How to Remove Your Name From a Catalog Mailing List
If you have purchased a product from a retailer and your mailbox is overrun with catalogs and other promotional mail, there are several ways you can get your name removed from the mailing list. This kind of mail can be more than just annoying--it can expose you to scammers and identity thieves who use catalogs and other promotional mail to obtain your personal information.
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Use an online service such as Catalog Choice to manage your catalog subscriptions individually. Catalog Choice is a nonprofit organization that allows you to set your catalog and junk mail preferences. The organization then contacts all the catalog and junk mail companies you select and notifies them of your request to be removed from their mailing lists.
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Have your name taken off the mailing lists for major national marketers by writing in to DMA Choice or signing up at the DMA Choice website. You can choose to have your name removed from all catalog and junk mail lists.
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Check your unwanted catalogs for customer service information. Call or write to the catalog company and tell them of your request to stop receiving catalogs. It can take several weeks for your request to be processed, so you might receive a few more catalogs before your subscription ends.
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Check to see if your unwanted catalogs have websites. Oftentimes, companies allow you to manage your subscriptions online. Allow ample time for your request to be processed.
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Tips & Warnings
Be sure to read carefully each time you purchase a product or service to make sure you aren't agreeing to receive mailings or catalogs from that retailer.
Never give large sums of money or personal information, such as Social Security or bank account numbers, to anyone who is promising to stop your catalogs or junk mail. There are several popular junk mail scams in rotation.
