Reduce Junk Mail: One of the best ways to reduce paper clutter and interruptions is to stop them from getting to you in the first place.
We would like to make two important points regarding junk mail.
First, the Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act, 39 USC 3001, specifically addresses the creation and maintenance of a Do Not Mail list by individual companies, much like the Do Not Call list.
Second, the United States Postal Service states that you are not required to accept any mail that you do not want, you may return it simply by writing the word “Refused” and putting it back in the mail without opening it. No fees will be charged.
Are all those pre-approved credit card and loan mailings driving you crazy? Do you know that banks buy your credit rating information from the credit reporting agencies? They have your name, address and your social security number; along with ratings of if your bills are paid on time and whom you owe money to. If you’ve been denied credit within the last 60 days, you can contact them for a free copy of your report; otherwise it’ll cost you approximately $8.00. By the way all consumers are entitled to one free copy of their credit report each year, regardless of whether they were denied credit or for any other reason. Simply visit www.annualcreditreport.com
Four ways to reduce the amount of unsolicited third class mail you receive, like flyers, catalogs, pre-approved credit card and loan mailings.
1. Send a letter to each of the three major credit reporting agencies and request that they stop selling your credit rating information
a. Equifax Options P.O. Box 740123 Atlanta, GA 30374-0123
b. TransUnion Consumer Relations P. O. Box 2000 Chester, PA 19022-2000
c. Experion- NCAC, P. O. Box 9701, Allen, TX 75013
2. You may contact the major credit reporting agencies by phone, just call one number 888-567-8688 to reach Equifax & Experion & TransUnion.
3. To reduce the amount of unwanted mailings–catalogs, etc. Send a letter to:
Mail Preference Service, Direct Mail Marketing Association, P.O. Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
ADVO, List Maintenance, 2235 S Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2909
Please note that it may take up to six weeks for your request to be implemented.
For additional Tips & Ideas simply visit:
www.atozorganizingpros.com/Organize-Tips_OU.htm or
www.atozorganizingpros.com/Organize-Tips_Time.htm
Contributed by:
A to Z Organizing Pros, A Subsidiary of Organize-U Consulting, Inc. an Arizona Corporation, PO Box 16283, Phoenix, AZ 85011, USA