You are not alone!
I even put a sign up to no avail..

This is the "paperless" society - a real joke, that

9 pieces of mail today, eight went to recycle and the 9th one was the telephone bill.

My mail box is usually full of catalogs.I order on line and enjoy staying at home not driving around a parking lot looking for a space to park and being able to order exactly what I want.Really enjoy most catalogs I receive. Even don't mind paying postage when I have to.

The missus and I had a conversation the other day about our mail. We decided that since we retired we get a lot less. Many professional journals came to her, but since she did not renew her state license, her name was dropped from those publications.

We get some Medicare crap, but not that much and very few election things, even though we are registered voters and vote regularly.

We still get some odd catalogs in the mail - today's was Bob's Red Mill catalog. I had never heard of them. I do have a presence on Catalog Choice and actively keep sending in to get most of those stopped. I sent in today's catalog to Catalog Choice and deposited the catalog at the bottom of the recycle bin. The missus will never look for it and I did not tell her that it arrived (it had her name on it).

Jim

I agree with all the posts; DH and I, too, feel as if we're drowning in paper. I'm almost to the point of not bothering to remove our name and address. I just tear the stuff in three or four pieces and throw it into the recycle bag.

Like others, I enjoy shopping by catalog; but the week that saw 10 to 15 arrive *every day* was the week that I said, "Enough has gotten to be too much!"

I went to Direct Marketing Association's website (dmachoice.org) and started having my name removed from their lists. I have a file with the catalog covers (for the web address, and just as a reminder) since I order from some companies only once a year. It took about 3 months to get rid of all the excess; I still receive about a dozen a month, but they are ones I do like and occasionally order from. There were about 20 companies that were not registered with DMA; surprisingly, several responded anyway to assure me that I would be unlisted. Also a surprise was that two companies sent emails to tell me I would not be unlisted because they were sure that I really wanted their products (hah).

Now if I could just convince a couple of otherwise good organizations that I do NOT need a near-weekly supply of correspondence regarding available services and/or need of donations...

We have three local organizations that we donate money to every December. It has been that way for years.

One of them was sending me requests for money a couple of times a month. I responded with a nice, yet firm comment...if they sent me anything more, they would lose their donation from me. Save the postage money and do something good with it. I have not received anything from them since.

And Catalog Choice is my way of stopping catalogs. Most of them have an online presence and one can access that should the 'need' arise.

I put the unwanted mail in the return envelope and ask them nicely to take them off my mailing list. It works great. I rarely get junk mail. If you order a catalog they will send your name and address on to others. That happens to me with seed catalogs.