Catalogchoice.org has been live for less than two weeks and the response has been tremendous. We updated the site last week so that you can see how many registered accounts and the number of catalogs members have opted-out of. I will admit it – some times I just refresh my browser and watch the number climb. As of this moment, we have over 40,000 registered users and over 162,000 catalog title opt-out requests.
There are registered users from every State of the Union as well as Virgin Islands, U.S. Minor Outlying Islands, Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa.
Users are make good use of the Invite a Friend feature – over 15,000 invitations have been sent as of Friday morning.
The Catalog Choice Team is so pleased that so many of you are utilizing our free service. Together, we can preserve natural resources by opting-out of unwanted catalogs.
Fabulous!
Just what the average 21st-Century household needs to help it become greener.
I just opted us out of the forty or so catalogs that had accumulated in our “finished paper” recycling box. The process is a bit slow, even with high-speed cable, but couldn’t be more intuitive (read “simple”).
One recommendation. Our two-person household – just my spouse and me – has about ten different combinations of name and address to which these catalogs are mailed.
Mr., Dr., TJ, Thomas, etc., to our PO Box and our “physical” address. If it’s do-able, the process could perhaps be speeded up somewhat by allowing for “any” or “*” to be accepted as a wild card in either of those fields (but obviously not both). Also, if there’s a good customer number, why would any of the other information be necessary? Just a thought.
Keep up the great work, and thanks for a tremendous service!
TJS
I was so excited when I heard David Mizejewski on CNN yesterday! I received 6 catalogs today, and 5 yesterday. I thought about how wasteful this is and how unfriendly it is to the environment. I didn’t know what to do about it until I heard David on cable television. I have already sent a letter to the editor of my local newspaper, hoping to have it printed in the paper for all to see. I have also sent an E-mail to about 150 of my friends and associates. I sent the link to the Oregon and Los Padres (CA) Sierra Club chapters to put in their newsletters. And I have sent it to the League of Women voters locally for them to post in their newsletter. I’m not using your feature for spreading the word because it’s easier for me to use my own E-mail provider. But I am certaintly trying to get the word out! Thank you so much for doing this–it was so needed!
I want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for offering this service. I saw you on TV two days ago and have entered and suggested approximately 18 catalogs for my friend which were from only two days of mailing. She receives this many regularly! It will be nice when the catalogs do not make up the majority of the daily mail.
I will let my friends know about you.
Thank you so much again for this service!!
TGS
Just the service I have been needing to stop all the unwanted catalogs at our house.
I have been telling all my friends and have added your link to our personal website.
An idea (to help our country):
A search engine to find products made in the U.S.A.
It’s hard to find U.S.A.made products when we want to buy something.
Fantastic service, thank you! I have been actively seeking info on how to limit mail delivery to 1st class mail only…..if anyone has suggestions, please advise and post on this great web site.
This is so fantastic. Thank you. I have in the past 2 weeks opted out of 102 catalogs.
It takes the young ones today to come up with great ideas like this.
This is an excellent service. Easy to use. I am waiting to see the results in decreased mailings to our home. Hope it’s as effective as the process is easy. Thanks for coming up with this service!