Reducing junk mail

Cost: $0 - $1

If you are receiving catalogs in the mail that you don’t want, call the catalog's toll-free customer service or order line to ask to be removed from their mailing list.

You can also go direct to the Direct Marketing Association’s Mail Preference Service web site and fill in a form and pay them $1.00 to be removed from most major direct mail lists.

Contact 1-888-5OPT-OUT if you wish to reduce mail solicitations for credit offers. This is the opt-out number operated by the three major credit reporting agencies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion)