| Stopping the Junk Mail Deluge Can Be Done
Junk mail, paper catalogs and unsolicited credit-card offers clog our mailboxes. Consumer Reports shows some ways to stop the mailbox deluge and get to the mail you need to read. Homeowner Rachel Skinner said she cringes every time she takes a pile of catalogs out to be recycled. More than 53 million trees are used to produce paper catalogs each year. "I can get close to 20 catalogs a day. I get furniture catalogs, lots of children's clothing catalogs. I get bed and bath catalogs," Skinner said. "I'll get four different catalogs from one company." Consumer Reports, however, says it is possible to opt out and choose not to receive catalogs in the mail – and even to end those seemingly endless credit-card solicitations. "The Direct Marketing Association, which includes companies that send you catalogs, must take you off of their mailing list if you sign up for their Mail Preference Service,'" Urvashi Rangan, with Consumer Reports, said.
Q: How Do I Get Rid Of Junk Mail?
Overflowing mailboxes rejoice! We have the tips that will reduce the amount of junk mail shipped to you and how to protect yourself from getting more. Junk mail starts arriving just weeks after residents move in or get a new phone number because both events add names to the biggest telemarketing and advertising resource: phone books. Having an unlisted phone number might help with the telemarketing, but the direct mail companies can also use public records such as housing titles and motor vehicles records to get your mailing address. To get the flood of junk mail to stop, youll need to do a little work and have a little patience. .
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N.H. Democrats Ponder Tone, Style
Who will most likely beat the Republican nominee next fall in a year when things seem to be leaning the Democrats' way? Who can unite a divided country? Who can implement the agreed-upon platform? The Democratic voters' approach presents a stark contrast with their Republican counterparts, who disagree on such major issues as immigration, abortion and trade. In the Democratic campaign, policy clashes have arisen over relatively fine points: whether a health-care plan should include an individual insurance mandate, whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) was right to vote for a nonbinding resolution declaring an Iranian military unit a terrorist organization. It also differs from past Democratic primaries, when there were more defined differences along the liberal-moderate spectrum and among the party's various constituencies.
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John Deere gears up for “First to Know” e-mails
Farming retailer John Deere is gearing up its annual "First to Know" e-mail questionnaire to let customers sign up for which e-mails they like to receive. The retailer sends out its "First to Know" e-mails once a year to its 150,000-person list to let customers pick and choose which products they are in the market to buy. Customers are then e-mailed offers for products that they have expressed interest in and can take these e-mails directly to a dealer. "Instead of assuming that customers want what we think they want, we are going directly to the farmers themselves," said Steve Brubaker, e-business manager at John Deere Credit. "This is a win, win, win. It's a win for the customer, a win for the dealer and a win for the company." Customers who sign up for the promotion are offered previews, exclusive discounts and financing offers on the products.
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