Comments on: If You Don’t Get It, Good!

By: rob

rob — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:25:01 +0000

i've also been wondering for awhile now how to get this crap to stop coming. it's insane. someone commented to me the other day that it's mailings like these that keep the USPS in business. they'd go under without it. fine by me. if they can't stay up and running without the paper equivalent of spam, then something's not right.

By: Cait

Cait — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:34:00 +0000

I wanted to get a Sunday only subscription, but they consistently deliver all days of the week. When I called they told me that the other days were free, a deal they were running, but I can't read all the other days! AH!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:59:57 +0000

I believe you can opt out of all junk mail at dmachoice.org.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:43:51 +0000

You do consume vodka & tonics.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:25:12 +0000

I do so hate consumerism.

By: Beth

Beth — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:24:10 +0000

So glad to see this - At our last 3 apartments, I've gone through the frustrating process of getting ourselves off the Shopping Guide's mailing list. Eventually, it worked every time. But of course, I neglected to save the guy's name and number when I finally got to the bottom of it. Good luck to those still trying. For small mailboxes, these pamphlets really do get in the way and more mail gets crushed.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:13:34 +0000

It is very wrong of the Post Co. to do so.

By: rcr

rcr — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:29:48 +0000

I waiting for the part where somebody did some journalism, maybe told us what we could do collectively to get this to stop. Everybody hates the shopper's guide. That's not news.

By: heh

heh — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:27:21 +0000

You know the EXAMINER is even worse with this...I had to get the Montgomery County Council after them when they continued to deliver to my house after promising not to. And even now in my new location, their papers STILL end up on my grass, sometimes killing it. Paying to litter is still littering, and SPAM is SPAM! Now they are chucking their rags onto the MARC train too, so I have to kick it onto the floor in order to sit down.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:20:55 +0000

I tried to opt out and after being transferred between departments 3 or 4 times, someone told me that "the post office mails them out and you should talk to them." How do you even respond to that kind of stupid?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:21:54 +0000

Wow thank you so much for addressing this. Many people are frustrated by these mailings but, as Mr. Sirvet found out, there is simply nobody to complain to so that's why so few people have tried to opt out. In my old apartment building on the days they'd spam us, there were dozens of these stuffed in the trashcan adjacent the mailboxes.

By: Mab, Just Mab

Mab, Just Mab — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:27:32 +0000

I have tried to get them to stop delivering too. They keep coming. If you figure out how to stop this inane waste, please share!

By: Lily Stark White

Lily Stark White — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:21:56 +0000

He is the Lorax! He needs no Thneed!

By: jeff gerhard

jeff gerhard — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:07:28 +0000

The Washington Post Shopping Guide is absolutely a nuisance. I often get three or more copies, mixed up with neighbors', filling the mailbox to a straining point. It's totally annoying. On a rainy day this becomes, like, 5 pounds of trash.

By: group of lovlies

group of lovlies — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:44:08 +0000

What a handsome devil!