Mail guides
Catalog choices
Stop the catalogs you do not want while keeping the ones you still use.
Stop a catalog after buying one gift
You bought one gift and now catalogs arrive at your address regularly. Mail like this often follows a purchase, though the label alone will not tell you how the retailer got your address. You can ask to stop mailings to your own address without touching the order itself.
Tell a catalog from a membership magazine
Some publications arrive because of a membership, subscription or donation, not because a retailer put you on a list. Stopping one of those is a different task from unsubscribing from marketing mail, and it may affect a benefit you want to keep.
Handle a catalog from a related brand
You may get a catalog from a brand you never ordered from but that shares a parent company with one you have. A shared parent does not guarantee a shared mailing preference. Treat the catalog you received as its own sender.
Stop a catalog at a second home
You may want a catalog to stop at a vacation home while it keeps coming to your main address. The request has to identify the second address clearly, or it may not match the record you mean.
Handle a catalog from a store you never used
A catalog from a store you have never ordered from can be puzzling. You do not need to know how the sender got your address to ask for removal.
Ask for a digital catalog instead of paper
Not every retailer offers a digital catalog in place of paper. Check what the retailer provides, and whether signing up adds other marketing, before you count on a switch.
Compare duplicate copies of the same catalog
Two copies of the same catalog can arrive with slightly different labels, such as a misspelled name or a different apartment number. Compare both before you ask the sender to change anything, so you do not remove the version you want to keep.
Ask to keep one seasonal catalog
You want one seasonal catalog but not the rest of the year's mailings. Not every retailer offers that setting, so ask before you assume it exists.
Stop a retail catalog at your business address
A retail catalog may arrive at your business address from an earlier purchase or an old tenant. You can request removal for mail you are authorized to handle, once you confirm no one in the business uses it.
Separate a store catalog from its credit-card offer
A catalog sometimes arrives with a credit-card application inside. The store and the card issuer may be different companies, so stopping the catalog does not necessarily stop the credit offers. Each needs its own handling.