Phone Books Why?

[Chatbrat]

As soon as we get the new phone books- they go directly to our recycle bag.

In this age of computers-why does the villages & phone companies insist on distributing worthless phone books.

No one uses an encyclopedia anymore-why use phone books?

[rubicon]

We use our phonebooks and our paper calendars and our because they are often faster and because they contain information such as a resident's hometown that are not otherwise available. We also recycle

[golfing eagles]

I believe TV phone book is a private publication and not available on line. I just tried the online white pages for a friend that I know is listed in TV phone book and it returned 0 matches

[Mleeja]

The "other" phone book sorts the information at least 3 differen ways. I've yet to see any online program that will allow you to do this. If you do not want to use the phone books, recycle them. There are others that find them useful.

[rayschic]

As soon as we get the new phone books- they go directly to our recycle bag.

In this age of computers-why does the villages & phone companies insist on distributing worthless phone books.

No one uses an encyclopedia anymore-why use phone books?

If anyone doesn't want to receive all those phone books, please opt out.
Here's a link to the website. Depending on your address, you can opt out of 4-6 DEX phone books using this website. Takes two minutes to register. I haven't received these phone books for years. I do get The Villages phone book, which is NOT included on this website.
Sorry, can't get the link to work but the website is www. yellowpagesoptout .com without the spaces.

[CassieInVa]

I think the villages phonebook with all of the residents information is helpful. I think the regular Yellow Pages is just more clutter since the Internet is so convenient.

[memason]

For anyone wanting to use The Villages Phonebook online, here is the link. You can search by name or even hometown.

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[Greg Nelson]

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[golfing eagles]

For anyone wanting to use The Villages Phonebook online, here is the link. You can search by name or even hometown.

http://datapub.informationpages.com/The-Villages,FL/White-Pages/-/search

Enjoy and save a couple trees!

can't vouch for this site being up to date---it lists my brother, and he passed 7 years ago

[Lovey2]

and....not everyone is computer literate or has a smart phone. :)

[Jaggy]

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[Jaggy]

I use them over the kitchen cabinets.. they sit lower then the top of the cabinets and my "stuff" is on top of them ... the books are hidden and my "stuff" looks better being raised up a little bit.

[golfing eagles]

and....not everyone is computer literate or has a smart phone. :)

I agree. My wife was a medical lab technician during her career, she ran highly sophisticated computerized lab equipment. She has an I phone, an I pad and a laptop. Yet, she reaches for the printed phone book every time

[tomwed]

I like ripping them in half [one page at a time]

[Lovey2]

I use them over the kitchen cabinets.. they sit lower then the top of the cabinets and my "stuff" is on top of them ... the books are hidden and my "stuff" looks better being raised up a little bit.

FABULOUS idea!!! I am always looking for wooden blocks, etc. for up there! How very clever!!

[fred53]

Just because you don't use the paper phone book doesn't mean everyone looks up numbers like you do. If you can't wrap your head around the fact that people do things that don't always make sense to you then perhaps making judgements isn't your thing.

[Sable99]

I use them over the kitchen cabinets.. they sit lower then the top of the cabinets and my "stuff" is on top of them ... the books are hidden and my "stuff" looks better being raised up a little bit.

Great idea! My 91 year old mother still uses phone books but this is a great idea for the old ones. Another item for my "to do list" for whenever I make it to TV!

[asianthree]

Rohan has a display of phone books since day one. Very interesting to see size difference

[Jima64]

Everyones phone number is not listed online with all the different types of phone service. Sometimes a local paper phonebook is more helpful.

[Arctic Fox]

If anyone doesn't want to receive all those phone books, please opt out. The website is www. yellowpagesoptout .com without the spaces.

Thank you, rayschic

I have opted out (took about three minutes) so here's hoping.

I told CenturyLink that I didn't need phonebooks when I dropped their service a year ago, but the phonebooks keep coming!

[militarymom]

Well I checked
your web site for our phone numbers. Once again our phone number was listed there. Also the same number is listed for another couple who live in TV. We had this same problem a couple of years ago. The phone book from The Daily Sun has been corrected, but not this one.

[Fraugoofy]

As soon as we get the new phone books- they go directly to our recycle bag.

In this age of computers-why does the villages & phone companies insist on distributing worthless phone books.

No one uses an encyclopedia anymore-why use phone books?
I know a lady who is so short that she needs a thick phone book to sit on when she drives her car...