Gee...for some reason I just have that feeling of unease that the Direct Marketing Association will take the action they promise.
There’s a program called “Opt-Out Prescreen” that I found out about in this article from MSNBC.com. There’s a link at the bottom of the article.
We signed up for it and have eliminated virtually all our credit card offers. So nice.
The Red Tape Chronicles-Bob Sullivan
EVEN TORN-UP CREDIT CARD APPLICATIONS AREN’T SAFE
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2006/03/what_if_a_despe.html
This might be of interest to others out in FR.
It’s a way to protect yourself from credit card fraud by not receiving those offers in the mail. Perhaps your mom ping list might be interested?
I recall the broohaha about disposable diapers clogging the landfills when my kids were little. I never saw anyone go after this kind of waste of trees and landfill. I wonder why?
“-The Post Office delivers 17.8 tons of bulk mail each year nationally,-”
I’ll bet thats a typo and the real figure is per DAY.
Mail their “postage paid” solicitation envelopes back to them - empty and with no return address - everytime they send an unwanted solicitation.
It does make jobs for land fill workers though.