One of the enviro organizations I support sent me a link to these folks, this morning. There are damned few outfits I shop that haven’t a usable website, nowadays. Not much reason to get a paper catalog in the mail – especially with taxpayers subsidizing the cost of junk mail.
The mission of Catalog Choice is to reduce the number of repeat and unsolicited catalog mailings, and to promote the adoption of sustainable industry best practices. We aim to accomplish this by freely providing the Catalog Choice services to both consumers and businesses. Consumers can indicate which catalogs they no longer wish to receive, and businesses can receive a list of consumers no longer wanting to receive their catalogs.
Yes, a decent service, put me on the “no junk mail list”.
Well actually….junk mail subsidizes first class and keeps the USPS as close to the black as possible.
While I agree that I could use less paper mail, I can also appreciate junk mail for the fact that it does not cost me a FedEx fee (or UPS or DHL or ) to send a card or letter or the required legal document still approved only when delivered by postal service.
I read about a guy a couple of years ago, who signed up for as much junk mail as he could get. It was enough to warm his cabin using a wood stove for the whole winter.
Mike – maybe that’s what you earnestly believe – but, every bit of history of the USPS contradicts that belief. Cripes, ask your mailman. The exact opposite is the reality.
#4 Why would you ask your mailman? That would be like asking the kid who pumps your gas about the upstream revenue of Exxon.
I don’t teach logic courses on Mondays, Gig. Try real hard and maybe you might come with a more appropriate – and accurate – analogy.
Say, like the manager of a company-owned filling station and your bubbas at Exxon.
Stopped reading after you said you support an environmental organization.
Thanks for the info Mr. D. Very timely indeed with the holidays and all of it’s trimmings. Speaking of…trimmings. Maybe folks will be inspired to apply the less junk rule to gifting and WRAPPINGS!
Heh. I have to deal with a lot of “requests to update our mailing information for the free magazine we send you”. I have no idea how many of them are actually fishing for mailing information so they can send more magazines. I’m all in favor of this idea. Give it to the boss and let him check them off all at once instead of 20 individual calls a year.
Eidard, Ponzi said something about how easy it was to cheat someone if you could get them to focus their minds on something.
You really want to take a closer look at those “environmental” groups. Some of them are outright scams. As an example, one of them that was supposed to be setting aside vulnerable land for habitat was actually selling the land to favored (and wealthy) supporters for their country cottages and private air strips. I have not been reading up on the subject for a few years, so they may have backed off, or covered their tracks better.
Some of the smaller ones also are accused of accepting bribes from big biz to ignore environmental issues, or protection money to not accuse the corporation of anything.
I heard about this on PBS and signed up last week. It was very easy. Now each day I just add any new catalogs that come in the mail that we don’t want. Hopefully I’ll start seeing the results.
Can anyone tell me why home mail delivery is 6 days a week? Is there anyone that wouldn’t be willing to accept 3 days a week? The postal service could have some neighborhoods delivered on M/W/F and the rest on T/Th/S. We could eventually get half the home delivery trucks off the road. The savings would be tremendous. I’m sure it can never happen because the union is too strong, but wouldn’t you like to at least hear this discussed next time they want to raise our postal rates?
Twice the mail to half as many boxes? On the other hand, they do spend most of their time going from box to box. Might work.
Phillep, I hear what you’re saying. But think about it, actually it is twice the mail (2 days worth) but to the same number of boxes (just only once every other day). If everyone would opt out of catalogs they don’t need there would be half the mail anyway. Yes there might be a little more mail to deliver at first, but change the current routes to utilize some of the extra carriers until it gets under control. I’m older so I’m used to mail everyday. My kids and their friends, especially those living in apartment complexes with centralized mailboxes tell me they don’t even check their mail but twice a week. They just let it sit there. Really is there anything we get in the mail that can’t wait one more day?
#12, “Twice as much and half as many” per day. Some of those trucks get pretty full as it is.
I check my mail about once a month. If I’m expecting a bill to show up.