Junk your junk mail

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  Posted by sc1quail Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:21am PDT

  To stop junk mail I been using the Stop Junk Mail it provides me with a central location in which I can stop the junk mail and solicitations from more than 1300 catalogs and more than 5000 charity/nonprofit organizations, credit card companies, banks and data brokers, and stoping the delivery of national phone books. This green also will plant trees with each new membership. So vist www.MyJunkTree.com and give it a try.

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  Posted by carol s Fri Oct 31, 2008 10:35am PDT

  stop the junk mail ok ty

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  Posted by maxinatlanta76 Fri Nov 7, 2008 8:25pm PST

  Thanks for the post. You can also sign do not mail petition ( like Do Not Call National Petition) I did some search online and this is the best resource so far available online ( correct me if I am wrong). I have done this 5 months ago and my mailbox is literally empty ( I have paperless billing and also opted out from various mail lists) I check my mail twice a month now. It is beautiful. ( What a freedom). I even took the letter from samples provided and wrote it to a local Chinese restaurant that keeps putting fliers in my door. They stopped too in the whole subdivision. Save the time for yourself. http://awakening.weebly.com/stop-junk-mail.html I even opted out from the yellow book. What do I need it for, since the internet is right here.

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  Posted by kdrwater Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:48am PST

  no "return to waster" stamp for junk mail at the site given????????????????????????????????/

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  Posted by mgman752000 Sat Nov 22, 2008 11:58am PST

  Use my trick. Put "not interested" on the card or letter to go back. Now put all there paper work including the envelope it came in the postage paid envelope. It should come back to them postage due. They will pay for it and get "nothing". Works for me

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  Posted by Arte F Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:01pm PST

  i just put a note on my mail box saying no junk mail please and every year i tip my mail person.

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  Posted by atsvsdv Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:33pm PST

  Arte F, if your mail carrier is not delivering all your mail, including your "junk mail" he should be fired. That is against postal regulations. It is not his/her job to determine what you consider junk. We had a carrier fired in our office for doing that exact some thing. If you are tipping your carrier in an effort to promote this conduct, you are guilty of bribery.

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  Posted by Arte F Sat Nov 22, 2008 12:53pm PST

  dude take it easy . i tip my mail man my arrowhead guy i tip my trash guy my pool man my gardner every year. dont you,

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  Posted by bill s Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:05pm PST

  they can send me all there junk mail they want as long as it is on paper i want the mail man to delver all of it i will burn it in the wood stove for heat

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  Posted by Ice Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:47pm PST

  I am a letter carrier in Overland Park, Ks. & I agree with atsvsdv. We get paid a good salary to deliver ALL mail so if you're telling your carrier not to deliver 'junk mail' & he's not delivering it he's in violation of Postal regulations & should be punished. I deliver all mail that I take out because that's what the sender has paid us to do. I don't understand why someone would risk their Postal career by not delivering, throwing away, hoarding or destroying mail?? That's just insane!! I feel there is a trust factor between myself & my customers that they receive all their mail everyday...even if it is 'junk'!!

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  Posted by Jeffrey H Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:03pm PST

  i love the junk mail, job security!!!!!!!!!!

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  Posted by Robett Sat Nov 22, 2008 4:11pm PST

  Arte F., your initial comment made it sound as if you tipped your carrier solely for the reason of getting him to stop delivering your "junk mail". Collectively, those companies pay the Post Office a lot of money to have the carriers deliver their ads and that's what we, as carriers are obligated/required to do. And 'atsvsdv' is correct in stating that it is not our job to determine what the customer might consider junk mail. I get this request frequently and refuse it every time. And besides, numerous credit card companies mail solicitations via First Class Mail which may fit your definition of "junk mail" but by no means fits any USPS definition of "junk mail". Oh, and tip #8 won't work because "Return to Waster" is not an official endorsement. Once a piece of mail leaves the carriers hands, it becomes the customer's property. In the case of unwanted First Class, Second Class or Bulk Rate Mail with a Service Request, a simple "refused" written on the mail piece and placed back in the box will ensure that it gets returned to sender. In the case of unwanted Bulk Rate Mail (junk mail) with no Service Request, it becomes trash and we're no more obligated to take those from your box as we are any other form of garbage. And throwing that type of mail in a collection box is useless for numerous reasons as well. It's still not going to make it to the person it needs to get to in order to stop it and in fact, it may very well end up right back in your mailbox. On top of that, it would be the equivalent of throwing an empty soda can in there because it's all garbage. If you don't want it than burn it, recycle it or throw it away! If you want to stop "junk mail", then have your name removed from the mailing lists of companies sending it to you! Happy Holidays!

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  Posted by Dolphin _ Sat Nov 22, 2008 5:01pm PST

  The USPS solicits junk mail accounts to bolster their revenue. They consider it their right. I feel making a living off of people who do not wish a product forced onto them is wrong. Just say NO to junk mail.

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