Two things that irritate many people are junk mail and telemarketer calls; fortunately, there are easy ways to eliminate junk mail from the mailbox and stop telemarketer phone calls. Junk mail is a great waste of paper products, most of which ends up in landfills; this seriously damages the environment and costs a great deal of money. Telemarketer calls are irritating to many individuals, and a waste of energy. Fortunately, stopping the delivery of junk mail and unwanted phone calls is simple.
How to Stop Junk Mail – DMA Choice
DMA choice is a website run by the Direct Marketing Association that helps individuals and families choose what mailings they want to receive, which ones they want to opt out of and for how long. There are a number of settings that can be used to help anyone choose which mailing lists to be removed from.
DMA choice is a website that requires individuals to register and verify an account, a process that can be completed in a matter of minutes. Once that is completed, the website offers four groups of mailing lists that users can change to stop receiving mail. The four categories are credit card offers, magazine offers, catalogs and miscellaneous junk mail.
Each category has a number of items that can be chosen to remove a name from mailing lists and stop junk mail. Eliminating junk mail is not only a simple way to cut down on the time it takes to sort mail, it also helps the environment by reducing paper waste.
Eliminate Junk Mail – Opt Out Prescreen
Opt Out Prescreen is another website that allows users to stop junk mail delivery. Opt Out Prescreen is a website focused on reducing or stopping junk mail credit card offers, and allows individuals to stop junk mail for up to five years online. To stop junk mail permanently, a mail-in form is required.
Using Opt Out Prescreen is an easy way to stop receiving pre-approved credit card offers in the mail for five years. The website using encryption to protect all information collected from users, such as a Social Security number.
Telemarketing – Stop Telemarketers Calling
Many companies use telemarketer software to collect phone numbers, including cell phones, and call with advertisements on a number of products. These phone calls can be irritating and expensive. Stopping telemarketing calls is easy, however, and can put an end to the irritation of phone calls from automated telemarketer software or companies.
Visit the National Do Not Call Registry to enter up to three phone numbers at a time into the registry. This will allow individuals to add a home phone and cell phones to the telemarketing do not call list and stop these calls permanently. A complaint form is available on the website for individuals who continue to receive telemarketing calls after entering their number into the do not call list.
Reducing junk mail and stopping telemarketer calls is an easy way to cut back on household energy use and waste. Filling out the forms on these websites takes only a few minutes, but it can save individuals a great deal of time and money each year.
Source:
- DMAchoice, “Learn More” (accessed August 21, 2010)
- OptOutPrescreen (accessed August 21, 2010)
- National Do Not Call Registry (accessed August 21, 2010)
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