Despite my instructions otherwise, not only has the finance company given out my personal information and address of my new house, but even Lowes has seen fit to whore out my information to every marketing hack and advertising scum on the planet!
Worst thing is that I don't even have a Lowes card! I used my father's so I could get an additional 5% off and free delivery and set-up of my washer, dryer and fridge and since we have the same first and last name, they now think he has moved. I specifically told them this and not to send anything to my new address and that it wasn't to be shared, and I'm even on the national Do not Solicit list and have been for over 6 weeks now, but I'm still getting bombarded by crap in my mailbox every day. To top it all off, I had to cancel my change of address with the US post office because, despite what they first told me, their system can only read the first three letters of the first and last name, so now my father's mail is being forwarded here to me!
The carrier isn't smart enough to tell the difference either and just blindly goes through the motions even though it has a different name on the letter than on the mailbox itself.
And yes, when I got sick and had to move in with my parents I told my dad that I needed to get a private mail box or when I moved out the post office would 1234 (letter word)-up everything but he insisted it wouldn't happen. I just don't need this kind of aggravation on top of all the other s*&! my health insurance puts me through.
Some folks that I know take pleasure in using the postage paid return envelopes that come in the junk mail to send back counter offers. Stuff those envelopes full of the other junk mail that you previously received, and mail it on to the next company. I am easily entertained I guess. Since there seems to be no stopping the overwhelming tide of junk mail you may consider this amusing alternative. Who knows, they may actually want to join the cigar of the month club . thmbsup
Here it just goes into the recycling bin. And I gets lots of it. I attended a conference 30 years ago and reversed two of the letters in my first name. Just wanted to see what would happen with junk mail. After all those years, I still get things now and then spelled that way which tells me they are still selling and passing around those names/addresses! With telemarketers, I keep adding numbers to my blocked list. At least several times a day the phone rings once and then the "blocked call" message shows on the screen. A shame you can't do the same type of thing with the mail.
Actually, federal law is supposed to give people a way to legally block and have their names/addresses removed from the mailing lists but there's no enforcement of those who break or ignore the rules. I want someone to physically punish those who fail to follow these rules or who don't immediately comply with the consumer's wishes. whipping
One reason not to expect any help from the Gov't, is they also sell info!! When my wife and I got married, she moved from Texas to Wis with me,, when she applied for a Wis drivers license, she turned in her Texas to the Wis motor vehicle dept,,, the Texas license had her previous name on it the Wis had her new name, with in months we started getting junk mail for her with her old name and the new Wis address,,, only place in Wis that knew that info was the Motor Vehicle Dept,,,
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