Archive for February 5th, 2008
Block that catalogue!
February 5, 2008Having two homes — Australia and the United States of America — is wonderful for us, but it creates a problem for someone else, the person who receives and sorts our mail at our US address. Perhaps some of you can relate.
In our case it is Kristi’s patient mother who receives mail addressed to us in Houston and sorts through it to see what envelopes, flyers, magazines, and catalogues we need to see and what pieces of mail we’ll be happy to have her discard.
The third possibility is “maybe they want to see this, maybe not.” Mail with that designation goes into a pile we sort through when we next show up to visit. It can be a substantial pile.
We’ve sent lots of change-of-address and stop-and-desist cards and letters to companies, without much effect. We’ve always wanted a way to shut off the flow of fat, glossy catalogues we got, especially in the months before Christmas.
Today, thanks to the folks at Tidbits, producer of an email newsletter I read to stay current with Mac computer issues, I’ve found a solution, or at least something that may help.
It’s an organization called “Catalogue Choice,” and it provides an easy way Read the rest of this entry »