Following up on our Mailbox Clutter reduction program, after mentioning Green Dimes, a reader or maybe their PR person brought another service 41pounds.org to our attention.
They are based in Ferndale, Michigan and were founded by Tim and Shane Phannes after they discovered that the average Jill and Jack get 41 pounds of Junk Mail per year. These are US numbers I guess.
Read Techie Diva Gina Hugues review on Yahoo Tech for more details.
Related story: Cut your Junk Mail down to size with ‘Green Dimes’
Hi Serge,
I love it that you are promoting services that deal with getting rid of postal junk mail. The effects of postal junk mail are taking a diabolical toll on our resources.
We personally did it ourselves first and then signed up for an online service back 2001, which we then bought because we loved the idea so much! I am now the co-owner of an online service called http://www.stopthejunkmail.com. So now all we ever receive are catalogs we love to shop from and bills!
I would like to share with you some thoughts that I have commented on in our own blog about doing it yourself. We are always trying to help anyone whether they are a member or not. It is such a time consuming task that it helps to know the ins and outs of ouping out of junk mail.
Cheerio,
Margot
How long does it take to stop postal junk mail?
Gidday,
You might think that because it is so easy for catalogers and Direct mailers to obtain our names and addresses that it must be just as easy and quick to be removed from a mailing list.. not so!
If I tell you that it takes 3-4 months to b…