How to Stop Catalog Mail
Many consumers are becoming unwilling to tolerate the volume of junk mail that arrives in their mailbox day after day. If unsolicited mail and catalogs are crowding out the mail that you do want to receive, there are steps to take to reduce and stop catalogs from arriving in the mail. Reducing catalog mail not only benefits the consumer, it saves the merchant expenses as well.
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Instructions
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Visit catalogchoice.org (see Resources) to read about this free service that will help you reduce the volume of catalogs that arrive in the mail. Click on the "How it Works" tab at the top of the page to learn how the service works. Click the orange "Create Your Account" button to begin the process of stopping your unwanted catalogs.
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Fill in the fields in the form that appears on the next screen. Enter the mailing address where the catalogs are arriving. Fill in your email address and create a password. Check the boxes to determine whether you will receive emails from the service or notifications from a retailer acknowledging your requests to stop receiving catalogs. Click "Sign Up" when you are finished.
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Activate your account by finding the email sent to you by Catalog Choice. Click the link in the email to activate your account.
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Click the "Find Catalogs" link in the center of the next page to browse through the merchants that participate in this service. Click the "Browse" tab to look through the alphabetical list of merchants. When you find the name of a catalog merchant that you wish to stop receiving, click it to set your mail preference.
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Select the "No Catalogs" option on the next page and confirm that your mailing address is correct. Fill in the customer number or key code from an existing catalog, if possible. Click the "Submit" button. Click the "Find More Catalogs" button to add more mailing preferences.
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Click "Suggest a Catalog" if you cannot find a catalog that you want to stop receiving. Enter the title of the catalog and click "Send Suggestion."
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Choose the "My Choices" tab when you are finished adding your mailing preferences. Check the catalogs you have added to ensure that all the catalogs you want to stop receiving are included.
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Click the "Dashboard" tab to read the list of merchants that offer email news instead of catalogs. Choose any merchants you would like to receive email news from by clicking the merchant name. If you want to subscribe to email mailings from the merchant, click the "Subscribe" button.
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Tips & Warnings
Contact merchants directly to request that they remove your name from a mailing list. Use this method for merchants that do not participate in Catalog Choice.
