Comments on: No More Catalogs, Please http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:49:07 -0800 hourly 1 By: Raye S Prather http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2916126 Raye S Prather Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:27:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-2916126 please cancel all catalog advertisements please cancel all catalog advertisements

]]> By: Kathleen Glaser http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2819603 Kathleen Glaser Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:02:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-2819603 I entered unwanted catalogs under my sister's name (Constance) and when I tried to enter unwanted catalogs under my name it would not let me as it said the e-mail address had already been used. We have the same e-mail address. How do I enter my choices. I entered unwanted catalogs under my sister’s name (Constance) and when I tried to enter unwanted catalogs under my name it would not let me as it said the e-mail address had already been used. We have the same e-mail address. How do I enter my choices.

]]> By: Environment » How do you get your address off of catalog mailing lists? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-2468298 Environment » How do you get your address off of catalog mailing lists? Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:06:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-2468298 [...] http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-… [...] [...] http://www.tech...10/09/no-…; [...]

]]> By: Margot http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1683728 Margot Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:54:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1683728 Gidday, www.stopthejunkmail.com has been helping consumers opt out of postal junk mail since 2001, this is not a new idea and it really works if you use it persistently. We help our members more clearly define their shopping preferences and at the same time protect their privacy by reducing the number of times personal information appears on mailing lists. Of course you can do this yourself, the advantage of using a service such as stopthejunkmail.com is that we have a comprehensive list of over 9000 direct mailers to select from and we keep track of all the historical name-removal requests you process, so you can easily review your progress. You can opt out for anyone in your household including previous owners, plus take your account with you when you move addresses. Margot at stopthejunkmail.com Gidday,

http://www.stopthejunkmail.com has been helping consumers opt out of postal junk mail since 2001, this is not a new idea and it really works if you use it persistently. We help our members more clearly define their shopping preferences and at the same time protect their privacy by reducing the number of times personal information appears on mailing lists.

Of course you can do this yourself, the advantage of using a service such as stopthejunkmail.com is that we have a comprehensive list of over 9000 direct mailers to select from and we keep track of all the historical name-removal requests you process, so you can easily review your progress. You can opt out for anyone in your household including previous owners, plus take your account with you when you move addresses.

Margot at stopthejunkmail.com

]]> By: Blog action day: greening your adr practice | Mediator Tech http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1675554 Blog action day: greening your adr practice | Mediator Tech Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:08:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1675554 [...] No More Catalogs, Please: Reviews Catalog Choice, a not-for-profit that helps you opt out of the catalog barrage on a catalog-by-catalog basis. Now’s a great time to do it, before the holiday onslaught of glossy, environment-poisoning print catalogs. [...] [...] No More Catalogs, Please: Reviews Catalog Choice, a not-for-profit that helps you opt out of the catalog barrage on a catalog-by-catalog basis. Now’s a great time to do it, before the holiday onslaught of glossy, environment-poisoning print catalogs. [...]

]]> By: Shaping Youth http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1667769 Shaping Youth Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:16:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1667769 p.s. And to add to the comment above, I'd say, it's not 'excessively lazy', it's cost-benefit analysis...is you can search for all and delete in one fell swoop, so much the better!!! Save some trees for our future, and our children, eh?! p.s. And to add to the comment above, I’d say, it’s not ‘excessively lazy’, it’s cost-benefit analysis…is you can search for all and delete in one fell swoop, so much the better!!! Save some trees for our future, and our children, eh?!

]]> By: Shaping Youth http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1667768 Shaping Youth Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:14:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1667768 Appreciate this post, and just linked to it galore in our own version at Shaping Youth, titled, "Catalogs: Convenience or Clutter? Now YOU control the reins!" Please don't prove me wrong, as we get kids' catalogs galore from toys and clothes to commercialism up the gumpstump, first from the family NOW from the nonprofit! Egad. I do NOT want to contribute to deforestation! It goes against our entire mission...keep me posted with any glitches so I can tell our readers too...many thanks for the find. Appreciate this post, and just linked to it galore in our own version at Shaping Youth, titled, “Catalogs: Convenience or Clutter? Now YOU control the reins!” Please don’t prove me wrong, as we get kids’ catalogs galore from toys and clothes to commercialism up the gumpstump, first from the family NOW from the nonprofit! Egad. I do NOT want to contribute to deforestation! It goes against our entire mission…keep me posted with any glitches so I can tell our readers too…many thanks for the find.

]]> By: AndreaZak http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1667689 AndreaZak Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:41:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1667689 When I get catalogs, I pick up the phone, dial the 800 number, and 60 seconds later am off the mailing list. Why do I want to have log into a website and search for every catalog I get and don't want. Seems excessively lazy to me. When I get catalogs, I pick up the phone, dial the 800 number, and 60 seconds later am off the mailing list. Why do I want to have log into a website and search for every catalog I get and don’t want. Seems excessively lazy to me.

]]> By: Krusty http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1667309 Krusty Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:30:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1667309 I think it's ironic that this posting showed up in my newsreader with a big Dell ad underneath it. Dell is by far the largest sender of catalogs to me, second in annoyance only to the weekly coupon mailings that stuff my mailbox. I think it’s ironic that this posting showed up in my newsreader with a big Dell ad underneath it. Dell is by far the largest sender of catalogs to me, second in annoyance only to the weekly coupon mailings that stuff my mailbox.

]]> By: Voices http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1667308 Voices Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:29:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1667308 Funny thing is that in Canada, we hardly get any junk mail perhaps because there's only 30 Million people spread out over the largest country on the planet. If you've ever driven across the country, you'll find a handful of populated areas and vast distances of beautiful scenery. If I'm running a direct mail campaign, there's little incentive to blanket the country with retail catalogs. I'm hoping that Catalog Choice works out well. Funny thing is that in Canada, we hardly get any junk mail perhaps because there’s only 30 Million people spread out over the largest country on the planet. If you’ve ever driven across the country, you’ll find a handful of populated areas and vast distances of beautiful scenery. If I’m running a direct mail campaign, there’s little incentive to blanket the country with retail catalogs. I’m hoping that Catalog Choice works out well.

]]> By: Hornswaggled http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666907 Hornswaggled Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:26:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666907 I did receive the confirmation, took about 20 minutes. I used a yahoo email account btw. Thanks for the follow up. I did receive the confirmation, took about 20 minutes. I used a yahoo email account btw. Thanks for the follow up.

]]> By: Robert Einspruch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666858 Robert Einspruch Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:39:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666858 A long overdue idea. I love it for the postive environmental impact - my catalogs go straight to the recycling bin. A long overdue idea. I love it for the postive environmental impact – my catalogs go straight to the recycling bin.

]]> By: Niall O Broin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666857 Niall O Broin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:38:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666857 I work on the Catalog Choice site. If you've not yet received your confirmation email, check that the email address you've used doesn't use some kind of challenge response system. We've seen a number of emails (notably from Earthlink users) bounce with a request that we click on a link because of the spam they get. An email address with a CR system attached is not really a smart one to use when you try to sign up on some web site which wants to send you an email. I work on the Catalog Choice site. If you’ve not yet received your confirmation email, check that the email address you’ve used doesn’t use some kind of challenge response system. We’ve seen a number of emails (notably from Earthlink users) bounce with a request that we click on a link because of the spam they get. An email address with a CR system attached is not really a smart one to use when you try to sign up on some web site which wants to send you an email.

]]> By: sojo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666846 sojo Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:31:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666846 THANK GOD! I hope it works!!! THANK GOD! I hope it works!!!

]]> By: Jamie Tibbetts http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666817 Jamie Tibbetts Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:07:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666817 Sign up for <a href="http://www.greendimes.org/" rel="nofollow">Green Dimes</a> instead. Sign up for Green Dimes instead.

]]> By: Hornswaggled http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666790 Hornswaggled Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:51:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666790 I signed up about 15 minutes ago and have yet to receive my confirmation email so hopefully the guys are working on this. It would also be nice if there was a way to unsubscribe from everything. When I get a crappy catalog I throw it out. The current site requires you to type in the catalog name, because I throw them straight in the trash I have no clue what they are. I also don't really plan on getting them, going to the computer, logging in to the site, and then blacklisting these every day. It would be nice if there was a way to search for catalogs alphabetically, as well as a list of the most unpopular catalogs as declined by the community. I was hoping this would help my problem but at this time it doesn't really help me at I sit here. I signed up about 15 minutes ago and have yet to receive my confirmation email so hopefully the guys are working on this.

It would also be nice if there was a way to unsubscribe from everything. When I get a crappy catalog I throw it out. The current site requires you to type in the catalog name, because I throw them straight in the trash I have no clue what they are. I also don’t really plan on getting them, going to the computer, logging in to the site, and then blacklisting these every day.

It would be nice if there was a way to search for catalogs alphabetically, as well as a list of the most unpopular catalogs as declined by the community.

I was hoping this would help my problem but at this time it doesn’t really help me at I sit here.

]]> By: Hornswaggled http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666767 Hornswaggled Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:36:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666767 Awesome, I have been getting inundated with catalogs from the previous owner. I would guess that I receive 3-5 thick catalogs per day. I like Mark's idea above too. I would like to have one place to manage my mailings including magazine subscriptions, catalogs, etc. I would guess that there is a rather large market for this. One thing that I would suggest to site owners is to have your fill in fields to be autofill friendly. I have bypassed signing up for things because of this, yes I am that lazy and so are many other people. Awesome, I have been getting inundated with catalogs from the previous owner. I would guess that I receive 3-5 thick catalogs per day.

I like Mark’s idea above too. I would like to have one place to manage my mailings including magazine subscriptions, catalogs, etc. I would guess that there is a rather large market for this.

One thing that I would suggest to site owners is to have your fill in fields to be autofill friendly. I have bypassed signing up for things because of this, yes I am that lazy and so are many other people.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666729 Jason Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:11:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666729 Nothing stays not-for-profit, when money starts getting thrown around. Nothing stays not-for-profit, when money starts getting thrown around.

]]> By: Mark Mezrich http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666728 Mark Mezrich Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:10:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666728 I wonder if this could have been done as a for-profit company with the model being an option on the site to also sign up for catalogs or even e-mail newsletters (the modern day catalog). Companies would gladly pay a small fee for this type of lead generation, and a site that usefully and universally manages what you want and what you don't is a logical place for this type of service to live. I wonder if this could have been done as a for-profit company with the model being an option on the site to also sign up for catalogs or even e-mail newsletters (the modern day catalog). Companies would gladly pay a small fee for this type of lead generation, and a site that usefully and universally manages what you want and what you don’t is a logical place for this type of service to live.

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/comment-page-1/#comment-1666722 Jason Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:04:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/10/09/no-more-catalogs-please/#comment-1666722 Wait a minute, two useful website reportings in one day? What's going on here Techcrunch. Wait a minute, two useful website reportings in one day? What’s going on here Techcrunch.

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