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you one of those people who recycles (or even throws away) your
junk mail (Values, Penny-saver, etc.) without even reading it?
Did you know you can cancel much of your junk mail, saving lots
of trees and hassles, by making a few phone calls? Just in time
for Earth Day and spring cleaning, here are the numbers to call
to get specific things cancelled:
Pennysaver (619) 576-6137
Mailbox Values Valpak (619) 560-7606
Advo (619) 584-1011
Adworks (619) 271-0707
Union Tribune (619) 293-1457
To stop credit card ads, call:
Target Marketing Serv. (800) 353-0809
TransUnion (800) 241-2858
Equifax (800) 219-1251
 It takes
6-8 weeks for changes to go through. If you continue to get ads
after this point, leave a nice little note in your mailbox alerting
the mail delivery person that you've been removed from the list
and they will stop delivering the ads .
To prevent
your name from being placed on new mailing lists in general,
send a postcard to:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P. O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
Use the following content on the card:
PLEASE REGISTER MY NAME WITH THE MAIL PREFERENCE
SERVICE.
NAME: _____________________________
STREET: __________________ APT#: _____
CITY: ________________________________
STATE: _______ ZIP CODE: _______ - ______
SIGNATURE: _________________________
A separate
card is needed for each person in your apartment/household.
After
several months you will begin receiving less advertising mail
from national marketers such as credit cards, sweepstakes and
magazine subscription offers, and catalogs. Local businesses
and organizations usually do not use this program. You will continue
to receive mail from companies with which you already do business.
Not
all companies use MPS to purge their mailing lists, therefore,
you may continue to receive some companies' promotions. In this
instance, contact the company directly and ask to be placed on
the company's do-not-mail file. 
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