My mother-in-law was the queen of catalogs. She had stacks of magazines and mail-order guides on every end table. Not anymore. Since going greener, she's canceled a bunch of subscriptions, and yesterday she let us know about Catalog Choice, a website where you can sign up for a "do not send" list. You choose who can and can't solicit you, and it takes about 15 minutes.
You sign up using your email and mailing address, then go through a list of catalogs and select which ones you want to cancel. It's free, but it can take up to ten weeks to stop receiving junk catalogs in the mail. If you've canceled a catalog and are still receiving it, you can report the problem to Catalog Choice and they'll follow up with the vendor to stop the solicitation. To see their privacy policies, you can click here.
It's the same general idea as the "do not call" list, but rather than a government-run program, it's a non-profit group sponsored by the Ecology Center. Click here to see their credentials.
(Thanks for the tip, Colleen!)
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Originally posted by Sarah on AT:Chicago.
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We signed up back in September and either there has been a lull in the sending of catalogs or it is working. We have only received a handful since Thanksgiving, versus a mail box full every day.
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I'd like it if there was a site where I could pick out, say, five catalogs I'd like to receive, provide my info, and get signed up for those catalogs automatically. I don't get many catalogs now so stopping them isn't a problem. I've looked at some sites online and so far they require me to go to the company website and sign up for each one at a time. Google Catalogs is interesting, but I'd rather have a hard copy to read while I have my morning coffee and think about how I'll redecorate a particular room.
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