One more way to get rid of junk mail.

We have written in the past about how to reduce the amount of junk mail you get. See these posts by JB on the topic: Post 1, Post 2.

Our friend, Dr. B.S. (hey, that’s his name!) discovered another way, and he’s written a post about it:

While there are many websites devoted to combating the overwhelming amount of junk mail folks receive, I have been turned off by the cost and questionable ulterior financial motives that these sites proffer. However, I found one free site that I signed up for while surfing on the web that wee hours.

www.catalogchoice.org is a site where you can opt out of catalogs that you no longer wish to receive. The process is simple. You need to first create an explanation and go on the link in a

confirmation newsletter. You can soon after search for different catalogs that you wish to unsubscribe to. There is a pretty good selection of participating merchants that reply to that service. I signed up to opt out of future Crate & Barrel and Office Depot mailings. Surprisingly, REI was not available yet. For some of the companies, you need to enter a cipher number that appears on your address label. I will just wait until I receive those catalogs in the mail before I will process my unsubscription.

The service claims to take ten weeks before your catalogs will stop being sent to you. Hopefully I have a cleaner mailbox to look forward to in a few months!

Thanks Dr. B.S.!

[Source] Paul