LPT: Opt out of credit card junk mail (US)
Posted Aug 13, 2014, 9:50 PM UTC
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The electronic form requires your SSN. Is this site still legitimate?
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I wondered as well, but it is linked from FTC.gov so it seems kosher.
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0148-prescreened-credit-and-insurance-offers
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Yes, I've put myself and a family member on it.
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Ty
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I did this but they will still send mail for up to 7 months, I think, because your name might already be on mailing lists that haven't yet been sent. I think it took 2 months for me to see a decrease.
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Question, I just submitted but am moving at the end of the month...will that matter? Will I have to submit again?
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I would do it again when I knew the new address just to be sure.
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Don't opt out of junk mail. USPS is in pretty bad shape and needs that money. It's not hard to throw away the junk mail.
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Yes everybody, waste as many trees as possible so the mail men have something to do. (That was sarcasm, just in case you squares didn't catch it)
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this LPT is about the convenience of not having to discard junk mail, so, my reply was in that context. If the reason to opt out is to save trees, then it is different and you have my full support.
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I like junk mail, makes me feel adult.
you... you get me.
I hate it now, but as a child I dreamed of one day getting junk mail to throw out.