garbage in the mailbox (USPS not email)

Does anyone know of a way to stop receiving all the junk mail in the USPS mailbox? I do ALL of my bills online. So, in theory, i should only get a small number of things a week depending on a few variables. Maybe a wedding invitation or an item I bought online. Well, that is not the case. I get more crap than one could imagine and I am tired of it. I don’t even know what all that stuff is, but my box will be full to the top every time i check it on Friday. And after I stop by the outside trash can on the way back the the house, I end with three or four, maybe 5 things that were addressed to me, all the rest is garbage. Any ideas how to stop the madness would be greatly appreciated.

  • I’d rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

You can hire me. For $100 a week I will check your mail for you and only give you the important stuff. You might be able to negotiate on my price a little :wink:

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What would happen if you bought a return to sender stamp???

Stonoman

Take all of your trash mail and rip it up into shreds. Stuff it back into a “return, postage paid” trash mail envelope and mail it back. They get a reply and pay the postage.

toss it in the recycle bin, not the trash can…

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Sometimes you cancontact the company and ask to be removed from their mailing list.

Double D.

yes but next quarter they buy an updated version of the mailing list and add your name back in.
There is a hearing aid place in chas that does that.

Check you mail more than once a week, that way there won’t be as much.

Mark
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Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.

“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne

I do just what Area51 said. I especially like those "coupon "packages that have all of the junk advertisements because the fit in all the envelopes. I check my mail daily but I also send out “mail” daily, just don’t have to pay postage. Keeps the cobwebs out of the box.

*THATS JUST MY OPINION, I MAY BE WRONG.
*HANG UP THE PHONE AND FISH!!

I am dead serious I do this. I take all the trash that comes into my mail box and send it out in prepaid envelopes. My wife gets a kick out of me doing it. I do this about 3 times a week. I think it is funny.

Going to Church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

You are the offspring of 5 monkeys having But Secs with a retarded fish squirrel. CONGRADULATION!!!

If nothing else, you’re keeping the USPS in business.

“Apathy is the Glove in Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”.

Not to worry Bonzo, we have a trash can area and I always throw it in the blue one:smiley:. Then I shred the few things that actually are addressed to me and empty the shredder in there every so often.

  • I’d rather be a free man in my grave than living as a puppet or a slave.

Put yourself on the list:

http://www.directmail.com/directory/mail_preference/Default.aspx