Do Not Junk Mail List
Miscellaneous May 10th. 2006, 5:55amI was listening to a podcast today and the guest on the episode was talking about how everyone complains about spam but no one complains about junk mail (physical mail). Minutes later, I pulled up to my mail box just to find it was full of lots of junk mail that I threw right into the trash can when I walked in the door. I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a ‘Do not junk mail’ list that could be given (or possibly even sold) to businesses that send out junk mail, just like there’s a ‘Do not call’ list that telemarketers have to abide by? Both parties would benefit from such a list — the consumers ’cause they don’t have to deal with junk mail and the business because they can save on print and postage expenses.
Anyone heard of such a service?
May 10th, 2006 at 5:59 pm
Do you really think that this is the same as spam? I mean, I get a lot of junk mail but I never mind it because there is a marginal cost associated with sending it which ensures that advertisers only send me stuff if they really think I will buy.
I have spent a lot of money over the years on things I saw advertised through the mail… I can’t say the same thing about spam.
May 10th, 2006 at 6:04 pm
I never said it was the same but I understand your point — I’ve also used junk mail to get discounts and what not. However, there is some junk mail that I will never use or care to receive.
July 23rd, 2006 at 9:14 pm
When you receive credit card offers, at the bottom (or sometimes on the back) of the offer page, there is a phone number you can call to have your name removed from the credit card offers database. I believe it removes your name for five years. This is supposed to work for all credit card companies, not just one or two, so you only need to call the number once. You should try that - at least it will cut down on the junk mail somewhat.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:18 pm
I didn’t know that — that will definitely cut our junk mail in half. Thanks Jen.
October 26th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
Dude.
Seriously.
This is cool. Sorry for being off topic and all, it doesn’t look like you’ve updated this in a while anyways, but a friend of mine stumbled upon this and lemme know about it.
Mainly because my name is Cameron Gibbs, too.
And so, I find this to be a cool coincidence.