Junk Mail, Part 1

When I receive unsolicited mail, I contact company that added my name & address to its mailing list w/out permission. Over the years, it's made a real difference in the tonage of mail the Post Office delivers to me.

Recently, I decided to tackle the junk mail that arrives addressed to Resident. I'm sure many of these mailings contain something of value to someone, but since none of the senders contacted me to request my permission to send their mail to my address, they have no way of knowing I don't open unsolicited mail. I've long resented the imposition of disposing of a continuous stream of unsolicited mail & have long been bothered by the wastefulness of it.

When contacting these companies, I used a disposable e-mail address. It was probably unnecessary, but I didn't want to chance getting spam for my trouble. I sent the same brief message (Please remove me from your mailing list immediately & please cease sharing or selling my info.) & made sure to include my address exactly as it appeared on the mailing.

None of the companies, except for Red Plum, acknowledged my communication, but the mail did stop after a few weeks.

Here are the ones I've contacted so far:

Community Marketplace info@monarchpublishinginc.com	Money Mailer jlimon@moneymailer.com
Pocket Coupon Directory	Red Plum
Spotlight Magazine info@spotlightmagazine.net	Val-U-Ads art@valuads.com
Valpak

I'm interested in your suggestions for dealing w/ junk mail. I'll follow up w/ another post on additional steps you can take to stop bulk & junk mail.