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That is the same justification used by junk mailers, and the USPS actively courts them - because they are the customer, not you. I only check my mailbox once a
by woodman 10y ago
That is the same justification used by junk mailers, and the USPS actively courts them - because they are the customer, not you. I only check my mailbox once a week, and only because it quickly gets stuffed with junk and then the USPS starts holding the mail at the PO. Once I actually went down there with a copy of "Penny Saver", the worst offender, and declared that I found the coupon rag sexually stimulating and demanded that they halt the flow of the pornography. That is the only way to find relief, but it only works for the specific mailer that you complain about - and it is a best effort sort of filtering (and since they don't care, they don't put in much effort).
- sukilot 10y agoYou can unsubscribe from the DMA junk mail list, and it works for most generic mailers.
- woodman 10y agoThanks for the tip, I'll give it a try. I'll honestly be surprised if it makes a perceivable dent though, the root cause of the problem being carrier route level sortation discounts. They blast apartment complexes indiscriminately (most stuff addressed to "Our friend", "Valued customer"), because the cost per mail piece is pennies.
- whamlastxmas 10y ago>When you register with this service, your name will be put on a "delete" file and made available to direct-mail marketers and organizations. Yeah, I'm not super trusting that sending my name and address to marketing companies isn't going to somehow result in that same information getting passed on to companies who don't give a shit.