Comments on: Update from Catalog Choice

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:54:38 +0000

Lena:

We do not forward your email to the merchant. They must have had your email from another source. The bottom of the email should have an opt-out link. Click it and the emails should stop. If they do not stop, there is a a fine that the federal government can impose based on the CAN-SPAM legislation Read more about CAN SPAM here

By: Lena McCubbin

Lena McCubbin — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:41:50 +0000

I had a surprise as a result of “opting out” on CatalogChoice. Three catalogs are now sending me e-mail versions rather than the paper. One thanked me for choosing to get the electronic version instead of paper! Instead of getting 6 catalogs a year, I am getting 2 e-mails a week. Please see if you can keep my e-mail private and not forwarded to the catalogs.
I will definitely be updateing my preferences using the “no interest” response in your new rating system.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:19:31 +0000

LMcC:

Tomorrow we roll out a new feature that will let you add a new customer number with the same name-address combination.

CC.org

By: LMcC

LMcC — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:05:06 +0000

I love the new ‘My Choices’ format, but was disappointed today to find that the ‘Still Receiving’ option that looked as if it would allow me to enter another customer # (catalog company simply gave me a new customer # & started sending again) didn’t actually allow me to, because my name still matches the name previously used to decline. :(

By: : 44.7 - 62% at Best News & Media

: 44.7 - 62% at Best News & Media — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 10:47:41 +0000

[...] mail and catalogs—an effective “do not mail” list. As recently stated on the Catalog Choice blog, “Within three months we’ve become a community of nearly 400,000 strong, opting out of [...]

By: Debra Mirek

Debra Mirek — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:57:59 +0000

Thanks for the “coding” of catalog status. I have contacted all the companies coded “refused” via email and sent them the following:

To Who it May Concern:

Last week I signed up for a web site called “Catalog Choice”, which provides a clearing house for those people wishing to stop receiving paper catalogs from companies they frequent.
I elected to decline the “insert company name” catalog, as we are well aware of your website and are comfortable ordering from it. I chose to save the trees and energy that are used to produce this catalog. The request to decline the catalog was not intended as a refusal of business. However, Catalog Choice has informed me that “insert company name” has refused my request to decline the catalog.

I find it hard to believe that “insert company name” as a company is refusing to comply with my choice. To do so is only assuring that I will no longer purchase ANYTHING from your company. “Insert Company Name” should reconsider it’s poor business choices and comply with my request.

Thank you,
Debbie Mirek

Can’t wait to see what comes of those emails! Keep up the great work!

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Prosecutor: Trader Facing Charges at Best News & Media — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:36:58 +0000

By: Dale

Dale — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:39:50 +0000

I checked out the new coding system. For my 5 declined catalogs I have a combination of three different responses - it’s great to get that quick snapshot showing me that my participation here is having a benefit for me and the planet.

By: RICK VIERHUS

RICK VIERHUS — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:08:38 +0000

I love this service!

Processing the mail has become much more interesting now.

Your new labeling for the feature is appreciated and a bit disheartening. I have declined 81 catalogs so far but only ten have been “confirmed.” The five that have been “refused” I will call very soon! That leaves 66 “unconfirmed”! Is this the passive way to say refused?

I am now keeping a envelope with just the address labels of each catalog received and notes of the day received as well as whether the “decline” was accepted or the catalog was already declined or I suggested it for the service.

Observation…I order a lot online now and when the products arrive there is always a paper catalog included. I’m not yet sure but it seems that the process of ordering puts me back on the mailing list even though I have already previously refused it.

Needing additional servers is a great sign of success.

One more thing. The DMA must keep data on the circulation of its members catalogs. Greater circulation numbers, especially for something like Pennysaver, means higher advetising rates (just like newspapers and magazines).

Keep up the good, planet-saving work!

By: Teresa Heede

Teresa Heede — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:51:29 +0000

Thank you for the Today Show segment. I signed on early this morning Eastern Time and experienced slow response. I waited several hours and response time has improved greatly. I have now canceled a dozen catalogs. All the catalogs I have received can be viewed online and usually the online site contains many more items and options than the printed catalog. Hurray for this site!!