Every Christmas season I get inundated with catalogues and promotional offers. For this year, I came across a website that offers to keep my mailbox free of solicitations and catalogues (the ones that I request) for 5 years. The purpose of the website is to create less waste in the landfills and to help preserve natural resources. They claim that the average adult receives 41 pounds of junk mail each year!
Fantastic! I immediately went to sign up for this service and discovered that it costs $41. So I gave myself a couple of days to think about it, and decided to do it anyway. Definitely an example of a purchase that is more environmentally-friendly than frugal. But maybe it will come back around? If catalogues are produced and more people shop online, could prices reflect that? I hope so. Either way, I'm doing my part and that still feels pretty darn good!
This is a good time of year to test the service to see if the solicitations/catalogues slow down or stop. Any improvement will be noticed!
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Peachy--
The irony is that, for some reason, all of my catalogues get delivered to my neighbor. I think those take the longest to get cancelled, but I'm going to have to rely on him to tell me if he's seeing a change. Otherwise, I am not noticing a difference. 41 Pounds recently sent me some pre-printed cards to send to any junk mail that I may be receiving. But the process may take longer than I want it to. I will post an update in a couple of months.
I hate to say it, but you could have done the same thing yourself for free.. Simply write a letter to the Direct Marketing Association and ask to be taken off their mailing lists. You might even be able to do this online. Also, each time you get a catalog, call the 800 number listed in it and ask to be removed from their mailing list. It will take a while (catalogs are printed months in advance), but you will definitely cut down on junk mail.
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