Junk Mail Magic

Reduce duplicate catalogs in a blended household

Treat each name line as a possible customer record. Decide keep or stop for each record, not for each sender. If one catalog arrives three times, the sender may hold three records, so ask it which ones match. Each adult marks only their own rows in the table.

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Build the household record table

  1. Gather the duplicate copies. For each one, write down the sender, the exact name line and the address as printed.
  2. Group the copies by sender and compare their name lines. A different spelling, an old address or a shared name may point to a separate record.
  3. Ask each adult to mark their own rows keep or stop. If someone has not answered, leave their row blank.
  4. Contact the sender through its official preferences option. List the name lines and ask which records they match and whether it can stop the approved extras.
  5. Note the date and reply on each row. Check new copies against the table.

Ask about every row

One sender can hold an older record and a newer one for the same person. A request about one may not change the other, so name each approved row in your request. If a row belongs to an adult who has not given approval, leave it out.

Keep children's details out of the table. A catalog request does not need a child's birth date or any identity document.

Household record table

Example for your own use. Replace the bracketed details and review what you share.

Sender: [company] Name line: [name as printed] Address: [address] Person this record belongs to: [adult] Decision: [keep / stop] Approved by that adult: [yes / no] Duplicate of row: [row number or none] Date asked: [date] Reply: [reply]

Choose one copy to keep

If two adults both want the same catalog, agree which name line stays. Mark the other row stop, but only after the adult it belongs to approves. Then send the sender the table rows for both lines in one message, so it knows which copy to keep.

Official source

Review store mailing records when households combineKeep each adult’s privacy and mailing choices separateKeep different postal preferences as a coupleCompare duplicate copies of the same catalogFamily milestonesAll practical mail guides

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