Is there a universal number to be on a ‘do not deliver’ list for phone books?
I just called Yellow Book and asked to be taken off their list. Tel: 800.373.3280.
I understand there is a business model behind the catalog business, and I would hate to see people lose jobs over this, but isn’t it time for regulation to reduce the number of unwanted phone books? What’s wrong with a system where the phone book company asks us to opt-in to receive one?
I notice that two cities are already considering a law to reduce phone books.
The Direct Marketing Association has DMAChoice.org. Isn’t it time the phone companies got their act together?
Hoipolloireport 
I actually used to work for Yell which own Yellow Book and in the UK they run recycling initiatives. If you want to call somewhere and talk to people that can tell you more, try going on http://www.yellgroup.com and looking up the tel number in the UK.
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There is a central website you can use yellowpagesgoesgreen.org and you can opt-out there. I personally used my membership with MyJunkTree to stop the phone books. I initially signed up to Stop Junk Mail but the phone books were an added bonus. I even received confirmation I was off of the list. Quick and easy.
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I happen to be one of the owners of MyJunkTree and as a new company I search the web to see if we are getting any visibility out there and it seems the word is getting out. Thanks for the support.
We launched the company because we were tired of all the junk mail we were receiving and we personally did not want to bounce all over the web to contact all the different companies to stop it all. First and foremost we wanted to let people choose what they wanted to let come to their home knowing that some people really do like some of the coupons and catalogs. So our clients choose what they want stopped.
We also had to provide a service that is different than the other services out there, so here is what we offer:
1. We have a database of over 1300 catalogs that you can choose to stop.
2. We have over a 2000 charities/Non-Profits that you can stop solicitations from.
3. Stop the delivery of the national phone directories.
4. Stop the delivery of the weekly coupons.
5. Stop the general credit card offers as well as the ones from your own major bank.
6. Stop the miscellaneous junk mail from the data brokers.
7. You can register on the National Do Not Call Registry from the website.
8. You can order your no strings attached free annual credit report right from the website.
9. We plant trees with every new membership.
And, yes we are a paid service and yes you can do everything that we do for free, if you want to do all the research and spend the time contacting the companies yourself it can easily be done. We have just done all of the legwork for our clients and feel there is value in the service we provide.
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