Organizing Tips

Did you know that we receive as much mail in one month as our grandparents did in a lifetime? Think about it, our grandparents didn't get credit card offers, they didn't get pizza coupons, they didn't get a weekly sale flyer from the local dry goods store. The only mail they typically received were personal letters. We, on the other hand, spend almost five days each year opening and looking at junk mail. And we wonder why we have so little free time!

Junk mail is invading the privacy of our homes, creating physical clutter and eating into what little free time we have to spend with our families and friends. Fight back! Regain time lost opening junk mail, answering telemarketing calls and deleting spam email by stopping the unwanted mail, phone calls and emails.

Write or call the appropriate agency to request that your name and other family members' names be removed from their solicitation lists. If you choose to do this through their web-site, there may be a small fee for the service, but you can do it through the mail for the cost of one 39 cent stamp. The request to have your name removed needs to be made every five years. If you do it today,  you won't need to do it again until 2011!

Junk Mail:
          Mail Preference Service
          % Direct Marketing Association
          P.O. Box 9008
          Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
https://www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offmailing

Junk Phone Calls:
          Telephone Preference Service
          % Direct Marketing Association
          P.O. Box 9014
          Farmingdale, NY 11735-9014
https://www.dmaconsumers.org/cgi/offtelephone

Cell Phone Calls
1-888-382-1222
www.donotcall.gov

Emails
http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumers/optoutform_emps.shtml