| Junk Mail |
| Mailing Lists |
| Eliminate Unwanted Mail! Nearly 35 million trees
are cut down yearly for mail most of us don't even
read. To be removed from national mailing lists,
send your name, name variations, and your address
to: Mail Preference Service, Direct Marketing Association,
P.O. Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008. Ask them
to place your name in the "suppress" file.
This will not take your name off existing mailing
lists, but it will keep you from being added to
new ones for five years. |
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| Credit Bureaus |
Credit bureaus have been known to sell names and
addresses to banks and credit card companies. Here
are the addresses to three of the largest credit
bureaus:
Equifax Options, Equifax Marketing Decisions Systems,
Inc.
P.O. Box 740123, Atlanta, GA 30374-0123
Trans Union, Transmark, Inc.,
555 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661
TRW-NCAC, Attn: Mail Preference Service, Target
Marketing Services Division,
12606 Greenville Ave., Dallas, TX 75243 |
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| Warranty Cards |
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When you buy a new product,
don't fill out the warranty card. They are
used as means to gather names for direct-mail
lists. Typically, you are covered by the warranty
whether the card is returned or not. Feel
free to contact one of the largest warranty
card companies and ask to be removed from
their list: National Demographics & Lifestyles,
List Order Services, 1621 18th St, #300, Denver,
CO 80202.
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| Direct-Mail List Businesses |
Here are some additional direct-mail list businesses.
Write them at:
Donnelley Marketing,
1235 N. Ave., Nevada, IA 50201-1419
Metro Mail Corporation,
901 W. Bond, Lincoln, NB 68521
R.L. Polk and Company, List Services Division,
6400 Monroe Boulevard, Taylor, MI 48180
Haines and Company, Inc., Pat Garner,
8050 Freedom Ave. NW, North Canton, OH 44720
One has to be patient in the battle against junk
mail. It took years to build these lists. It will
take a while -- up to six months -- before you will
notice a reduction. |
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