How to Opt Out of Junk Mail and Catalogs

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
at 10:26pm

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If you’re like me, you may receive a LOT of junk mail. Catalogs, mailers, credit card offers… they fill up my mail box. Thankfully, I’ve found a couple of free websites to help us out!

First, stop in to Catalogchoice.org. You can sign up for free, and quickly opt out of all your unwanted catalogs. Catalog Choice is a free service that allows you to decide what gets in your mailbox. Use it to reduce your mailbox clutter, while helping save natural resources. Catalog Choice is designed for your continued use. Upon receipt of additional unwanted catalogs, return to the site to decline them. As a registered user, you’ll also discover additional features related to declining catalogs at multiple addresses, adding new catalogs to our database, recording personal notes, and “going paperless”.

Next, check out Proquo.com. Your personal information is being collected, bought, and sold by thousands of businesses every day. Without your consent. ProQuo helps you to remove your name and personal information from thousands of marketing lists, data brokers and other organizations that send you unsolicited mail. After creating your ProQuo account, you will have your own electronic “dashboard.” Here you can request removal of your personal information from thousands of lists and organizations that have your information on file. Depending on the lists you choose, they will either electronically transmit your requests on your behalf or guide you through the removal process.

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33 Comments

Tristanemolover

October 24th, 2007
at 3:25pm

1’st :D love u lockergnome

DaMirrorLink

October 24th, 2007
at 6:44pm

Why is the screen blank?

arranmc182

October 24th, 2007
at 8:40pm

i have a good way in the uk we get somthing called a free post adress that some times ciomes on just so just send them a brick cus its free post the company will have to pay for the cost of posting a prick and put a note in the more junk you send the more junk i will send you

NoginFlyer

October 24th, 2007
at 9:27pm

If I ever get junk mail in my inbox, I send the sender a nasty email :P

It worked aswell!
I said “Get my email off your list you **ers.” and stuff like that. :P

madhobbit

October 24th, 2007
at 9:29pm

LOL very funny ;-)

ashleyjmcrules

October 24th, 2007
at 10:55pm

what is the website??

felix290492

October 25th, 2007
at 2:51am

when a telemarketer calls me i just tell them to fuckoff XD THEN THEY NEVER CALL AGAIN!!

psycoticsinginchick

October 25th, 2007
at 3:47am

I answer and tell them they’ve reached the city morgue. “You Kill ‘em, we chill ‘em.” They tend not to call back.

However, telling them the person they’re looking for is deceased doesn’t work.

andrewyaoauatauabaea

October 25th, 2007
at 4:26am

wat do they do? pic off the mail man with a sniper?

Darren05

October 25th, 2007
at 4:36am

I Think hes on about emails not ACTUALLY mail

ashleyjmcrules

October 25th, 2007
at 5:55am

what is the website??

pancake292

October 25th, 2007
at 6:05am

lol and then this site just gives you their catalog XD

felix290492

October 25th, 2007
at 6:21am

yeah i know i just wanted to tell people about telemarketers

Windows Vista Torrent

October 25th, 2007
at 6:29am

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jorowi

October 25th, 2007
at 6:41am

I put a rabid squirrel in my mailbox and that stopped all the junk mail from coming to my house.

letsgetsomeshoes1239

October 25th, 2007
at 7:05am

lol

felix290492

October 25th, 2007
at 9:51am

when a telemarketer calls me i just tell them to fuckoff XD THEN THEY NEVER CALL AGAIN!!

Lisa

October 25th, 2007
at 10:00am

Awesome tip! I just aced 6 catalogs from coming to my house. Thanks soo much for helping me reduce the clutter!

psycoticsinginchick

October 25th, 2007
at 10:47am

I answer and tell them they’ve reached the city morgue. “You Kill ‘em, we chill ‘em.” They tend not to call back.

However, telling them the person they’re looking for is deceased doesn’t work.

andrewyaoauatauabaea

October 25th, 2007
at 11:26am

wat do they do? pic off the mail man with a sniper?

andrewyaoauatauabaea

October 25th, 2007
at 11:29am

lmao

Darren05

October 25th, 2007
at 11:36am

I Think hes on about emails not ACTUALLY mail

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October 25th, 2007
at 12:44pm

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