Junk Mail
I recently was a little late paying some of my bills. Yeah, I know, funny. But it wasn't because I didn't have the money, it was because I get so much GODDAMN junk mail that I really can't deal with the mail every day, and sometimes important bills get buried and forgotten about.
I used to send back pre-paid envelopes with heavy garbage just to make those people pay more for my time. But that's obviously not very constructive, so I decided to just call or reply to every single piece of junk mail and tell them to stop spamming me. Then I just wait and see what happens. It's a pain in the ass but I think that it will save lots of my time in the future.
I also found some places that might end up stopping a lot of the mail with one phone call or web form.
I also plan on sending letters to my companies that I do business with, like banks, to ask them to not sell information. I recently read the privacy policy from Wells Fargo and they have an opt-in policy which means that those bastards are selling my information right now until I let them know that I think they are fuck-heads.
I used to send back pre-paid envelopes with heavy garbage just to make those people pay more for my time. But that's obviously not very constructive, so I decided to just call or reply to every single piece of junk mail and tell them to stop spamming me. Then I just wait and see what happens. It's a pain in the ass but I think that it will save lots of my time in the future.
I also found some places that might end up stopping a lot of the mail with one phone call or web form.
- Those supermarket flyers with the missing person card attached can be stopped.
- Pre-screened credit card offers can be stopped.
- ValPak Savings offers can be stopped.
I also plan on sending letters to my companies that I do business with, like banks, to ask them to not sell information. I recently read the privacy policy from Wells Fargo and they have an opt-in policy which means that those bastards are selling my information right now until I let them know that I think they are fuck-heads.