Comments on: Too much junk mail after coffee

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:35:56 +0000

Hi, thanks for letting people know about GreenDimes! GreenDimes is happy to help folks reduce their junk mail by getting them off direct mail lists and unsolicited offers, and opting them out of the catalogs they no longer want (while keeping the catalogs they do want!). AND GreenDimes plants a tree for every member every month.

Through the end of March, you have the chance to do even more good by signing up – GreenDimes is giving new members 25 BONUS TREES! Already a member?
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Thanks again for the post,
Kendra at GreenDimes

By: sybille

sybille — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:39:21 +0000

That sounds like helpful info, haven’t had a chance to check them out yet. Have you heard of http://www.greendimes.com? For a one-time fee of $36 ($3/month) they will get you off all that pesky stuff, including catalogs, and they will keep you off by resubmitting your name periodically. Plus: they plant one tree a month on your behalf!

Personally, I’d rather spend $2 to mail a letter than waste incredible amounts of resources (trees, water, fossil fuels etc.)on junkmail that I do not want to have in my life in the first place. Even recycled- it is still such a waste.

By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:00:05 +0000

hey g-girl –

this is great. i just spent half an hour de-junking myself. awesome! and a good reason not to work on my dissertation…

–jeff s.

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:32:43 +0000

Even though the junkmail sucks, and kills trees, it is what keeps postage rates as low as they are.

My boyfriend’s mother is a postal worker, and she reminds me of this whenever I whine about junk mail.

So I just toss it in the recyle bin and remind myself that it is why I’m not spending 2 bucks to send a letter.

Though yes, waste is bad.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry to hear about your dad:(. Never met mine, so don’t know (or care) if he was a junkie too. Clearly your most useful post (for me) so far. I’ll really miss that Val-pak crap… NOT! I’ll work on the other links too, even though my credit rating sucks and I only receive credit card offers from CapitalOne. Thanks:)!

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

You mean you didn’t find the “girly things I need and want” post helpful? :) My father and I actually were not at all close — That’s an understatement, since we hadn’t talked in many years. I was very concerned about my mom though, when he passed away.

Sorry to hear about your credit card rating — Grad school getting you down?

By: jen

jen — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

sorry to hear about your father. even if you weren’t close, it’s still tough.

thanks for the extremely useful post! i’m always looking for more ways to cut back on the junk mail.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I’m sorry about your father, too -and that you’re worried for your mom. That’s a hard spot to be in!

But thanks for the links. I’m going to go take advantage of several of them right this minute!

By: Siel

Siel — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks friends — Now if only I could get rid of spammers –

By: She Reads She Writes

She Reads She Writes — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Hey CL. Thanks for these links! I have sort of an abnormally fierce repulsion to junk mail, so I’ll find these links especially useful and thrilling.