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The workaround is to do a temporary change of address, and contact each company that sends you mail forwarded from your old address individually, to update your

The workaround is to do a temporary change of address, and contact each company that sends you mail forwarded from your old address individually, to update your address record. When the mail stops forwarding, you stop getting mail from anyone that you didn't explicitly inform of your new address. The permanent change of address triggers advertising that targets new residents. Restaurants want to try to snag your regular business before you find other options on your own. Hardware stores expect that you might be doing some post-move remodeling. Insurers might try to sell you on a new homeowner or renter policy. Cable and phone companies offer you limited-time deals for new customers. It's a one-time deluge that tails off pretty quickly. The USPS makes a lot of their revenue from periodicals (2nd class) and marketing (3rd class) mail.

Rebelgecko 8y ago
It's also one of the best ways to get the vaunted Bed Bath and Beyond 20% off your entire purchase coupon. Depending on how much stuff you're buying after you move, that can be worth a little junk mail
- cobalt 8y ago
  i have never found anything at bbb that wasn't already 20% cheaper on amazon/other site
- 1stcity3rdcoast 8y ago
  They’ve already started piloting an annual subscription that gives you a permanent 20% off every purchase, every time, with a barcode pre-loaded on your phone. It cost me $29 for the whole year. I buy a ton of stuff at BBB for my company and it paid for itself in the first hour. And no paper coupon needed!
- Stratoscope 8y ago
  Agreed, that's how I have gotten that coupon too. It's time to share the Three Secrets of the regular 20% off one item and $5 off a $15 purchase coupons that BeBo (that's what we call them here) mails out: 0. Ignore what it says on the coupon! 1. The coupons do not expire. No one looks at the expiration date, they just scan the barcode and it always works. 2. You can use any number of coupons in a single purchase as long as they are on different items. 3. If you don't have a coupon with you, you have 30 days to come back with a coupon and your receipt and get the discount refunded.
wang_li 8y ago
>The workaround is to do a temporary change of address, and contact each company that sends you mail forwarded from your old address individually, to update your address record. When the mail stops forwarding, you stop getting mail from anyone that you didn't explicitly inform of your new address. This is a real dick move. Someone will have that address after you and you leaving your junk behind for them to deal with on an ongoing basis is straight up douche baggery.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
  > leaving your junk behind for them to deal with This assumes the spam through mail is yours... it is the company's.
- logfromblammo 8y ago
  The dicks are the ones sending out the junk. Don't blame the victims. The remedy for the next guy is to use a "return to sender: moved, left no address" notation or ink-stamp (or just "refused"), and to leave the articles in the mailbox. If they keep coming, a form 3575z (reason: MLNA) is a little more work, and the postal employee has to submit it, but is like a permanent change of address to /dev/null .
  - wang_li 8y ago
    > The remedy for the next guy... Again, you're leaving your problems for someone who has no connection to you. It should be you who files those forms to stop the mail you don't want to receive, not the poor person who happens to move in after you.
    - mynameisvlad 8y ago
      Realistically, the junk mail is based on a list that likely already contains that address. Most mail advertisers have switched to using "Current Occupant" or "X or Current Occupant" to get around the "Does not live here" workaround (as the current occupant always lives there). Once again, it's the junk mail originator, and a postal system that readily accepts and delivers said junk mail that is truly at fault here. Everyone else is a victim, and everyone basically gets the same set of junk because practically every address is on several lists at this point.

Rebelgecko 8y ago

It's also one of the best ways to get the vaunted Bed Bath and Beyond 20% off your entire purchase coupon. Depending on how much stuff you're buying after you move, that can be worth a little junk mail

cobalt 8y ago
i have never found anything at bbb that wasn't already 20% cheaper on amazon/other site
1stcity3rdcoast 8y ago
They’ve already started piloting an annual subscription that gives you a permanent 20% off every purchase, every time, with a barcode pre-loaded on your phone. It cost me $29 for the whole year. I buy a ton of stuff at BBB for my company and it paid for itself in the first hour. And no paper coupon needed!
Stratoscope 8y ago
Agreed, that's how I have gotten that coupon too. It's time to share the Three Secrets of the regular 20% off one item and $5 off a $15 purchase coupons that BeBo (that's what we call them here) mails out: 0. Ignore what it says on the coupon! 1. The coupons do not expire. No one looks at the expiration date, they just scan the barcode and it always works. 2. You can use any number of coupons in a single purchase as long as they are on different items. 3. If you don't have a coupon with you, you have 30 days to come back with a coupon and your receipt and get the discount refunded.

wang_li 8y ago

>The workaround is to do a temporary change of address, and contact each company that sends you mail forwarded from your old address individually, to update your address record. When the mail stops forwarding, you stop getting mail from anyone that you didn't explicitly inform of your new address. This is a real dick move. Someone will have that address after you and you leaving your junk behind for them to deal with on an ongoing basis is straight up douche baggery.

WrtCdEvrydy 8y ago
> leaving your junk behind for them to deal with This assumes the spam through mail is yours... it is the company's.
logfromblammo 8y ago
The dicks are the ones sending out the junk. Don't blame the victims. The remedy for the next guy is to use a "return to sender: moved, left no address" notation or ink-stamp (or just "refused"), and to leave the articles in the mailbox. If they keep coming, a form 3575z (reason: MLNA) is a little more work, and the postal employee has to submit it, but is like a permanent change of address to /dev/null .
- wang_li 8y ago
  > The remedy for the next guy... Again, you're leaving your problems for someone who has no connection to you. It should be you who files those forms to stop the mail you don't want to receive, not the poor person who happens to move in after you.
  - mynameisvlad 8y ago
    Realistically, the junk mail is based on a list that likely already contains that address. Most mail advertisers have switched to using "Current Occupant" or "X or Current Occupant" to get around the "Does not live here" workaround (as the current occupant always lives there). Once again, it's the junk mail originator, and a postal system that readily accepts and delivers said junk mail that is truly at fault here. Everyone else is a victim, and everyone basically gets the same set of junk because practically every address is on several lists at this point.