Villages Marketing "junk mail" ??
 

Original post was not worth the responses. Please disregard.

But how would ever know about all the businesses competing for your hearing aids, investment dollars or pre-mortem cremation plans???:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Do not know how to opt out but Seinfeld had a great episode where Kramer tried to opt out of mail.

I liked that episode. Funny, but true. You should be able to cancel your USPS account, but you cannot.

We still get a lot of crap in the mail addressed to the original owner of our house, who passed away 16 years ago. And we often get the exact same stuff addressed to the last owners, who we bought from 7 years ago. At least 90% of everything we get in the mail goes straight into the trash.

Start here and see if it helps.
DMAchoice is a mail preference service offered by the DMA.

That is why they have trash cans at the mail stations.

you missed the part of no personal information anywhere.

funny, nothing I need any time soon either.

Why does thread title say “Villages Marketing?
Don’t see junk mail from TV.

Every few weeks do get mailing from them wanting us to move so they can sell our existing home.

OP thinks The Villages is supplying his address for marketing companies.

I guess mass mail advertising works because if there was no return on the expense for ads they would stop. It is amazing all the things or services that are offered in these mailings. They want to bury me, cremate me, sell me counter tops, dental/medical plans, car insurance, life insurance, invest my money, sell me silver and gold, hearing aids, cataract surgery, plastic surgery, buy my car, sell me a car, fix my sexual dysfunction, and loan me money, but nobody ever offers to give me money for free. Capitalism is great is it not!

You might not want to brick it up, but what would happen if you just stopped emptying your mailbox?

That would be fine until you get a letter from the IRS, a jury summons, or a court order. I think they should allow you to opt out of mail, and those official letters would go back to the sender, and they would need to resend it using FedEx or UPS. It would save a lot of money and energy for the country. I would be one of the first to opt out.

Might be a way to get home delivery

I Offen thought about boxing a months' worth of junk mail and mark it "Return to Sender".

Personal information can be bought for a few bucks online. Tear it up and toss

pretty simple answer, the money is in the mailing lists. everything gets sold to others for the purposed of more junk mail

well if you don't think that then I can't help you. it's pretty obvious.

And TV is selling our addresses, you know this, how?

Seems reasonable from how quickly we got junk mail after moving here.

They had to get our info somewhere.

They do get information from a lot of somewheres. Credit card companies sell that information, and when you purchase something on the internet that company sells customer info. Banks and insurance companies sell information. Loan companies sell information. Internet and cell phone providers sell information. Charities sell personal information. Property records in most municipalities are public information. There are companies that specialize in gathering information on people and sell it. There is no privacy anymore!

That ship sailed a long time ago. If you have a credit card, drivers license, passport, magazine subscription, Bank Account, TV cable or streaming service....your personal information is everywhere. How do you think they do credit checks?

well that tells me you don't know a lot about those systems, or what I am referring to. but thanks anyway for chiming in.

Hey if we didn't have to put up with all the junk, our taxes would have to increase to support the USPS!

Florida sells your voter sign up information . Little is off limits

yeah go ahead and trust them , that's ridiculous to think they don't. based on what the average person here spends, sometimes a ridiculous spend, plus how many people I see posts of rip off prices.... what do you think a list is worth? I see it as large money around here. There is a lot to pluck from. but y'all can live in the bubble cobweb and believe whatever.

To directly answer that question, I have various methods that come from 43 years of IT security on a federal level . add to that a former hacker. I can tell where and how things get where, it's a built in instinct from the job.

so based upon several key factors and data tracking , that's how. fact is I don't trust anyone designed like they are.

When you bought your house in your name it was recorded and is available to the world. Easiest way to avoid your issue is to buy a house in a trust's name. You'll still get junk mail, but will be addressed to the trust.

As to TOO much junk mail, it goes right in the mailbox garbage pail in front of the mailbox building. It full most the times later in the day after all have collected there mail. Easy to dump.

It is tedious but you can call the company that is sending you and former owners junk mail and ask to be taken off mailing list. Number is listed on the mail. It worked for me. I just get the inserts now that are mailed to current resident

Spying money
 

We should get some of that money that apple, google, credit card companies and even banks get when they sell our information….

What’s the big deal? Just toss it in the trash. Btw, the villages has nothing to do with all of your junk mail.

That's what I do with it... Easy Peasy...
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I wouldn't , knowing the post office, your mail might end up in Alaska....

Easy solution, but it won't happen
 

The post office needs money, so drop bulk rate mail and charge everyone the same rate. That could lower first class rates and save millions of trees.

Nevermind - i obviously asked in the wrong place. Please stop the replies.

I just take those "No Postage Necessary" envelopes a lot of the solicitors include in the junk mail, tape it to a brick, and toss it in a mailbox. They can pay for it all day long.

About 20 years ago I was a caregiver to my father. During that time, we got so much junk mail for him and for us. I was with a group of caregivers, and someone brought this topic up. They said to collect the junk and then send all of it back in one of the envelopes. We all did this. It didn't hurt any of the businesses much, but they did have to pay for the extra postage when they received it on their end.

Just found this when searching for the DMA Choice info. Maybe it will help you.

"If you are received a deceased person's mail because you are the current occupant of their mailing address, simply write “Deceased, Return to Sender” on all mail meant for the deceased person. Leave it in your mailbox just like any other letter."