Comments on: Lenser recommends Catalog Choice to catalog clients

By: Linda Huntoon

Linda Huntoon — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:17:17 +0000

Unfortunately, the solution isn’t as easy as Mr. Lenser has implied. Several catalog mailers with whom I discussed Catalog Choice at the recent ACCM had done careful research on the names provided to them by Catalog Choice for removal. In general, they found that a very small percentage of the names supplied were found on their customer files. Though I am not endorsing the DMA’s answer - I also find it hard to endorse Catalog Choice and the others until I am certain that there are enough checks and balances to make their procedure a lot closer to ‘fool proof’ than it appears to be now.

By: Lena McCubbin

Lena McCubbin — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:29:50 +0000

Hurrah! for the endorsement. Double the Hurrah! for those who want secondary confirmation and do not require any action on my part unless I want the catalog. CatalogChoice fits my needs for quick, efficient selection on the CatalogChoice website. Since I have declined 268 times, think how much work it would be to go on each companies’ website and do it!

By: Thomas Vernier

Thomas Vernier — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:01:31 +0000

Now if only there was a way of stopping the avalanche of mailings from donation seekers. Many of them sending two or more solicitations in a weeks time.
We donate to a select few, but once they start the overflow of mail, we cross them off our list.

By: Charles and Arline Peckham

Charles and Arline Peckham — Tue, 13 May 2008 15:50:37 +0000

Saves paper

By: Christine Lustik

Christine Lustik — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:24:06 +0000

This is good news. I was stunned when I received information that Title 9 and The Territory Ahead declined the request from Catalog Choice. I am asking that catalogs not be sent to me because it is just as easy for me to shop online versus having to recycle all of that paper; but, when they decline I immediately go to their website and tell them I will not shop at all with them anymore because they are not listening to catalog choice.

By: SHEILA MCCAHEY

SHEILA MCCAHEY — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:49:37 +0000

Great! I’m really sick of killing trees and shredding name/address (appears twice on most catalogues - doubly annoying).

By: Michael Fitz

Michael Fitz — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:49:00 +0000

What a great program. Now if you could expand it to local mailings. %-)

By: Tracy Glomski

Tracy Glomski — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:15:29 +0000

That’s excellent news. I went to the Lenser site, read the full text, and feel good about it.

I also looked at the Lenser client list. Maybe the ladies at Title 9 Sports (who’ve ignored my e-mail) will listen to Lenser and cease sending catalogs to my address. That sure would be nice.

By: Yvonne Camesi

Yvonne Camesi — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:59:23 +0000

Thank you, John

It would be nice for the catalog industry to listen to the consumer and allow us to chose and not make wasteful marketing assumptions with sharing/exchanging or selling our mailing info hapfhazardly. Wish the “or current resident” would disappear.

I won’t make any further comment on DMA - this time.

Catalogchoice has only given us a change to voice and be heard.