How to Stop Direct Mail Advertising
Call your local phone companies and ask that your address be removed from your telephone listing., Register to remove your address from the largest mailing list provider in the United States, Mail Preference Service of the Direct Marketing...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Call your local phone companies and ask that your address be removed from your telephone listing.
Telecom companies gather this information and then regularly sell it to businesses and directory companies.
Unlisted numbers do not usually have an address associated with them. -
Step 2: Register to remove your address from the largest mailing list provider in the United States
Visit dmachoice.org and register your name and address.
Remember that your registration for direct mail renewal is only good for 5 years, so you will need to reapply. , With 1 call, you can remove your information from the Experian, Trans Union and Equifax monitoring services.
These companies sell information to credit card companies, who send you offers.
You can also initiate a more permanent opt-out process.
Go to optoutprescreen.com, get your 5-year opt-out process completed, and then turn in a signed form once you receive it. , You may want to call banks, stores, insurance companies, frequent flier programs, credit card companies, phone companies and Internet shopping sites.
Clarify if you want to be removed from all mailings or just those related to product offers. , Request that you be removed from their mailing list.
If you want to receive some magazines from the company, request that you be put on an infrequent mailing cycle. , Go to a US Post office or go to USPS.com and request the form.
Give all the details of the business or person sending you the offensive junk mail. -
Step 3: Mail Preference Service of the Direct Marketing Association.
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Step 4: Go to optoutprescreen.com or call the number 1-888-5-OPTOUT to take your name and address off the lists of the 3 largest credit monitoring agencies.
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Step 5: Call all the companies you do business with and ask that they remove your information from their advertising mailings.
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Step 6: Keep a stack of unwanted magazines and take some time to call their customer service numbers.
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Step 7: Stop offensive advertising mail by filling out a Form 1500.
Detailed Guide
Telecom companies gather this information and then regularly sell it to businesses and directory companies.
Unlisted numbers do not usually have an address associated with them.
Visit dmachoice.org and register your name and address.
Remember that your registration for direct mail renewal is only good for 5 years, so you will need to reapply. , With 1 call, you can remove your information from the Experian, Trans Union and Equifax monitoring services.
These companies sell information to credit card companies, who send you offers.
You can also initiate a more permanent opt-out process.
Go to optoutprescreen.com, get your 5-year opt-out process completed, and then turn in a signed form once you receive it. , You may want to call banks, stores, insurance companies, frequent flier programs, credit card companies, phone companies and Internet shopping sites.
Clarify if you want to be removed from all mailings or just those related to product offers. , Request that you be removed from their mailing list.
If you want to receive some magazines from the company, request that you be put on an infrequent mailing cycle. , Go to a US Post office or go to USPS.com and request the form.
Give all the details of the business or person sending you the offensive junk mail.
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