Elizabeth "gets off arse" shocker.

[venta]

Well, not really. More that I realised that something I thought was going to involve some effort turns out to be possible by filling in an on-line form :)

I now belong to the Mailing Preference Scheme. So, within a few months, most of the junk mail I get should have dropped off. In particular, I hope the Royal Bank of Scotland will stop asking me three times a week if I want a credit card.

Anyone else interested:

http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/html/Register.asp

Comments

[kneeshooter]

Let us know if it works...

[wimble.livejournal.com]

I'll have to look at it further, as I could do with having some of my junk removed: I've already got two Royal Bank of Scotland credit cards, and a MNBA platinum.

What I can't see is any (legitimate) way to tell them that you want somebody else's direct mail to stop coming to your address, as they no longer live there.

And the really weird bit:
In the sad circumstances of the death of a baby, mailings to parents about baby products from well meaning companies can cause unintended hurt.
So they've a special section of the site dedicated to dealing with baby-related mailings. Since I've never had one, are these particularly more common than other potentially trauma related mailings? (Not that I'm thinking of any such example at the moment, since I've not been getting direct mailings for coffins. Sorry, "Funeral Stationery" ;-)

[venta.livejournal.com]

What I can't see is any (legitimate) way to tell them that you want somebody else's direct mail to stop coming to your address, as they no longer live there.

Well, it's legit. to use it for another person (though it only specifically mentions if they're deceased).

If you want to enter the details for Mr Bloggs living at your address, I don't see why that should be a problem. It won't affect Bloggs Esq.'s ability to receive junk wherever he's living now.

I thought the bit about babies was odd. I've certainly never had baby-related mail. I'm guessing that perhaps if you're expecting and start going to ante-natal classes and so on, your name might find it's way on to baby-related mailing lists... If you then lost the baby, you might want to be removed from said lists.

[lathany.livejournal.com]

I thought the bit about babies was odd. I've certainly never had baby-related mail. I'm guessing that perhaps if you're expecting and start going to ante-natal classes and so on, your name might find it's way on to baby-related mailing lists... If you then lost the baby, you might want to be removed from said lists.

Baby-related mail is suddenly very easy to get once you're pregnant. Unlike other types of (junk) mail, it's very tempting to ask for all sorts of companies to mail you, because your shopping time goes down drastically (wandering the shops with an extra three stone attached to your stomach is, I promise you, deeply unpleasant) and you want to be able to compare prices and stuff at home.

For instance, I signed up for the Tesco baby club (free to join and provides special offers, etc.) and the Mothercare mailing list. Had I - as you suggest - joined one or more of the antenatal classes (instead of dropping sprogs at six months), I would have probably received even more (TAMBA and the others all tend to mean more mailing lists).

So pretty much every mother to be ends up with plenty of baby-related mail. Hence they're exactly the people who don't want it if something goes wrong.

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

What I can't see is any (legitimate) way to tell them that you want somebody else's direct mail to stop coming to your address, as they no longer live there.

The printed form with which I registered did have that as an option; you could try requesting a pack.

I lived in a flat in Oxford where a free nappy would arrive periodically for the previous occupant (or her child). We never did think of a suitably droll use for them.

[uitlander]

Thank You. I too have been meaning to get up off my arse and deal with this pestilence. Most useful thing I've done today.