Success! A week without mail

Snail mail, not email!

[encyclo]

This week was the first week since I was a kid that I have received exactly zero items of mail. No bills, no flyers, no personal letters, no bank statements, nothing. Which is just great, I just hate all the wasted paper!

I always try to all bills delivered electronically, my bank statements and credit card bills are in HTML or PDF format, I have a sticker on my mailbox for a local city scheme for opting out of bulk (non-addressed) junk mail deliveries, and I take great care to either refuse to answer or simply lie to stores or services which request my personal details for no reason.

Regular mail, for me, is back to being an occasional treat when I've ordered something online, or I receive a present; rather than having to sort through piles of useless credit-card offers and such every day. Does anyone else hate getting junk snail-mail more than junk email?

[wheelie34]

yup I enjoy the ones with a pre-paid return envelope, I try to send them something interesting, usually a yoghurt top or tea bag (well squeezed of course).

It costs them something like 12 - 15 pence here, to have them opened and sorted and as long as I know its costing them, they will receive them.

My moto, you send me your junk, I'll send you some of mine ;)

[King_Fisher]

I hate all junk mail, no matter if its e mail or snail mail!...KF

[encyclo]

The actual "junk" (unaddressed bulk mail) is stopped easily enough, the problem I find is mostly with "targetted" addressed advertising from companies I have used, as well as all the monthly piles of paper with each bill. My cable provider lets me get an online bill, and even planted a tree to convince me to stop getting the paper version. :) I've managed to stop all paper bills from my bank, credit card, and utility companies.

Now, unless there is no alternative I won't deal with any firm offering a service which does not offer electronic billing and online payment.

A lot of junk comes when you leave you name and address when purchasing something from a store, but I usually pay cash and give false details or none at all, and I never accept to use any store card or "reward" card, which are pure invitations to snail-mail spam.

[Habtom]

I never accept to use any store card or "reward" card

It is all in the name of marketing, and never want any of those cards. It was fun getting new cards back then but it is so clear a certain responsiblity and cost comes with every card of anything you get.

And no thanks, I have enough cards.