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This is a fantastic idea - congrats murtza! Our little startup does something in the same spirit, but for various types of junk mail (including magazine/catalo
by smortaz 14y ago
This is a fantastic idea - congrats murtza! Our little startup does something in the same spirit, but for various types of junk mail (including magazine/catalog subscriptions): http://www.paperkarma.com http://www.paperkarma.com.
Basically you download the smartphone app, snap pics of mail you don't want, it/we figure out who sent it & unsubscribe you.
(apologies if posting this is uncool. not sure what the protocol is. lmk & i will delete...).
Cheers.
- rdtsc 14y agoWhat about the stupid newspaper that gets thrown in my driveway and then sits there and turns into mush when I am on vacation. Are those stoppable in any way? It seems to be some kind of local paper with a whole bunch of advertisements and coupons.
- smortaz 14y agordtsc unfortunately as our faq says, "EDDM" (Every Door Direct Mail) or most mail addressed to "Current Resident" cannot be stopped. These are carpet bombed on a zip code/route basis (and a huge money maker for the USPS). Only legislation can stop it. But if your name appears on the junk mail, chances are reasonably good that it can be stopped.
- ronnier 14y agoThis is really neat. How do you make money from this? I see you are from Seattle, cool!