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tabbycat31

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4. I can tell you how political parties get your address for direct mail

Reply to northoftheborder (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 06:42 PM

Feb 2013

And that is from the voter file, which is public information. How companies get it is beyond me.

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Junk mail is environmentally destructive, pollutes, uses energy, & we can't even stop it from coming [View all] CreekDog Feb 2013 OP

They should have drones drop it on our enemiez! leftstreet Feb 2013 #1

Just not on Americans without due process NightWatcher Feb 2013 #17

I agree and I've tried, too. we can do it Feb 2013 #2

I agree totally with you about the junk mail. northoftheborder Feb 2013 #3

I can tell you how political parties get your address for direct mail tabbycat31 Feb 2013 #4

Companies pay for change-of-address data Gormy Cuss Feb 2013 #35

It should be easy enough to create a do not mail list, like the do not call list. or to pass local a robinlynne Feb 2013 #5

Actually San Francisco attempted to reduce delivery of phone books CreekDog Feb 2013 #7

Do you know what reason the court gave? robinlynne Feb 2013 #20

Here: CreekDog Feb 2013 #34

first ammendment... thought it might be. robinlynne Feb 2013 #44

but it isn't a First Amendment issue CreekDog Feb 2013 #46

I'm with you. I dont allow phone span into my home. Mail spam is the same thing. robinlynne Feb 2013 #47

I don't understand why it isn't considered Littering Mariana Feb 2013 #27

Election season is the worst. pintobean Feb 2013 #6

Recycle. Put it in a shredder and dump it in the garden for mulch. shenmue Feb 2013 #8

i don't have a garden and recycling still uses the energy to deliver and pick up CreekDog Feb 2013 #9

Most of my junk mail isn't black ink on non-coated paper. redqueen Feb 2013 #14

I shred and mulch as much of it as I can Gormy Cuss Feb 2013 #37

All the junk mail both electronic and physical would probably provide more than enough energy 2on2u Feb 2013 #10

Another thing that upsets me about junk mail, Yavapai Feb 2013 #11

Really. Anything addressed to "Occupant" Mariana Feb 2013 #28

YES. what an excellent idea. robinlynne Feb 2013 #51

Well said. K&R Louisiana1976 Feb 2013 #12

Most of my junk mailers is flyers from local businesses. RebelOne Feb 2013 #13

I'm seeing it as a mild form of abuse. Honestly. lindysalsagal Feb 2013 #15

yah me too kinda stuntcat Feb 2013 #18

Junk mail is a plague on humanity! Brigid Feb 2013 #16

Junk mail creates A LOT of jobs FrodosPet Feb 2013 #25

In a word, yes. Brigid Feb 2013 #29

would you like our mail carriers have to swim from house to house to make their deliveries? CreekDog Feb 2013 #45

I've heard my postal worker complaining on the phone to a colleague when she has to distribute robinlynne Feb 2013 #53

not the mail system's fault, but congress's. when they gave the parcel service business to HiPointDem Feb 2013 #19

I'm not blaming the USPS and especially not the workers CreekDog Feb 2013 #21

Most people would -- except the bulk mailers. and the PO management, because bulk mailing is HiPointDem Feb 2013 #23

Luckily, in Norway, a sticker on your mail box fixes that. KitSileya Feb 2013 #22

Here, too, in Canada u4ic Feb 2013 #24

We get ads for services that aren't even available in our area! Phentex Feb 2013 #26

It subsidizes regular mail Recursion Feb 2013 #30

It doesn't make it right CreekDog Feb 2013 #31

Junk mail CAN be put to good use meow2u3 Feb 2013 #32

link to an etsy crafter who makes beautiful things out of junk mail: robinlynne Feb 2013 #54

I'm still getting junk mail for my Mom who passed away in 1996,.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #33

USPS would shut down if not for junk mail. DCBob Feb 2013 #36

No, junk mail is not a necessary component of life in America CreekDog Feb 2013 #39

sorry forgot the sarcasm tag... I thought most people would get it. DCBob Feb 2013 #40

thanks for the clarification. CreekDog Feb 2013 #41

Totally agree with your assessment of junk mail DCBob Feb 2013 #42

With you on that marions ghost Feb 2013 #43

Last year we had a storm that knocked out the power to the USPS justiceischeap Feb 2013 #48

hear ye hear ye marions ghost Feb 2013 #38

There is a positive result. It does provide the Post Office with income. Cleita Feb 2013 #49

Burn it to heat your house kudzu22 Feb 2013 #50

i don't have a fireplace CreekDog Feb 2013 #52

I get that garbage non-stop. Only upside to any of it is it goes to the recycle bin, apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #55

RE: Marketing -- it should be OPT IN, not OPT OUT AndyA Feb 2013 #56