{ Friday, January 16, 2009 }
The San Francisco Examiner, a terrible newspaper, arrives "free" and unsolicited on the doorstep and I just figured out how to get it to stop: Call 866-733-7323, give them your address, and ask them to stop delivery.
I also signed up for 41 pounds to get catalogs and junk mail to stop.
LINK | 11:45 AM | TB
We've just done the same here in the UK with Yellow Pages, Thomson's Directory and the Phone Book - prompted by a friend supplying the necessary phone numbers via Twitter. (Junk mail, etc we did a while back.) I wonder if this will become a movement?
David Smith | January 18, 2009 1:14 PMOn second thoughts - how presumptuous of me: it probably is a movement and I've only just cottoned on ...
David Smith | January 18, 2009 1:17 PMThat's how you're supposed to be able to stop the Examiner. But have you actually seen it work? I tried and they keep littering my doorstep with their fake newspaper.
Nelson | January 18, 2009 3:15 PMOur local Austin paper does the same thing, littering our driveway with their free fish wrap. I've stopped delivery 10 times and inevitably it returns a few weeks later.
I suppose it's a method to boost "circulation" for ad revenue? Those numbers are always lies anyway; I'm sure they include the freebies in the total numbers.
darla | January 20, 2009 6:37 AM{ Post a comment }
We've just done the same here in the UK with Yellow Pages, Thomson's Directory and the Phone Book - prompted by a friend supplying the necessary phone numbers via Twitter. (Junk mail, etc we did a while back.) I wonder if this will become a movement?
David Smith | January 18, 2009 12:23 PM