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Junk Your Junk Mail… For a Fee?

Posted February 29th, 2008 at 1:06 pm by michele

According to this post on The Consumerist, Comcast has charged customers a $2 service fee for requesting that they not receive any mailings other than their bill. Outrageous? I’d say so!
Hidden Fees: Comcast Will Charge …

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Get rid of those catalogs!

Posted October 18th, 2007 at 5:00 pm by hanaa

Recently, I’ve been calling each company that sends me a catalog to ask them to take me off of their list as soon after checking the mail as possible. Thanks to the Ecology Center’s …

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Zogby Says 86% of Your Friends Want to Junk Their Junk Mail

Posted October 1st, 2007 at 1:27 pm by hanaa

The last C3 email stated this statistic in the subject heading.  Here’s more information from that September 2007 poll conducted by Zogby International for Center for a New American Dream*:

27% discard or recycle all of …

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What does my address have to do with this shirt I’m buying?

Posted September 24th, 2007 at 4:47 pm by hanaa

Have you noticed that different stores ask for your address, phone number, email address, and/or zip code when you are checking out?   Don’t give it to that store unless you want mail from them …

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Another way to opt out of credit and insurance offers

Posted September 20th, 2007 at 2:43 pm by hanaa

In my search to figure out why the Consumer Credit Reporting Companies are requesting your Social Security Number, I found optoutprescreen.com. This website allows you to remove your name permanently from the lists Equifax, …

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A corporate Do Not Mail Registry?

Posted September 19th, 2007 at 3:55 pm by hanaa

So today I came upon something I’d like to share with a big disclaimer of I’m not sure how well it’s going to work: a corporate Do Not Mail Registry.
DirectMail.com, one of those big direct …

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Do I have to register that new product I purchased?

Posted September 18th, 2007 at 4:32 pm by hanaa

Product registration cards and consumer surveys
Be aware that warranty or “product registration” cards have less to do with warranties than they do with mailing lists. These cards often ask you about your hobbies, the number …

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As if you didn’t hate junk mail enough…

Posted September 18th, 2007 at 10:39 am by kurt

A man without junk mail is like a fish without a bicycle… or so the old saying goes. I imagine just about everyone who reads this loves to get holiday cards, birthday salutations, and friendly …

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Let’s get rid of that junk mail!

Posted September 17th, 2007 at 3:36 pm by hanaa

So you took the pledge to Junk Your Junk Mail at c3.newdream.org but now you’re trying to figure out how to actually get rid of all that mail?
There are two ways you can go about …

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